About Chapter Council
Chapter Council is one of two councils serving in an advisory capacity to the Board of Directors of the Medical Library Association. Chapter Council promotes interchange between chapters, and, together with its counterpart, Section Council, promotes interchange between sections and chapters.
Chapter Council receives recommendations from individual chapters and considers them for approval or disapproval. Approved recommendations are forwarded to the Board of Directors; those not approved are referred back to the originating chapter.
Chapter Council provides an opportunity for chapters to participate more directly in the governance of the Association through representation of their interests at the Board level. Council also enables chapters to better define their role and function within the Association through participation in a coordinated, unified representative body.
Chapter Council is composed of one representative and one alternate from each chapter who shall be a Regular Member or Fellow of the Association, elected in accordance with the bylaws of that chapter. Representatives and alternates to the Chapter Council shall be elected for a three year term.
Chapter Council elects its own officers and has its own committees to carry out its work.
MLA Chapters
There are thirteen geographic chapters in the Medical Library Association covering the U.S. and Canada. Because of the varying size of chapters in terms of geographic area and in number of members, chapters may function quite differently from one another. Some chapters have only one annual meeting; others may meet several times a year. Chapters also have widely divergent association years so they elect their officers and appoint committees at various times during the year.
Links to chapter web sites: officers, membership information news and events.
