During the division’s initial stages of development in 1966, it was pressed by the ALA’s [[Reference and User Services Association]] that the name should include the words “Information“[[Information Science”Science]]”,<ref>Salmon, Stephen R., [http://www.ala.org/lita/about/history/1st25years], "LITA's First Twenty-Five Years: A Brief History", 2014</ref> and as a result of this and a report made by a Committee of Organization, the '''Information Science and Automation Division (ISAD)''' of the ALA came into existence. The name was later changed by the bylaws committee to the Library and Information Technology Association (or LITA, as it is more commonly known) in 1978 due to the expansion of the division’s scope in the twelve years that it had been operational.
