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Happy National Library Week and School Library Month 2022!

National Library Week is April 3 – 9, 2022

Books are great, but for us to fully appreciate the value of libraries, we also need to recognize that they offer a broader spectrum of opportunities to promote proactive models of learning through access to technology, multimedia content, and educational programs.

A perfect example of this kind of work comes from our partners at the Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library, who planned an exhibit around the Atlanta Student Movement, the 1960s civil rights movement whose heart was centered within Atlanta’s six historically black institutions of higher learning – Atlanta University, Clark College, Interdenominational Theological Center, Morehouse College, Morris Brown College, and Spelman College.

AUC Robert W. Woodruff Library built programming around an exhibit titled “Start Something: Activism and the Atlanta Student Movement,” and invited American lawyer, historian, and academic administrator Dr. Tomiko Brown-Nagin to speak on Atlanta’s protracted struggle for civil rights from World War II to 1980 as covered in her award-winning book, Courage to Dissent: Atlanta and the Long History of the Civil Rights Movement.

Responsive library staff not only recognized this opportunity to build physical space for learning around this event for the communities they serve, but they also saw the potential for these resources to serve future users.

They made this happen by recording Dr. Brown-Nagin’s presentation, making it accessible online, and enabling its aggregation through the Digital Library of Georgia.

You can see this talk now at: https://dlg.usg.edu/collection/auu_auc-lib-lectures.

It’s part of the AUC Robert W. Woodruff Library Lectures collection, one of several collections of work created by librarians held by that library.

Photo of Dr. Tomiko Brown-Nagin speaking at a lectern — Dr. Tomiko Brown-Nagin Lecture and Q and A Session, November 9, 2017

With all of that to think about, let’s all celebrate National Library Week 2022 the way the American Library Association recommends:

Visiting our libraries, which may include:

Your local library
Your school library
Your favorite virtual and digital libraries

You can follow us in the following places, and interact with the hashtag #MyLibrary.

April is School Library Month 2022

If you would like to learn more about what school librarians do, here is a brief bit of information from the American Association of School Librarians (AASL)’s web site: “School librarians work with both students and teachers to facilitate access to information in a wide variety of formats, instruct students and teachers how to acquire, evaluate, and use the information and the technology needed in this process, and introduce children and young adults to literature and other resources to broaden their horizons. As a collaborator, change agent, and leader, the school librarian develops, promotes, and implements a program that will help prepare students to be effective users of ideas and information, a lifelong skill.”

School Library Month is AASL’s celebration of school librarians and their programs. April 2022 marks the 37th year that school librarians have celebrated school library month.

For more information about school librarians here in Georgia and nationwide, visit the following websites:

AASL – The American Association of School Librarians
The division of the American Library Association that advocates for school librarians and media specialists.
https://www.ala.org/aasl/

GLMA – The Georgia Library Media Association
The largest professional association in Georgia advocating for school librarians and media specialists.
http://www.glma-inc.org

Georgia Association of School Librarians
The Georgia Association of School Librarians seeks to bring together information professionals from all patron and student age groups to improve information literacy in Georgia.
https://gla.georgialibraries.org/divisions/georgia-association-of-school-librarians/

A big thank you to all of our school librarians for all of the work they do to manage school libraries and provide resources amidst changing school library environments!

Download our School Library Month 2022 poster here

and interact with the hashtag #AASLslm

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Have a great week!

Historical records detailing the growth of one of the world’s largest airlines are available to the public online through the Digital Library of Georgia, thanks to a partnership between the Delta Flight Museum, the University of Georgia Libraries, and GALILEO.

The collection contains Delta Air Lines’ digitized timetables, flight maps, and annual reports for the past century through its expansions, moves, and mergers with other airlines to become the aviation industry leader in the United States.

“Sharing our collection of digitized annual reports and timetables of Delta and family member airlines provides wider access to this rich resource of materials documenting the nearly 100 years of Delta’s history and the development of commercial aviation both locally and globally,” said John Boatright, president of Delta Flight Museum, a non-profit museum housed in the original 1940s hangars at Delta’s Atlanta headquarters.

“This partnership with DLG allows us to enhance our engagement with educators, researchers, and aviation enthusiasts.”

Delta Air Lines traces its history to the world’s first crop-dusting company in Macon in 1925, and the company has been headquartered in Atlanta since 1941.

For Toby Graham, university librarian and associate provost at UGA, those connections to the state align the digital archive with the mission of the Digital Library of Georgia, a GALILEO initiative based at UGA’s Main Library dedicated to the digital preservation and open access of historic materials that reflect the state’s history and culture.

“As one of Atlanta’s largest employers, Delta and its business history are fully integrated with the story of our state. We are proud to partner with the Delta Flight Museum to preserve and share these historical documents with the community and with researchers interested in aviation, business, travel, and other fields,” said Graham.

In addition to historical items directly related to the airline, the Delta Flight Museum’s online archive contains business publications from many of the more than 40 affiliated airlines that make up the “Delta family tree.”

These include:

Chicago and Southern Air Lines, which brought Delta’s first international routes to the Caribbean and Venezuela in 1953;

Boston-based Northeast Airlines, which extended Delta’s East Coast services from Canada to Florida and Bermuda in 1972;

Los Angeles-based Western Airlines, the oldest continuously operating airline in the United States before Delta acquired it in 1987;

and Minnesota-based Northwest Airlines, which carried the most passengers across the Pacific Ocean and was a top domestic cargo carrier until its merger with Delta in 2008.

