Ghana Library Association
Membership
What you need to know as a member
There are three clear broad memberships namely professional, para-professional and institutional. Membership is acquired by registration into the following six categories;
Students studying Information and Library Studies and who are not employed in any organization. Student Member is used strictly to mean young ones who are in school and not those who are in employment and have the permission to go to school.
Associate Members (AM) are library professionals with (diploma) and/or first degree in Information Science.
Chartered Members (CM) are library professionals with Masters (MA/MPhil) degrees and beyond in Information Science.
A Fellow of GLA (FGLA) is the highest membership level which is conferred by Council on personalities in the profession who have distinguished themselves in the area of service to the Association, research activities, member in good standing etc.
A person of distinction who is not actively engaged in Library work, but who in the opinion of the Council has rendered distinguished service in promoting the objects of the Association or for meritorious contributions to library development in Ghana
A Member of the Association who retires from active service/work. He/she shall enjoy all rights and privileges of full membership.
This is awarded to a Member who is retired from active library service or related activities and has been a member of the Association for a total of twenty (20) years.
Membership Benefits
- Participation in all GLA organized Workshops/seminars etc, at a subsidized fee or free of charge.
- Opportunity to attend Annual General Meeting/Biennial Congress and Seminar and an option to present a paper.
- Automatic member of the welfare group to receive support in times of happiness, sickness, death etc.
- Right to vote or be voted for to hold positions on Council after two years of membership.
- Opportunity to serve on other GLA committees such as Anniversary planning, Newsletter, Journal Committees such as Editorial Board, Reviewer etc.
- Opportunity to publish academic articles in GLA Journal (Ghana Library Journal).
- Access to free e-copies of GLA journal.
- Sharing of institutional success stories and developments in the GLA Newsletter.
- Offer of Scholarships received by GLA to members from IFLA/AfLIA/NGO’s etc.
- Sharing of job vacancies to members on GLA’s listserve.
- Offer of Mentorship (mentor or mentee) with senior, colleagues or juniors.
- Opportunity to be a facilitator or resource person at programmes in or outside GLA.
- Receiving updates on current developments in the library profession and other key announcements by Email, WhatsApp etc.
- Opportunity to receive commendation and higher title conferment such as Fellow etc by GLA.
- Receive recommendation (Reference Letters) in support of members.
- Qualification to be selected to serve on committees (Publishers Association, Ghana International Book Fair etc) outside GLA.
- Acting as Ambassadors for GLA during library related programs.
- Opportunity to engage and support GLA activities (e.g. Library & Information Week,) at the local, regional and national levels.
- Purchase of Association’s paraphernalia such as cloth, stickers etc. Other free documents include GLA’ Constitution, Code of Ethics etc
Membership Fees
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Location: University of Ghana, Accra City Campus Library, Accra.
Office Hours: Mon – Fri (8:30am – 5:00pm)
Telephone: +233 (0) 24 417 9701
Email: info@gla.org.gh