Hilary J. Deason, "Traveling High-School Science Libraries (1953-1966)", contributed by Prerna Srigyan, STS Infrastructures, Platform for Experimental Collaborative Ethnography, last modified 14 June 2022, accessed 21 November 2024. https://stsinfrastructures.org/content/traveling-high-school-science-libraries-1953-1966
Critical Commentary
Found through a footnote in Mead & Metraux's 1957 article, the Traveling High-School Science Library Program was started by the AAAS with funding from NSF, administered during 1953-1966. Created to spark interest in science among high school students, the Library contained not more than 200-300 science books and textbooks.
The AAAS archives is only a foot long but Gyan Books in Delhi's Ansari Road is selling a 1959 leather-bound $45 compilation of the Library program reports and activities on Walmart.