Retiree Membership
Personal Members who have retired from full-time employment in libraries or related fields are eligible for discounted retiree dues in ALA and several divisions and round tables. Free lifetime Continuing Membership is available for those retired members who have completed 25 consecutive years of membership.
Retired Members are invited to participate in the work of the Association through committee service, running for office, and providing sustaining financial support to scholarships and endowments that ensure growth of the profession and libraries.
Retired Members are able to create a personal legacy that benefits the entire library community through gifts of time and money to the Association. In particular, the work of the Washington Office, the Freedom to Read Foundation, and the Office for Library Advocacy are in need of your skills and attention. Please consider volunteering your time to help ensure that the resources school, academic, and public libraries need; and the visibility of the librarian in the community, continues to grow.
Plus, Retired Members have access to all the benefits of Personal Membership in ALA.
Get started as a member today by joining ALA or change your existing Personal Membership to Retiree Membership by contacting Member and Customer Service.