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  1. The concept of "special libraries" as a distinctive categories of libraries emerged in the United Kingdom and the United States in the nineteenth century. The burgeon of various special library association ensued the founding of American Library Association (ALA) in 1876.

  2. History and Development of special Libraries; The development of special libraries, essentially a product of the twentieth century, has been characterized by the rapid increase in their number, from 50 in 1907 to 3,473 in 1962, and by significant changes in their functions.

  3. History of SLA. The Special Libraries Association traces its beginnings to July 1909, when a group of 20 librarians gathered at the Mt. Washington Hotel in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, to discuss a new kind of librarianship they were practicing.

  4. The constitution of Special Libraries Association drafted in 1910 defined Special Libraries as “Commercial, industrial, technical, civic, municipal and legislative reference libraries, the special departments of public libraries, universities, welfare associations and business organizations”.

  5. History. The Special Libraries Association was founded in 1909 in the United States by a group of librarians working in specialized settings, led by John Cotton Dana, who served as the first president of SLA from 1909 to 1911.

  6. UNRESOLVED BOUNDARIES: THE DEFINITIONAL HISTORY OF SPECIAL LIBRARIES. Alissa M Helms. Discontent with the term “special libraries” has pervaded the library and information field since the formation of the Special Library Association and the term's widely adopted usage in 1909.

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  8. Using systematic review, the scholarly and professional literature is examined and analyzed to track definitional and descriptive characteristics of special libraries in the United States to identify how and why changes have occurred over time.

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