ABSTRACT
The American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) was founded in 1906 by a group of 24 law librarians who heeded the call of A.J. Small (Curator, Law Department of the Iowa State Law Library) to form a national organization to create a professional identity for those who dealt with the burgeoning body of legal publications.That first meeting brought together participants from state libraries, bar associations, and law school libraries, among others. Diversity among venues for the profession continues to infuse and strengthen the association, which had grown to 5041 members by September 30, 2007. This entry focuses on the recent history and the state of the organization. For a detailed review of AALL’s founding and history, see earlier editions of the Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science, which cover the period from AALL’s founding through the late 1990s, or the chronology in the AALL Directory and Handbook, which is updated yearly.
