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Title: Broward County Library Association


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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
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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

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  • 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

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

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

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Provides members with
  • Recognition at annual awards event

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

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

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

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

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

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Networking/Collaborating with Others
  • Committee work doing the Associations business
  • FLAs Facebook page
  • Tweeting at the FLA Conference
  • Email lists
  • Member Groups
  • Continuing education conference presentations
  • Poster sessions

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Wed love to see you at the 2011 Annual
Conference!
May 4 6 Doubletree Hotel At the Entrance to
Universal Orlando
                               
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We invite you to join FLA today!
  • www.flalib.org
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