Organizations

Organizations

Professional There are Professional librarian organization sites that can be very helpful. /they can help enable interlibrary loans and discounts to some vendors. Below is a list of such organizations that will help you connect to other librarians, library professionals and educators of libraries and librarians.
 * __**Name of Organization**__ || __**Web Page (URL)**__ || __**Description of Organization**__. ||
 * American Library Association (ALA) || [|http://www.ala.org] || American Library Association was created to provide leadership for the development, promotion, and improvement of library and information services and the profession of librarianship in order to enhance learning and ensure access to information for all. ||
 * Special Library Association (SLA) || [|http://www.sla.org] || Special librarians are information resource experts who collect, analyze, evaluate, package, and disseminate information to facilitate accurate decision-making in corporate, academic, and government settings. ||
 * SLA Florida and Caribean Chapter || [] || Regional chapter of SLA pertaining to Florida. ||
 * Florida Library Association || [|http://www.flalib.org] || The Florida Library Association (FLA) works with other professional organizations and professions that are relevant to librarianship; provides increasing opportunities for librarians and support staff in Florida to advance their skills so that they can maintain their effectiveness in the new information age; works closely with the information industry, facilitating productive links with the library community; and continues its role as legislative advocate for excellence in all types of library service within the State of Florida and beyond. ||
 * Florida Theological Library Association (FTLA) || [] || The Florida Theological Library Association (FTLA) is a regional organization of the American Theological Library Association (ATLA.) It exists to promote cooperation and exchange of ideas among theological libraries in Florida. Membership is limited to institutional members of ATLA in the region ||
 * Florida Health Sciences Library Association (FHSLA) || [] || Purposes of the organization are to foster the development of medical libraries in Florida in accordance with professional standards, to inspire and educate medical library personnel, and to implement the exchange of library materials and services. ||

Cooperative and Library Affiliations:
 * __**Library Affiliations**__ || __**Web Page**__ || **__Description of Organization__** ||
 * State of Florida Division of Library & Information Services || [] || Under the the Secretary of State's department, this is the government office handles the State Library and all library assistance for libraries within the state, including Internet e-rates, consortia issues and library planning at the state level. ||
 * Panhandle Library Access Network (PLAN) || [] || The Panhandle Library Access Network (PLAN) is a multi-type library cooperative, composed of members from public, academic, special, and school libraries located in the 16 counties of the Florida Panhandle. The headquarters is located in Panama City Beach. ||
 * Northeast Florida Library Information Network (NEFLIN) || [|http://neflin.org] || NEFLIN is a non-profit, multi-type library cooperative. Established in 1992, [|NEFLIN members] employ 2,752 staff at 570 public, academic, school, and special libraries located within our [|24 county service area]. ||
 * Southeast Florida Library Information Network (SEFLIN) || [|http://seflin.org] || SEFLIN, the Southeast Florida Library Information Network, is a non-profit membership organization of Southeast Florida libraries dedicated to supporting cooperation between all types of libraries. ||
 * Southwest Florida Library Network || [|http://www.swfln.org] || The Southwest Florida Library Network (SWFLN) is one of the five regional consortia of multi-type libraries in the State of Florida. SWFLN serves the counties of Charlotte, Collier, DeSoto, Hendry, Lee, and Monroe. ||
 * Tampa Bay Library Consortium || [|http://tblc.org] || The Tampa Bay Library Consortium, Inc. (TBLC) is a nonprofit multi-type library cooperative that assists and empowers over 100 libraries. All types of libraries – public, academic, school and specialized – are members. Since 1979, TBLC has worked with member libraries to provide better, faster service to the residents of west central Florida. ||