If AALL is celebrating its one-hundredth anniversary in 2006, why is the Annual Meeting in St. Louis the ninety-ninth meeting?
AALL was formed on July 2, 1906 at Narragansett Pier, R.I., during the annual conference of the American Library Association. This is considered AALL’s first Annual Meeting. AALL has met annually in the 99 years since 1906, with the exception of a two-year hiatus during World War II (1943 and 1944). Thus, the St. Louis gathering in 2006 will be the 99th Annual Meeting rather than the 101st.
