Catholic Library Association Press Release

Malachy R. McCarthy
Installed as the 44th President of the Catholic Library Association

Malachy McCarthy was installed as the 44th President of the Catholic Library Convention at the Association’s 90th anniversary celebration. The annual meeting was held in New Orleans during the week of April 25th.

The Catholic Library Association has over 600 members and sponsors two major publications: Catholic Library World [1929- ] which is a quarterly publication which publishes articles and book reviews; and the Catholic Periodical and Literature Index [1930- ] which is an EBSCO host online index which provides indexing to over 170 international Catholic serials.

During the past five years, the Association has sponsored archival workshops for religious archivists. Its Introductory Archival Workshop for Religious Communities has been presented four times and will be again offered during the summer of 2012.

In June, the CLA national offices will move to Chicago. For further information consult www.cathla.org

Congratulations, Malachy!!