Canadian Library Association

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Canadian Library Association
AbbreviationCLA
Successor Canadian Federation of Library Associations
Formation1946
Dissolved2016
TypeLibrary Association
Purposeadvocate and public voice, educator and network
Headquarters Ottawa, Ontario
Region served
Canada
Membership
60 organizations
Official language
English
French
Website www.cla.ca

The Canadian Library Association (CLA) was a national, predominantly English-language association which represented 57,000 library workers across Canada. It also spoke for the interests of the 21 million Canadians who are members of libraries. CLA members worked in all four types of libraries: academic (college and university), public, special (corporate, non-profit and government) and school libraries. Others sat on boards of public libraries, work for companies that provide goods and services to libraries, or were students in graduate level or community college programs.

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CLA's Mission Statement was: "CLA is the national voice for Canada's library communities. As members, we:

The statement highlights the Association's advocacy role on behalf of the Canadian library and information community.

As of January, 2016, the organization claimed it had 924 paid members, although it is unclear whether this means personal members, or total membership (including corporate, associate, institutional, and honorary members). The executive council claims it had spent several years dealing with the difficulties of declining membership, efficiency, and financial power. [2]

On January 27, 2016, the CLA membership formally voted to disband the organization. [2] The last CLA Forum was held in June 2016 in Ottawa, Ontario. [3] The CLA was replaced by the Canadian Federation of Library Associations, which was incorporated on May 16, 2016. [4] [5]

History

The Canadian Library Association (CLA) was founded in Hamilton, Ontario in 1946, and was incorporated under the Companies Act on November 26, 1947. Freda Farrell Waldon was its first president, serving in the year 1947. [6] [7] CLA is a non-profit voluntary organization, governed by an elected Executive Council, which is advised by over forty interest groups and committees.

In May 2002, the membership was at a grand total of 2,721, including 2216 personal, 505 institutional, and 187 associate members. [8]

As of December 2014, the last time at which information was available, total membership in the CLA (through its various membership types) was 1,283:

In June 2016, the CLA was dissolved and its functions taken by several associations, including the Ontario Library Association and the Canadian Federation of Library Associations. [10]

Committees

The CLA was supported by two types of committees: advisory committees and standing committees. [11] As the need arose, new committees were formed by the Executive Council. Existing CLA members were primarily considered in the member selection process.

Advisory committees

The Executive Council created advisory committees to address topics of strategic professional interest to the CLA. These committees were either long-term or short-term. Some of the advisory committees that supported the CLA were:

Standing committees

The Executive Council created long-term standing committees to actively govern the CLA. These committees contributed to the continuing operation of the CLA, and included:

Student chapters

Recognizing that there was a need for close association between the Canadian Library Association and students in library school, the Canadian Library Association always encouraged students to join CLA, network and become involved active members of the library community.

In March 1999, CLA's first Student Chapter was officially launched at the University of Western Ontario.

Since that time, Student Chapters were launched at the University of British Columbia, University of Toronto, University of Alberta, McGill University and Dalhousie University and in 2006 at the Nova Scotia Community College Institute of Technology Campus. [12]

Student chapters of the Canadian Library Association allowed for professional development and networking opportunities for students enrolled in library and information science programs.

Book awards

CLA presented three annual awards recognizing books for young people that were published in Canada during the preceding year (and nominated by the end of November). [13] [14] [15] The writer, or the illustrator for the Howard-Gibbon Award, must be a citizen or permanent resident of Canada. [13] [14] [15]

The Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award was presented every year since it was inaugurated in 1971, when the winner was Elizabeth Cleaver for The Wind Has Wings: Poems from Canada, which she wrote and illustrated. [13]

The Book of the Year for Children Award has been presented every year from 1963 when the winner was Sheila Burnford for The Incredible Journey (also adapted as a Disney film that year). The Book of the Year was inaugurated in 1947, recognizing the 1943 novel Starbuck Valley Winter by Roderick Haig-Brown, and it was awarded ten times prior to 1963. [14]

The Young Adult Book Award has been presented every year since it was inaugurated in 1981, when the winner was Kevin Major for Far from Shore (1980). [15]

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  2. 1 2 "Canadian Library Association | Canadian Library Association Results of the Special General Meeting". cla.ca. Retrieved 2016-01-30.
  3. ↑ "Canadian Library Association 2016 Forum" . Retrieved 2017-01-10.
  4. ↑ "History". Canadian Federation of Library Associations. 2017-09-13. Retrieved 2023-01-15.
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  6. ↑ "Waldon, Freda Farrell | HPL". Hpl.ca. Retrieved 2016-08-10.
  7. ↑ "CLA AT WORK". cla.ca. Retrieved 2016-08-10.
  8. ↑ "Canadian Library Association". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2016-01-30.
  9. ↑ "Canadian Library Association | CLA at Work". cla.ca. Retrieved 2016-01-30.
  10. ↑ "Update on the Dissolution of the Canadian Library Association" . Retrieved 2017-01-10.
  11. ↑ "Committees, Task forces, and Teams". Canadian Library Association. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  12. ↑ "Canadian Library Association Student Chapters" Archived 2011-09-27 at the Wayback Machine .
  13. 1 2 3 Book Awards, "Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award". With linked list of winners.
  14. 1 2 3 Book Awards, "Book of the Year for Children". With linked list of winners.
  15. 1 2 3 Book Awards, "CLA Young Adult Book Award". With linked list of winners.
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