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Student chapters

Mission

The first ALA Student Chapter was created in 1980 at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. Each Student Chapter has its own character and purpose. ALA Student Chapters enhance students' ALA membership by providing leadership and programming opportunities on the campuses.

Responsibilities

ALA student members at the master's level and beyond are eligible to form official ALA student chapter groups at schools offering ALA-accredited programs of library and information services, or a master's degree with a specialty in school library media from an NCATE/AASL-accredited program. See How to form a student group.

Resources 101

ALA student chapter resources

Directory of student chapters
Links to Student Chapter Websites, current President and Faculty Advisor contacts

How to start a student chapter
What you need to know to start a new ALA Student Chapter on your campus

Student chapter resources
Helpful information for Student Chapters, including the Student to Staff Program.

Student chapter speaker list 
Contact information for speakers and presenters available to speak to Student Chapters

Round tables

New Members Round Table (which sponsors the NMRT student chapter of the year award). See also Other ALA Round Tables.

SPECTRUM

SPECTRUM scholarship information

Social Networking

Wikis and More

The ALA chapters wiki promote communication and assistance among ALA and the ALA Chapters.

The ALA student chapters group on Facebook facilitates communication and assistance among the student chapters and ALA.

The ALA student members wiki promotes communication among ALA student members.

The American Library Association student to staff participants group on Facebook promotes communication and assistance among ALA and the student-to-staff participants.

See also ALA Read Write Connect and ALA Weblog Service.

E-lists

To subscribe to the Student Chapters business e-list, STUCHAPT, please contact a staff member listed below. To subscribe to other ALA e-lists, or visit the e-list archives, visit the ALA Mailing Lists Service (SYMPA).

Staff

Don Wood, Program Officer
Chapter Relations Office
dwood@ala.org, 1-800-545-2433, ext. 2429

Change of address, comments, and questions

Please use the ALA Chapter Relations Online Change of Address Form to submit addresses and address updates. If you prefer to mail or fax a paper copy, you may download the PDF version of the change of address form.

If you have comments and questions regarding these pages, please contact Don Wood, Chapter Relations Office

Directory of Student Chapters

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The American Library Association currently has 50 active Student Chapters.

Chapters Social Networking

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Links to the Chapters Resource Wiki and other social networking resources for Chapters.

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ALA Office for Human Resource Development & Recruitment

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ALA Chapters

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ALA's 57 state and regional chapters are partners in addressing concerns to libraries. Each state is represented on ALA Council.

ALA Chapter Relations Office

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Serves as the liaison between ALA and the ALA Chapters.

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