Bishop was a member of the American Library Association having joined in 1896.Bishop 1949 It was here that he became interested in helping the library system to serve people as productively as possible. He worked as a part of many committees where he also had the honor of presenting countless scholarly papers that he wrote in regard to the controversial topics of the day.Bishop 1951 Bishop also wrote several books some of these are: Practical Handbook of Modern Library Cataloging, (first edition 1914 and second edition 1924); Cataloging as an Asset, (1916); The Backs of Books and Other Essays in Librarianship, (1926); Carnegie Corporation and College Libraries. (1929–38)...".Sparks 1978 p.33 He was elected President of the ALA in 1918. When his one year term as president was completed he went on to serve as "...president of the Bibliographical Society of America in 1921-23 and in 1931 President of the International Federation of Library Associations… In 1928 he became chairman of the Advisory Group on College Libraries of Carnegie Corporation...".Kaser 1956 p.52 In 1951 he was awarded Honorary Membership in the American Library AssociationAmerican Library Association, Honorary Membership. http://www.ala.org/awardsgrants/awards/176/all_years
