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| Formation | 1902 |
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| Type | Non-profit NGO |
| Headquarters | Austin, Texas |
Region served | United States |
President | Elizabeth A.M. Howard (2024-2025) |
| Website | www |
The Texas Library Association (TLA) is a charitable non-profit group that promotes libraries in Texas. It was founded on June 9, 1902.[1] TLA is affiliated with the American Library Association (ALA) and has more than 6,000 members made up of librarians and library workers from academic, public, school and special libraries. Membership also includes library advocates, educators, and vendors. The organization has established annual awards and scholarships that honor excellence in the library profession. It also curates reading lists each year for multiple age groups, ranging from fiction, nonfiction, graphic novels, picture books, to bilingual and multicultural books.[2]
Headquartered in Austin, Texas, the association is governed by a Council that meets at the TLA Annual Conference and the Officer Governance Training and Workshop (formerly known as Annual Assembly). The executive board serves as the central management board and recommends matters of policy, budget, and operations to the council. Board members are elected annually by the membership.[3]
- ^ Santos, Michele Chan (June 2022). "Happy 120th Birthday TLA! Timeline of Events" (PDF). Texas Library Association: Mission and History. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 12, 2024. Retrieved September 5, 2024.
- ^ "Reading Lists". Texas Library Association. Retrieved 2020-05-07.
- ^ "Mission & History". Texas Library Association. Retrieved 2020-05-07.