Editing American Library Association (section)

===Archives===
The ALA Archives, including historical documents, non-current records, and digital records, are held at the [[University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign]] archives.<ref>{{cite web | url =http://www.ala.org/offices/library/alaarchive | title =ALA Archives | date =August 9, 2008 | publisher =ALA | access-date =September 1, 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100920124447/http://ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/library/alaarchive/index.cfm| archive-date= 20 September 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref> The establishment of the archives and the roles of [[David Horace Clift]], [[Robert Wedgeworth]], [[Beta Phi Mu]], and the Library History Round Table has been documented by the first archivist, Maynard Britchford.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Brichford |first1=Maynard |title=Current Status of the American Library Association Archives: A Preliminary Report |journal=The Journal of Library History |date=1977 |volume=12 |issue=1 |pages=64–69 |jstor=25540717 }}</ref><ref>Bertram, Cara. “Preserving the History of the American Library Association.” ''IFLA Journal'', 2024. https://doi.org/10.1177/03400352241246445.</ref>

Additionally, the American Library Association Institutional Repository (ALAIR) provides digital access to the publications and intellectual work of the Association.<ref>{{Cite web |title=ALAIR :: Home |url=https://alair.ala.org/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231219084347/https://alair.ala.org/ |archive-date=2023-12-19 |website=alair.ala.org}}</ref><ref>Bertram, C. (2024). "Preserving the history of the American Library Association". ''IFLA Journal'', 0(0). {{doi|10.1177/03400352241246445}}.</ref>