The Washington Library Association (WLA) is a professional organization for
librarians
A librarian is a person who works professionally in a library providing access to information, and sometimes social or technical programming, or instruction on information literacy to users.
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and library workers in the U.S. state of
Washington. It is headquartered in
Seattle
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and has 1,504 individual members and 49 institution members .
WLA was founded by the
Washington State Library at a meeting in
Tacoma on March 27, 1905.
Meetings were held annually until 1909 when the first WLA was merged with the newly formed
Pacific Northwest Library Association.
It was briefly organized as the Puget Sound Library Association and then re-established in its current form with its first meeting on June 30, 1932.
The WLA has published an academic journal called ''Alki'' since 1983.
WLA has four divisions: Academic, Public, School, and Special.
WLA also has eleven interest-based sections, Collection Development & Technical Services (CATS), Children's and Young Adult Services (CAYAS), College Libraries Across Washington State (CLAWS), Intellectual Freedom Section (IFS), Leadership is For Everyone (LIFE), Library & Information Student Section (LISS), Serving Adults in Libraries (SAIL), Social Responsibilities (SRRT), WA Library Employees (WALE), WA Library Trainers (WALT), and WA Library Friends, Foundations, Trustees, and Advocates (WLFFTA).
References
External links
Washington Library Association websitePacific Northwest Library Association
Library associations in the United States
Organizations based in Washington (state)
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