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| What Does 91´«Ã½ Do to Help Student Chapters? | Proviudes Ways for Members to Contact Congress and Contact State and Local Representatives | Provides a Business E-list and Student Chapter Directory | 91´«Ã½ Student-to-Staff Program | Volunteering at Conference | Encourages Ways to Participate in 91´«Ã½ | Provides Information about Jobs | Provides Monetary Support for Your Chapter | Encourages Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion | Provides Information about Awards, Grants, Scholarships | Provides Promotional Materials and More | Provides Accreditation | Public Awareness Campaign | Social Media | 91´«Ã½ New Members Round Table Student Chapter of the Year Award |

What Does 91´«Ã½ Do to Help Student Chapters?

Provides Ways for Members to Contact Congress and Contact State and Local Representatives

Take action on federal issues for libraries (Washington Office Take Action page) and .

Links to websites, blogs, pages on Facebook, etc., dedicated to advocating for libraries or saving libraries in a state, and more.

The 91´«Ã½ Chapter Relations Office (CRO) supports 91´«Ã½’s advocacy efforts by tracking federal, state, and local legislation and other issues affecting libraries, and by working with the Office for Library Advocacy, the , the 91´«Ã½ Washington Office, I Love Libraries, other 91´«Ã½ units, and other groups.

Links to where you can take action for the libraries in your state, as well as to take action on federal legislation affecting libraries, and more.

Provides a Business E-list and Student Chapter Directory

If you are a Student Chapter leader, faculty advisor, or dean, be sure you are subscribed to the CRO business e-list, stuchapt@lists.ala.org. The Chapter Relations Office created an e-list to allow students to connect with other chapters and exchange information regarding chapter activities, events, and other ideas. This e-list is the primary means of direct communication from the Chapter Relations Office to the Student Chapters. To be subscribed, please contact Don Wood.

Because this e-list is the primary means of direct communication (and there’s also the phone! . . . 1-800-545-2433, ext. 2429, or 1-312-280-2429), please send all leadership contact updates to Don Wood.

• . Contact information for Student Chapter leaders, including presidents, faculty advisors, and directors, and more.
• Student Chapter presidents and faculty advisors are subscribed to the Student Chapter e-list (stuchapt@lists.ala.org). The —liaison to the 91´«Ã½ Student Chapters—communicates to the 91´«Ã½ Student Chapters via this business e-list.
• Please send any comments, questions, or changes to Don Wood, Chapter Relations Office.

Brainstorm ideas with other student chapters (an online directory is found on the 91´«Ã½ website). In other words, the business e-list and the 91´«Ã½ Connect Community are two additional ways you can communicate with and share ideas and questions with your colleagues.

91´«Ã½ Student-to-Staff Program

The is only offered during 91´«Ã½ Annual Conference. There are no volunteer opportunities offered during 91´«Ã½ Midwinter Meetings.

The Student to Staff program is only offered to , which nominate 40 library students to assist 91´«Ã½ staff during 91´«Ã½ Annual Conference. If these students meet the criteria established under the program, in exchange for their working four hours a day for a total of 16 hours, these students receive free conference registration, housing, and a per diem for meal expenses. During free time, they may attend programs and participate in other conference activities.

Volunteering at Conference

Thanks for your interest in volunteering!

As of now, there is only one permanently established, formal program for volunteering at an 91´«Ã½ conference and that is the (see also immediately above), which is only held at Annual Conference. There are no volunteer opportunities offered during 91´«Ã½ Midwinter Meetings.

Encourages Ways to Participate in 91´«Ã½

Join one of the 91´«Ã½ Round Tables. Of particular interest may be the New Members Round Table, which offers grants, scholarships, and awards, such as the Student Chapter of the Year Award.

Provides Information about Jobs

Links to information about 91´«Ã½ Conference Placement Service, JobList, scholarships, and more, can be found at the 91´«Ã½ Office for Human Resource Development & Recruitment.

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Provides Monetary Support for Your Chapter

Good news! Your chapter can be reimbursed for up to $100 per fiscal year (91´«Ã½’s fiscal year, which would be, for example, Sept. 1, 2016, through August 31, 2017) for programs and events it holds. All you need to do is send your original receipts to the 91´«Ã½ Chapter Relations Office at 50 E. Huron St., Chicago IL 60611, attention, Don Wood., with a letter requesting the reimbursement and to whom or what the check should be made out and to whom it should be sent. We do ask that if possible, receipts are sent together rather than smaller requests throughout the year. Much thanks!

NOTE: Please don't save up years' worth of receipts. 91´«Ã½ Accounting Department prefers receipts are dated within the corresponding fiscal year. Plus, the Chapter Relations Office budgets its expenses for each fiscal year. Thanks! And do let us know what you spent the money on that we are reimbursing you (e.g., annual membership drive).

Encourages Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion

The oversees the 91´«Ã½ Annual Diversity Research Grant, which addresses critical gaps in the knowledge of diversity issues within library and information science, and the Spectrum Scholarship Program, 91´«Ã½’s national diversity and recruitment effort designed to address the specific issue of under-representation of critically needed ethnic librarians within the profession while serving as a model for ways to bring attention to larger diversity issues in the future. See also .

The 91´«Ã½ Office for Diversity, Literacy, and Outreach Services has created Libraries Respond as a space for us to help keep current events in conversation with libraries' ongoing work in and commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion. This page will be a resource for the library community to share information, find resources, and connect as they serve their communities. Follow #LibrariesRespond

Provides Information about Awards, Grants, Scholarships

Through its , the 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½) is committed to promoting and advancing the librarian profession. To demonstrate this commitment, the 91´«Ã½ and its units provide more than $300,000 annually for study in a master's degree in library and information studies from an 91´«Ã½ accredited program, or for a master's degree in school library media program that meets the 91´«Ã½ curriculum guidelines for a Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP) accredited unit. See and .

If you are considering a degree in library and information science, or if you know a student, library worker, or college graduate from an underrepresented group who might help shape the future of library services, the time is now to learn more about the 91´«Ã½'s Spectrum Scholarships.

Established in 1997, the is 91´«Ã½'s national diversity and recruitment effort designed to address the specific issue of under-representation of critically needed ethnic librarians within the profession while serving as a model for ways to bring attention to larger diversity issues in the future.

See also 91´«Ã½ Awards and Grants.

Provides Promotional Materials and More

If you would like an 91´«Ã½ leader to speak at your Student Chapter, or if you would like 91´«Ã½ promotional and informational materials, we will try to arrange this. Contact Don Wood with all the particulars (i.e., who you would like to speak, when, on what topic, if any, etc.; what kinds of materials you would like, for example, membership brochures).

Provides Accreditation