The
Canadian Library Association is the national English
language association which represents 57,000 library workers across the country.
It also speaks for the interests of the 21 million Canadians who are members of
libraries. CLA members work in college, university, public, special (corporate,
non-profit and
government) and school libraries. Others sit on boards of public libraries, work
for companies that provide goods and services to libraries, or are students in
graduate level or community college programs.
CLA
was founded in Hamilton, Ontario in 1946, and was incorporated under the Companies
Act on November 26, 1947. CLA is a non-profit voluntary organization, governed
by an elected Executive Council, which is advised by over thirty interest groups
and committees.
The
Association's five constituent divisions are the:
CLA
has provided a wide variety of services and programs to its members and others
in the library community since 1946. Questions,
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staff as listed on the staff directory. We encourage feedback on this site which
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