If you are interested in being more involved in advocacy, consider joining the:

• SCLA Advocacy Committee by emailing [email protected]
• SCASL Legislative Committee by emailing [email protected]

Call for Poster Session Proposals

 The 2025 SCLA Conference Poster Session is an opportunity to share your strengths and successes visually and in face-to-face discussions with your colleagues. Your poster session may focus on an innovative idea, creative program, effective partnership, hands-on activity, exploration of a topics in librarianship, results form research or surveys, or anything else you've been working on that you would like to share. 

The 2025 SCLA Conference Poster Session will be held on a day and time TBD October 27-30, 2025. 

The deadline for submitting completed proposals is Friday, August 15, 2025. The primary contact will be notified of acceptance by Thursday, September 18, 2025. 

Accepted presenters should register for the conference by Monday, October 6, 2025.

The 2025 Poster Session Guidelines are available here, and the judging rubric is here. 

Please submit your proposal using this form. 

For any questions, please contact: 

Karen Burton, Science Librarian at Clemson University [email protected]  

Institutional Membership Is Here!

Call for Poster Session Proposals 

We are excited to announce our new opportunity for institutional membership! At any level, this membership will provide the full benefits of SCLA for your library’s entire staff (full-time and part-time). These benefits include access to resources and professional development that may have been inaccessible in the past due to costs or job function along with the convenience of paying for all staff memberships in a single transaction. 

To learn more, view this flier: SCLA Institutional Membership.

Support for You and Your Library

Your membership supports SCLA’s aggressive and productive efforts in the state and nationally to assure that South Carolina’s libraries are well-funded and maintain their national standing as the very best. 

We are a state chapter of the American Library Association (ALA) and an affiliate of the Southeastern Library Association (SELA).  The association is made of librarians from all around our state South Carolina dedicated to providing innovative services and promoting libraries and intellectual freedom to all our citizens including the public, as well as those in higher education and in our schools.

The Benefits of Membership

• Support for you and your library
• Grow your career and skills
• Stay informed
• Opportunities for involvement and networking
• Access to services for you, your library, and your community