Student Member Blog
If you're not a member of your state library association, you're missing out on many opportunities—for you, your career, and your local libraries! Your state library association, also known as an ALA Chapter, offers a wide range of benefits and services—and needs your help—and you need its help, as well!—to support libraries in your state. Its members are employed in all types of libraries: academic, public, school, and special. If you're not already a member, today, is a good time to join! Indeed, it’s not only a good day to join, with budget cuts and worse directed at libraries in many states, it’s also imperative—now more than...
Forty student members of the American Library Association (ALA) will participate in the ALA Student-to-Staff program at the 2018 ALA Annual Conference in New Orleans, La., June 21-26. Established in 1973, the program allows 40 students, both ALA members and members of their school's ALA student chapter, to attend and participate in an annual conference in exchange for working 16 hours for ALA staff during the conference. These students also receive free conference registration, housing, and a per diem for meals. Students are selected and nominated by their faculty advisors. Criteria include that each student must be a current ALA...
How would you like to spend a month in beautiful London, England, while earning graduate course credits? If yes, then come along with us next June on British Studies 2018, a month-long study abroad program hosted by The University of Southern Mississippi’s School of Library and Information Science (SLIS), for on-site lectures and guided tours of some of the U.K.’s most important and historic libraries, archives, and special collections. The program is offered June 1 to July 2nd, 2018, and carries six hours of credit from The University of Southern Mississippi, a fully-accredited institution of higher learning. Students...
Want to be active in your profession after you graduate? Of course, you do! One of the best ways to accomplish your goal—and, by the way, contribute to your community!—is by participating in one of the 57 active ALA Student Chapters. What do Student Chapters accomplish? Much! Learn how: ALA Student Chapter Answers Where Can I Find an Overview of ALA and Chapters? How Do I Contact Other Student Chapters? Transforming the American Library Association Student Chapter at University of Southern California (9/6/16) My Chapter Is Looking for Ideas for Fundraising Activities. Where Can We Find Some? And Information about Jobs? And...
Your state library association, also known as an ALA Chapter, offers a wide range of benefits and services—and needs your help—and you need its help, as well!—to support libraries in your state. Its members are employed in all types of libraries: academic, public, school, and special. If you're not already a member, today, is a good time to join! Indeed, it’s not only a good day to join, with budget cuts and worse directed at libraries in many states, it’s also imperative—now more than ever—to support your state library association’s efforts to advocate for and support libraries, librarians, and library workers within your state....
In or around the second week of November each year, each school affiliated with ALA with an ALA Student Chapter will be invited to nominate one and only one student to participate in the Student-to-Staff Program (S2S). S2S provides a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for 40 students engaged in ALA Student Chapters both to attend an ALA Annual Conference and to work behind-the-scenes with ALA staff. Calls for nomination will be sent to the Student Chapter business e-list. Faculty advisors are asked not to send nominations now or through regular e-mail. Instead, faculty advisors will be asked to complete a...
Forty-four Chapters (aka state library associations) partner with ALA to offer students the opportunity to join them and ALA for one low price of $40, now through August 31, 2018. New program partners in 2017 are Colorado Association of Libraries, Florida Library Association, Nebraska Library Association, New Hampshire Library Association, and Utah Library Association. (Updated on 9/26/17) ALA encourages you to join online by completing the secure forms found at the joint membership program page. If you join online, ALA membership and the participating Chapters each receive a receipt that day of your having joined! And you save the...
Forty-two Chapters (aka state library associations) partner with ALA to offer students the opportunity to join them and ALA for one low price of $38, now through August 31, 2017. New program partners in 2017 are Colorado Association of Libraries and the New Hampshire Library Association. Dues increase by $2.00 after August 31, 2017. Join today! ALA encourages you to join online by completing the secure forms found at the joint membership program page. If you join online, ALA membership and the participating Chapters each receive a receipt that day of your having joined! And you save the cost of mailing or faxing your application!...