For immediate release | August 14, 2018
Forty-five state library associations partner with ALA to offer joint student membership program
CHICAGO — Forty-five state library associations (ALA Chapters) partner with the American Library Association (ALA) to offer a joint student membership program, which allows students engaged in a program of study or certification in MLS/MLIS, CAEP and LTA programs for no more than five total years to join ALA and one participating ALA Chapter for one low membership rate.
A one-year joint student membership currently costs $40. These membership dues increase to $42 on Sept. 1, 2018, and will be valid through Aug. 31, 2019. The program has been an ALA student member benefit since 2004.
The following 45 ALA Chapters participate in the joint student membership program:
- Alabama Library Association
- Alaska Library Association
- Arizona Library Association
- Arkansas Library Association
- California Library Association
- Colorado Association of Libraries
- Connecticut Library Association
- Delaware Library Association
- District of Columbia Library Association
- Florida Library Association
- Georgia Library Association
- Hawaii Library Association
- Idaho Library Association
- Indiana Library Federation
- Kansas Library Association
- Kentucky Library Association
- Louisiana Library Association
- Maine Library Association
- Maryland Library Association
- Massachusetts Library Association
- Michigan Library Association
- Minnesota Library Association
- Mississippi Library Association
- Missouri Library Association
- Montana Library Association
- Nebraska Library Association
- Nevada Library Association
- New Hampshire Library Association
- New Jersey Library Association
- New York Library Association
- North Carolina Library Association
- Ohio Library Council
- Oklahoma Library Association
- Oregon Library Association
- Pennsylvania Library Association
- Rhode Island Library Association
- South Carolina Library Association
- South Dakota Library Association
- Tennessee Library Association
- Texas Library Association
- Utah Library Association
- Vermont Library Association
- Washington Library Association
- West Virginia Library Association
- Wisconsin Library Association
To learn more about the ALA joint student membership, visit http://www.ala.org/aboutala/joint-membership-program and contact the ALA Chapter Relations Office at cro@ala.org.
For more information about ALA membership, contact ALA Members and Customer Service at (800) 545-2433 (press 5).
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