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The American Library Association is established.
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The NEA created its library section
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New York adopted regulations that made salaries of qualified librarians equal to that of teachers
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The Certain Report was published. It included standards for secondary school libraries.
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A set of standards was created to focus on qualitative standards
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Elementary School Library Standards was endorsed by the NEA and ALA. This was called the Second Certain Report.
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A set of national standards was developed called Standards for School Library Programs.
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Title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act provides millions of dollars to be spent developing school libraries.
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The first joint standards cooperatively produced by AASL and DAVI.
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Two new task forces were created to study media service standards for the single school and district level.
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The first White House Conference on Library and Information Science was held.
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The Supreme Court limited the power of public school officials must defend their motives in court for banning books.
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Standards expanded the role of the LMS to include instructional partner and program administrator.
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The AASL Task Force for Recruitment of Media Specialists was formed
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Standards for the 21st Century Learner were first published