Sarah Comly Norris Bogle (17 November 1870 – 11 January 1932)[1] was an American librarian most noted for her influence in establishing education for librarianship.

Her colleagues often noted Bogle's skill in dealing with people, and her knack for acquiring money through grants and working closely with foundation directors.

[10] As assistant secretary of the American Library Association, Bogle saw her role as a means to harness the lackadaisical efforts of training librarians.

In her article, "Trends and Tendencies in Education for Librarianship", she acknowledge that, "it is difficult to try to discern or deduce future trends of library training from a knowledge gained through the study of educational progress in vocations long since self-organized and accepted as professions" [11] Still, she believed it was necessary to lay down a foundation of core curriculum that would be necessary in the field of librarianship.

The establishment of the Board of Education for Librarianship in 1924 was a committee made up of those who wanted to lay down a minimum standard that had to be achieved in order to be fully endorsed by the ALA for library schools.

The outlined the organization, administration, instructional staff, financial status, and equipment that each school must possess in order to meet the ALA standard to be considered an accredited library program.