Brief Description:

Student Chapters Publications (1981-2004) of the Chapters Relations Office, including newsletters, correspondence, proposals, and publicity, concerning Student Chapter activities and the ALA Student Chapters Assembly.

Publications include ALA Student Chapters Liaison; University of Arizona Footnotes; University of South Florida ALIS News, and ALIS Info Source; University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Newsletter; Louisiana State University ALA Student Chapter Newsletter, and Alumni Association Newsletter; Wayne State University, Tracings; Rutgers, Newsletter; North Carolina University at Greensboro, LISSA LINK; Kent State University, ALA Student Chapter News; University of South Carolina, A Survival Guide to Davis College (1989) and The Back Fence; Texas Woman’s University, GLISSA Newsletter; University of Texas at Austin, Newsletter; Brigham Young University, GRADALIS Newsletter; University of Washington, ALA Student Chapter News; and University of Wisconsin-Madison, Proposal for ATLAST: Audio Conference to Link ALA Student Chapters Together (1985).

Record Series Number: 4/11/10

Created by: Chapter Relations Office

Volume: 0.2 Cubic Feet

Acquired: 02/00/2020.

Arrangement: Alphabetical by subject and state

Biographical Note for Chapter Relations Office : The constitution of the ALA (Article X, Section 3) provides that a legally constituted regional organization may become a chapter of the ALA and enjoy the rights and privileges of the organization as specified by the bylaws (1). The bylaws (6.1.1.) specify that the ALA shall send the Chapter affiliations a summary statement of conditions governing chapter affiliation (2). The Chapter Relations Office was officially established in 1979 to carry out this function (3). The madnate of the office was to promote a "sense of identification between the ALA and its chapters" and to promote a sense of awareness of chapter needs (4). The office initially reported to the Executive Director (5). In 1984 the office reported to the Associate Executive Director for Communication Services (6). In 1985 the functions of the office expanded and tis names was changed to the Chapter Relations and Membership Development Office (7).

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