[View the collections online]

About Delta Flight Museum

The Delta Flight Museum is a premier international destination located in the heart of Delta Air Lines’ worldwide headquarters in Atlanta, where visitors explore aviation history, celebrate the story and people of Delta, and discover the future of flight.

Housed in Delta’s historic 1940s aircraft hangars, the not-for-profit Delta Flight Museum offers an unmatched experience for aviation enthusiasts of all ages. A fleet of rare vintage aircraft and artifacts from more than 40 airlines related to Delta enhance our interactive experiences and unique event and education spaces. Visit online at deltamuseum.org

Selected images from the collection:

This brochure documenting Delta's entry to passenger service describes air transportation for businessmen as reliable, cost-saving, and efficient. The expansion was significant for Delta, which began in 1925 as a crop-dusting company based out of Macon, Georgia, and then Monroe, Louisiana. — Image courtesy of Delta Flight Museum

Title: Fly for business and why [Fall/Winter 1929]

Description: This brochure documenting Delta’s entry to passenger service describes air transportation for businessmen as reliable, cost-saving, and efficient. The expansion was significant for Delta, which began in 1925 as a crop-dusting company based out of Macon, Georgia, and then Monroe, Louisiana.

https://dlg.usg.edu/record/delta_das_das-brochure-fly-1929

Printed pamphlet for Delta customers with flight schedules, fares, and contact information for customers, with service to 10 locations in the Southern U.S. — Image courtesy of Delta Flight Museum

Title: Delta Air Lines Schedules and Fares 1934 November 1

Description: Printed pamphlet for Delta customers with flight schedules, fares, and contact information for customers, with service to 10 locations in the Southern U.S.

Cover page from a yearly financial and performance report published by Delta, highlighting aircraft fleets, corporate mergers and alliances, personnel, facilities, routes, major investments and initiatives, board of directors, and officers. — Image courtesy of Delta Flight Museum

Title: Delta Air Lines annual report 1948

Description: Cover page from a yearly financial and performance report published by Delta, highlighting aircraft fleets, corporate mergers and alliances, personnel, facilities, routes, major investments and initiatives, board of directors, and officers.

https://dlg.usg.edu/record/delta_dal-ar_dal-ar-1948

A photo printed in a yearly financial and performance report published by Delta, highlighting aircraft fleets, corporate mergers and alliances, personnel, facilities, routes, major investments and initiatives, board of directors, and officers. — Image courtesy of Delta Flight Museum

Title: Delta Air Lines annual report 1948

Description: A photo printed in a yearly financial and performance report published by Delta, highlighting aircraft fleets, corporate mergers and alliances, personnel, facilities, routes, major investments and initiatives, board of directors, and officers.

https://dlg.usg.edu/record/delta_dal-ar_dal-ar-1948

The oldest annual report in the collection dates to 1939, when the company was known as Delta Air Corporation, based out of Monroe. Delta later moved its headquarters to Atlanta in 1941 and would officially become Delta Air Lines four years later in 1945. — Image courtesy of Delta Flight Museum

Title: Delta Air Corporation annual report 1939

Description: The oldest annual report in the collection dates to 1939, when the company was known as Delta Air Corporation, based out of Monroe. Delta later moved its headquarters to Atlanta in 1941 and would officially become Delta Air Lines four years later in 1945.

https://dlg.usg.edu/record/delta_dal-ar_dal-ar-1939

Title: Delta Air Lines annual report 1950

Description: Image of a Delta Air Lines flight crew in front of a plane, shown in a 1950 Delta Air Lines printed annual report from 1950.

https://dlg.usg.edu/record/delta_dal-ar_dal-ar-1950

Delta Air Lines' first international routes to the Caribbean and Venezuela grew out of its first airline merger with Memphis, Tennessee-based C&S, in 1953. The collection above houses annual reports for C&S from 1940-1953, before the merger with Delta. — Image courtesy of Delta Flight Museum

Title: Chicago and Southern Air Lines Annual Report 1940

Description: Delta Air Lines’ first international routes to the Caribbean and Venezuela grew out of its first airline merger with Memphis, Tennessee-based C&S, in 1953. The collection above houses annual reports for C&S from 1940-1953, before the merger with Delta.

https://dlg.usg.edu/record/delta_csa-ar_csa-ar-1940

Printed, multi-page booklet for Delta customers with flight schedules, contact information, airline route maps, aircraft types, meal service, and advertisements. — Image courtesy of Delta Flight Museum

Title: Delta Air Lines System Timetable 1968 October 1

Description: Printed, multi-page booklet for Delta customers with flight schedules, contact information, airline route maps, aircraft types, meal service, and advertisements.

https://dlg.usg.edu/record/delta_dal-tt_dal-tt-19681001

A modern Delta Air Lines flight timetable (August 2019). Today, nearly 5,000 Delta flights take off every day, connecting people across more than 265 destinations on six continents. — Image courtesy of Delta Flight Museum

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Image courtesy of Delta Flight Museum

Title: Delta Worldwide Timetable August 2019

Description: A modern Delta Air Lines flight timetable (August 2019). Today, nearly 5,000 Delta flights take off every day, connecting people across more than 265 destinations on six continents.

https://dlg.usg.edu/record/delta_dal-e-tt_dal-tt-201908

Author: Mandy Mastrovita

It’s National Library Week and School Library Month 2022!

Delta Air Lines Documents Are Available Online Through the Digital Library of Georgia