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The American Library Association (ALA) was founded on October 6, 1876 during the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and was subsequently incorporated in 1879.

The mission of the ALA is “to provide leadership for the development, promotion and improvement of library and information services and the profession of librarianship in order to enhance learning and ensure access to information for all.” (1) The ALA is governed by an elected council (which reviews and establishes policies) and an executive board (that acts for the Council in the administration of established policies and programs, and delegates management of day-to-day operation to the Association’s executive director). The president of the ALA president is to be the Association's chief spokesperson and to work closely with the ALA's executive director to identify and promote library issues nationwide and internationally; the Association’s operations are then directed by the executive director and implemented by staff through programmatic offices and support units. Currently the ALA also has thirty-seven (37) standing committees, seven (7) membership divisions that focus on either a type of library or a function of libraries, and twenty (20) round tables for members who share interests that lie outside the scope of any of the divisions.

Incorporated December 19, 1967, Amok Ltd. was a Canadian corporation that developed and operated uranium mining operations at Cluff Lake in northern Saskatchewan (approximately 80 km south of Lake Athabasca and 29 km east of the Alberta border). The corporation's shareholders consisted of three private companies (Compagnie de Mokta, Compagnie Français des Minerais d'Uranium, and Pechiney Ugine Kuhlman) and a French state corporation (Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique). Early in 1980, the Saskatchewan Mining Development Corporation (SMDC) acquired a 20 percent stake in the Cluf Lake mining project, as a result they formed a partnership to further develop the mine with Amok Ltd acting as manager of the project. In August 1987, Cogema Canada acquired a 75 percent interest in Amok Ltd. with Pechiney Ugine Kuhlman retaining the remaining 25 percent.

The Anglican Diocese of Assiniboia was founded 1883 as part of the ecclesiastical province of Rupert's Land; changed name 1887 to Diocese of Qu'Appelle; official French name adopted August 1977.