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Join us and find information about the upcoming review for the Entry Level Librarian and Children’s Entry Level Librarian Exam .  The review is open to SCLA and/or CLASC members FREE of charge and it is a $5 fee for non-members.  The review will be on October 10^th at 6pm at the Sachem Public Library.

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SCLA Scholarship

The Suffolk County Library Association, serving Suffolk County libraries since 1939, offers an academic scholarship to assist an outstanding library school student in subsidizing the cost of their library school education, and to promote the profession by supporting an excellent student pursuing a Library or Information Science Master’s Degree in Suffolk County.

Apply here for the 2018 Suffolk County Library Association Scholarship. (PDF)

2018 Scholarship Award Supporting Librarian Students Flyer (PDF)

Excellence in Library Service Award (ELSA)

The ELSA is designed to recognize dedication to public service demonstrated by any staff member of a public, school, special or academic library. We welcome nominations submitted by any employee of a Suffolk County library or any Suffolk County library patron.

Download the Application.

The LDA Library Award provides recognition to an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to libraries on Long Island, be they librarians, trustees, support staff, friends of the library, vendors or publishers. The award is sponsored by SCLA and NCLA and was founded by LDA Publishers in 1978.

We invite all SCLA members to consider nominating an individual for this award. A copy of the application and brochure is attached. Paper copies of the brochure also were sent to SCLA members.

Applications are now being accepted and must be received no later than Monday, March 26, 2018. Please send them to:

Marcia L. Olsen

3772 Marilyn Drive

Seaford, NY 11783

The LDA Library Award will be presented at the Long Island Library Conference on Thursday, May 3, 2018.

Suffolk County Library Association advises its’ membership to vote No on the back of the Ballot to a NYS Constitutional Convention this November 7, 2017.

A constitutional convention could allow for the weakening of:

• NYS Pension Funds
• Collective Bargaining Rules
• Benefits for injured workers and social welfare programs.

Additional reasons SCLA supports a No Vote

• The cost to tax payers.
  • It cost about $6.5 million to stage the last constitutional convention in 1967. The estimated price tag for a Constitutional Convention in 2017 ranges from a conservative $30 Million to $100 Million.
•  Sitting Legislators and Judges may serve as elected delegates.
  • Many delegates will receive double salaries from the state.
  • Delegates must engage in political campaigns that can be financed by wealthy special interests.
  • Three delegates from each state senatorial district will be elected in November 2018, along with 15 at-large delegates who will be elected statewide. In 1967, of the 186 delegates to the convention, 154 held public office.
• Lawmakers can amend the Constitution without a Constitutional Convention.
  • The NYS Constitution has been amended over 200 times.
  • Most recently in 2015, an amendment was made to the New York State Constitution to create an independent commission on redistricting, and to allow the Legislature to save money by going paperless for proposed bills.

-SCLA Executive Board