Membership Benefits

Institutional Members

Your employees are the expert building blocks of your team; and MLA's Institutional Membership gives them—and your library—the vital resources to cement their expertise and services. After all, as your information team learns new skills and ideas, your library benefits, too. In addition to core member benefits, MLA's Institutional Membership (which belongs to the library and does not move with an individual) provides unique services targeted to your institution's needs—extra resources:

Expert assistance in finding qualified professionals to fill job vacancies

As an institutional member, you receive substantial discounts (more than $135 per ad, guaranteed!) on job classifieds in the MLA News. And we post ads to our MLANET Job Opportunities and RSS feed (plus LinkedIn and Facebook) once a week, extra publicity for any position. You can also list vacancies for free and meet with potential candidates informally through our annual meeting Placement Service.

Special savings at MLA annual meetings

Register up to 3 nonmember staff at individual member rates, and save more than $90 per staff member. And, our Hall of Exhibits offers close contact with vendors and their new technologies and services. You can also purchase an institutional site license to annual meeting content and share hundreds of posters, sessions, and speakers with staff.

Productively address national and regulatory issues

We supply information and assistance to many government agencies (such as NLM, Congress, and state legislatures); provide expert testimony on critical issues that affect your institution; work for meaningful appropriations levels for federal library-related programs; and provide support, publicity, and public relations on behalf of your library. MLA also collaborates with more than 20 allied organizations (such as JCAHO).

Low-cost duplicate journal exchange

MLA's quarterly Exchange provides access to print journals no longer needed in other institutions, which members may exchange for the price of postage alone. Donate surplus journals or replace journal issues in your collection with this valuable resource.

Special rights and privileges for your institution's official representative

To take full advantage of all your membership benefits as an institution, you designate an official contact in your library. Your official representative votes on association business and elections, and is also eligible to serve on or chair national, section, and chapter committees and to hold elective office at all levels.