[Publib] more on Library Symbol

[Kathleen de la Peña McCook]

Egan, Bessie
," Homecoming for Library Symbol.," Canadian Library Journal, v44 n1 
p13-14 Feb 1987.
Discusses the significance and development of the library symbol and 
the history of its acceptance by the American Library Association 
(ALA) and the Canadian Library Association (CLA). Suggestions are 
made for its use.

and the ALA FACT SHEET:
The National Library Symbol, which depicts a generic human figure 
reading a book, was originally designed by Ralph E. DeVore for use in 
the Western Maryland Public Libraries. At the 1982 Annual Conference 
of the American Library Association (ALA), at the recommendation of 
the ALA Presidential Task Force on a National Library Symbol, the ALA 
Council officially endorsed the image (see the ALA Committee on 
Legislation Resolution to Endorse A National Library Symbol) and does 
promote its use (see Section 50.13 of the ALA Policy Manual).
The image debuted in its official capacity in the 1982 publication, A 
Sign System for Libraries, by DeVore and Mary S. Mallery, and was the 
cover story of the September 1982 issue of ALA's member magazine, 
American Libraries.

http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/hqops/library/libraryfactsheet/alalibr
aryfactsheet30.cfm


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 Kathleen de la Peña McCook
http://www.cas.usf.edu/lis/mccook/