Personal Membership
Registration Forms
ALA-CLA Joint Membership
If you are a full-time student, you can become a joint member of both ALA and CLA. Click here to view a printable joint membership form.
IMPORTANT: To ensure that your joint membership is processed in a timely manner, mail your application with payment to: Chapter Relations Office, ALA, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611.
Personal Membership in CLA is available to individuals who provide library services, library school students, as well as those interested in the development, promotion and improvement of library service.
When registering, you may choose to become a voting member or a supporting member. Select to become a CLA voting member if you are interested in participating in Association activities, such as Elections, Committees, and Interest Groups. Otherwise, you may choose to be a supporting member if you are not working in a library but you wish to support Association programs.
Personal Membership Benefits
The California Library Association is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. As such, your CLA membership is tax-deductible.* Invest in your career and your profession by becoming a CLA member today!
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CLA is your source for timely information.
Members get timely information regarding events in the California library community; share in philosophies and ideas; and are exposed to the successes and challenges facing California libraries.
Information is power and CLA provides you access to that information through our monthly e-newsletter, California Libraries, biannual theme-based magazine, CLARION, the CLA Blog, listservs, and e-mail alerts.
Additionally, you can stay active with CLA through our Facebook page and our Twitter feed. - CLA provides career information and help.
Through our online career center, JobMart, you have access to current job listings and post your resume. CLA's multi-year effort to address fair compensation for library staff will increase library salaries.
- CLA members direct CLA Legislative activities.
As a member, your voice, joined with thousands of others, is heard on public policy debate in Sacramento.
- CLA provides opportunities for professional networking.
Through our online membership directory, you have immediate access to other library staff. Through listserves, Annual Conference and Spring Fling programming, you can share experiences, develop professionally, and interact with the leaders of today's and tomorrow's libraries.
- CLA recognizes outstanding efforts in the library world.
You can gain recognition from your peers for outstanding efforts in your work through the CLA Awards Program.
- CLA supports the needs of special interest groups.
CLA's Interest Groups address specific concerns or focus for library staff.
- CLA monitors and addresses state and local censorship and intellectual freedom issues.
You are assured that constitutional rights are being actively monitored.
- CLA sponsors an Annual Conference and Exhibition.
The Annual Conference and Exhibition is designed for you by your colleagues and further informs, connects, shares, and celebrates the work you do in and with libraries.
- CLA promotes libraries with public relations campaigns.
CLA works to keep the issues of library awareness at the forefront of the public's attention.
*CLA Membership is tax-deductible less $20 for publication costs.