Special Libraries Association

American professional organization
Organization organization Q7574621
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Special Libraries Association

Summary

Special Libraries Association is an organization[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (177 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Special Libraries Association was a member of International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions[3].
  • Special Libraries Association was a member of Library Copyright Alliance[4].
  • Special Libraries Association is in the country of United States[5].
  • Special Libraries Association's instance of is recorded as organization[6].
  • Special Libraries Association's instance of is recorded as open-access publisher[7].
  • Special Libraries Association's instance of is recorded as library association[8].
  • Special Libraries Association's founder is recorded as John Cotton Dana[9].
  • Special Libraries Association's headquarters location is recorded as Alexandria[10].
  • Special Libraries Association's headquarters location is recorded as McLean[11].
  • 1909 marks the founding of Special Libraries Association[12].
  • Special Libraries Association was dissolved in 2026[13].
  • Special Libraries Association's official website is recorded as http://www.sla.org[14].
  • Special Libraries Association's operating area is recorded as United States[15].
  • Special Libraries Association's operating area is recorded as worldwide[16].
  • Special Libraries Association's members have occupation is recorded as librarian[17].
  • Special Libraries Association's members have occupation is recorded as information professional[18].
  • Special Libraries Association's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikidata:WikiProject Academic Publisher[19].
  • Special Libraries Association's merged into is recorded as Association for Information Science and Technology[20].
  • Special Libraries Association's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+6507'}[21].
  • Special Libraries Association's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+6432'}[22].
  • Special Libraries Association's official observer status in organization is recorded as World Intellectual Property Organization[23].

Body

Founding

Special Libraries Association's founder is recorded as John Cotton Dana[9]. 1909 marks the founding of it[12].

Operations

Headquarters locations include Alexandria[10], an independent city in the United States[24], in United States[25], founded in 1749[26] and McLean[11], a census-designated place in the United States[27], in United States[28], founded in 1910[29].

Dissolution

Special Libraries Association was dissolved in 2026[13].

Why It Matters

Special Libraries Association ranks in the top 4% of organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (177 views/month).[2] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[30]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . Q1227538. wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . Society Open Access Research (SOAR) Catalog. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] . web.archive.org. Retrieved . web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [9] . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [3] . web.archive.org. Retrieved . web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [4] . web.archive.org. Retrieved . web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . sla.org. sla.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . libraryjournal.com. Retrieved . libraryjournal.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . web.archive.org. Retrieved . web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . web.archive.org. Retrieved . web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . einnews.com. einnews.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wipo.int. wipo.int. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [24] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [27] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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