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Empowering Florida Libraries: Join the Florida Library Association Today!

The Florida Library Association (FLA) is the state-wide membership organization dedicated to supporting libraries, their employees, and patrons in Florida. FLA advocates for library funding, intellectual freedom, and privacy rights while promoting professional development, networking opportunities, and scholarship programs. Our mission includes building relationships within the library community and providing tools for sharing resources. With annual conferences and legislative events, FLA keeps libraries at the forefront of public discourse. Join us to empower libraries and enhance community access to information.

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Empowering Florida Libraries: Join the Florida Library Association Today!

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  1. Who are we? The Florida Library Association is the state-wide membership association of libraries, their employees and supporters, and organizations and businesses providing services to libraries. Libraries & Library Service Organizations Library Employees of All Types Businesses Library Supporters

  2. What does FLA do? • Promotes Florida libraries of all types • Advocates for libraries, library funding, intellectual freedom and privacy rights • Acquaints the public and government officials with library issues

  3. Builds relationships in the Florida library community • Provides members with • Information • Professional development • Continuing education • Collegial environment for sharing • Publications & guidelines • Platform for issues • Scholarships and recognition awards • Leadership opportunities • Networking/communication tools

  4. Promotes Libraries

  5. Advocates • Library Day event at the Florida Legislature • Professional Lobbyist • Library Day in Washington, D.C. • Legislative Committee

  6. Informs the Public & Government Officials State Representative Irv Schlossberg receiving an FLA award for his support of libraries

  7. Builds Relationships • Chapter of the American Library Association • Freedom to Read Foundation • Founding partner of the Florida Book Awards • Florida Association for Media in Education • Support legislative positions of: • College Center for Library Automation • Florida Center for Library Automation • Florida Association for Media in Education

  8. Provides members with… Recognition at annual awards event Scholarships

  9. Professional Development & Continuing Education • Annual conferences • Unconferences in the Panhandle • Friends, Foundations & Boards workshops • Opportunities to learn from peers

  10. Collegial Environment for Sharing • Promoting resource sharing among libraries of all types • Coordinating with multi-type library cooperatives

  11. Publications & Guidelines • Florida Libraries – a peer-reviewed journal • Public Library Standards • Intellectual Freedom Manual

  12. Privatization of public libraries challenge Child Internet safety education – implementing state requirements Platform for Issues • Vamos a Cuba case – an intellectual freedom challenge

  13. Leadership opportunities • Executive Board and Committees • Member groups • Publications • Partnerships

  14. Networking/Collaborating with Others • Committee work doing the Association’s business • FLA’s Facebook page • Tweeting at the FLA Conference • Email lists • Member Groups • Continuing education & conference presentations • Poster sessions

  15. We’d love to see you at the 2011 Annual Conference! May 4 – 6 Doubletree Hotel At the Entrance to Universal Orlando

  16. We invite you to join FLA today! www.flalib.org

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