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[Jenny Ur]

This is a message from CTLS-L. Selecting "Reply" will send a message to the originator. Selecting "Reply to All" will send a message to the entire list. --------------------------------------------------------- Hi, all. I hope everyone is having a good week after all the holiday festivities. I have a question regarding joining ALA. I was a member for two years, but never was active. It was just like a very expensive magazine subscription, and my previous library would not pay for my membership—it came out of my own pocket. Now that I’m in Texas, I rely on CTLS for most needs that I’d use my membership to a professional association for. (I hope that sentence made sense to someone, somewhere.) TLA is good, too, as far as being in the loop on goings-on in the library world. My opinion at this point is that it would be a waste of money for the city I work for to pay for me to join and go to ALA. What are other people’s opinions? What are your experiences regarding ALA or any other nation-wide organization? TIA, Jenny Ur   Nancy Carol Roberts Memorial Library 100 W. Academy St. Brenham, TX 77833   [EMAIL PROTECTED]