The Georgia Library Association invites proposals for panels and presentations for the Georgia Libraries Conference (GLC). This year’s conference will be held in-person October 4-6 , 2023 in Athens, GA. GLC is a place for our members and guests to showcase their professional and scholarly accomplishments with our profession at large. Our theme this year… Continue Reading Presentation Proposals: Georgia Libraries Conference 2023
The following amendments will appear on the upcoming election ballot: GLA Bylaws Article II. Section 2. Election a. Election ballots shall be made available to the membership by September 1.b. A plurality of the votes cast by September 20 by 20 days from the date when voting begins shall constitute an election for each office.… Continue Reading Constitution & Bylaws Amendments for Second Fall Election Ballot
GLA is thrilled to announce this year’s GLC Keynote Speaker: Cicely Lewis! Meet Cicely Lewis Named the 2020 National Librarian of the Year by School Library Journal and Scholastic, a 2019 Library Journal Mover and Shaker and the 2019 National Teacher Award for Lifelong Readers by the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) and… Continue Reading GLC 2022 Keynote Speaker: Cicely Lewis
The Executive Board and Constitution and Bylaws Committee will offer a set of amendments to the GLA Constitution & Bylaws for a vote on the September 2022 ballot. View the attached Amendments Explainer document (PDF) for the proposed changes and reason for the changes.
We are pleased to announce that the Preventive Conservation: Care of Archives, Art and Artifacts workshop, held 1-3 April, is now available both in-person and virtually through Teams! All workshops are open for registration, with the option of a discounted rate for signing up for all four. Preventive Conservation: Care of Archives, Art and Artifacts:… Continue Reading 2022 Georgia Archives Preventive Conservation Workshop Now Virtual
The Georgia Library Association’s mission is to provide leadership in empowering and supporting library and information professionals, and the diverse library community. GLA promotes professional growth, fosters innovation, creativity, expertise, and advocacy that advances and sustains library services throughout the state of Georgia. And this works because of you, and the time you put into… Continue Reading GLA Midwinter Planning Meeting 2022
There has been a national wave of local challenges leading toward legislative concerns and Georgia is not immuned. In response, GLA and GLMA have issued a Position Statement on the Freedom to Read in School Libraries in Georgia. We ask that GLA members and community members take action now and contact their legislator using the… Continue Reading Position Statement on the Freedom to Read in School Libraries in Georgia
By Michele Nicole Johnson Georgia Libraries Conference 2021 kicked off today with a warm virtual welcome from GLA President Wendy Cornelisen and Conference Chair Kara Rumble. This is GLA’s second virtual conference, but the virtual event was not what the planning committee originally envisioned. “There were plans to be in Macon right now,” Cornelisen explained.… Continue Reading GLC 2021 Kicks Off
The Executive Board and Constitution and Bylaws Committee will offer three amendments for voting on the November ballot. Click here to access a PDF of the proposed changes, or read them below. Proposed amendments that will appear on the ballot in November appear in blue text. Verbiage changes that reflect the amendments in existing documents… Continue Reading GLA Constitution and Bylaw Amendments
Georgia Library Association is working to help build awareness about the Emergency Broadband Benefit, a new Federal Communications Commission (FCC) program. The temporary benefit will help to lower the cost of broadband service for eligible households during the on-going COVID-19 pandemic. The $3.2 billion Emergency Broadband Benefit (EBB) program provides a discount of up to… Continue Reading Georgia Library Association Joins National Effort to Connect Households to Home Broadband