Sailing Boat

GETTING STARTED:

Ideas and Procedures for starting a School Library Association or Section

Prepared by Beatrice Anderson

If you are desirous of forming a School Library Association or School Section within your local Library Association, here are some pointers to help you along:

Green ball OBJECTIVES

Identify the purpose(s) of such an Association/Section which may be:

Green ball RESOLUTION

A brief but well worded resolution should then be tabled to the parent association for permission to form a section or for intent to do so.

Green ball NAME

If a parent association exists, then you would be the school section of that body. Otherwise, choose a name that best identifies with your country or region.

Green ball MEMBERSHIP

A minimum of 15 persons who are already paid-up members of the parent association can form the nucleus of this new body. From this group a Steering Committee for the formation of a Section can be appointed.

Such a committee would work with representatives from the Executive Committee for the purpose of drafting proposals concerning the operating regulations and sectional matters for the section or for the new association. You could do the following:

Green ball CATEGORIES OF MEMBERSHIP

Categories of membership could be:

Green ball REPRESENTATION

Officers should include:

  1. President (New Association) or Chairman;
  2. Vice-President / Vice-Chairman;
  3. Secretary / Treasurer.
    There may need to have a Recording Secretary as well as a Corresponding Secretary, depending on workload.
  4. An Executive Committee which comprises a number (to be determined), of Representatives of each interest group, with the President and Secretary as Exofficio members.

Green ball TERM OF OFFICE

This should be one year and, where applicable, coincide with that of the parent association.

Green ball FREQUENCY OF MEETINGS

Regular meetings may be held once per term, but monthly for the Executive with a proviso for emergency meetings.

Green ball REPORTS

You will ned to document all your activities and programmes so that they can be reflected in seasonal reports as well as the Annual Report which should be prepared for the Annual General Meeting (AGM).

Green ball LOGO

Invite proposals for a logo from within the immediate membership. Have the design ready for the official launching.

Green ball OFFICIAL LAUNCHING

FROM NOW ON YOU WILL BE ON YOUR OWN
Smooth Sailing!

LET IASL KNOW HOW YOU ARE GETTING ON
We exist to help.

Green ball A SUGGESTED PROGRAMME OF ACTIVITIES


This document was originally prepared as a print brochure, by Beatrice Anderson, then IASL Director for the Caribbean, in around July 1992.


IFLA (the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions), Management of Library Associations Section, has prepared a series of brochures that provide advice about establishing and managing a library association. The brochures are available on the IFLA web site in English, French, Russian and Chinese:


Last Updated 12 May 2006 (KSB)