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• Alberta Library Trustees Association (“ALTA”) was founded in 1971, and represents the library boards and trustees that govern public libraries in Alberta. We serve over 2400 volunteer library trustees across Alberta who provide governance to over 165 library boards across the province.


• ALTA is the collective voice for library trustees across Alberta and promotes effective library service and leadership through training, resources, communication and advocacy.

• We actively support trustees to become strong leaders in their library communities and strive to ensure that all library trustees have access to the information, resources and education they need to be effective and strong leaders within their library communities.


ALTA is a volunteer board witha President and representative Trustees and alternates from ten library areas.


• Vision: Effective Library Board Trustees providing leadership for great community library services to all Albertans.

• Mission: ALTA is the collective voice for library trustees. ALTA builds trustee capacity through education, leadership, communication, partnerships and collaboration.

• Belief Statement: The Alberta Library Trustees Association believes that library services are essential to the quality and standard of life of Albertans and vital to the education, social and cultural development of the province.


Library Trustees face many issues…


TRUSTEE LEARNING

ALTA has a educational resources to help you grow as a trustee, a chair, and as a board!

Take a look at our website and click on “trustee learning” access the educational materials


TRUSTEE RESOURCES

• Website• Trustee Voice Newsletter• Educational Workshops• Trustee Handbook• Online Q and A • Advocacy• Trustee Forums• Provincial Conference, ALTA and LAA


MEMBERSHIP

-Trustee Learning Workshops and online education-Awards: ALTA Awards of Excellence and the Lois Hole Lifetime Achievement-Representation with the Canadian Library Trustees Association and the National Trustee Link, The Alberta Library and other Library Associations

User


Library Use:

Albertans borrowed over 43 million items from public libraries.

Albertans visited their libraries in person over 18 million times

Albertans visited their library website over 22 million times.

Over 1.3 million people took part in one of the many programs offered by

Alberta’s libraries.

Albertans borrowed over 43 million items from public libraries.


Library Funding:

Public libraries spent $11,740,617 on library materials ($3.29 per capita

served).

Between 2006 and 2011, Local funding support for public libraries

increased by 41%

Between 2006 and 2011,Population served by public libraries increased by 12%

There are 2,064 full-time employees devoted to

public library service in Alberta.

Data Source: Municipal Affairs- Public Library Services Branch Icon Source: http://www.flaticon.com/

Library Boards and Service Points:

225 municipal library boards

Served Albertans

317 library service points across

Alberta.

Municipalities:

3,689,001 Albertans

(based on 2012 population) have access to a public library

318 municipalities provide access

to municipal library service


IN CONCLUSION……..

The Alberta Library Trustee’s Association believes library services are essential to the quality of life of Albertans and vital to educational, economic, social, and cultural development of the province.

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