PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Applications for the 2025 Mentorship Program are now Open!

We are thrilled to announce that applications are now open for the 2025 Mentorship Program! Once again, we are seeking participants to fill mentor, mentee, and peer-to-peer mentorship roles. All members are welcome and encouraged to participate! To apply today or learn more, please use the link below.

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The Book Spine Poetry Contest is Back!

PROGRAMS

The Book Spine Poetry Contest is Back!

Our annual Book Spine Poetry Contest, in conjunction with Culture Days, is back for another round this year! This contest runs from September 19 to October 12 and is open to anyone ages 5 and up. Please use the link below to learn more.

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Continuing Education Grants

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Continuing Education Grants

SLA’s Continuing Education Grants offer financial support to attend or host industry-related education opportunities! Applications are now open and available to both individual and organizational members.

Please use the link below to learn more or apply online.

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Student Awards Open this Fall!

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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Student Awards Open this Fall!

The Saskatchewan Library Association is pleased to be offering two awards to MLIS students this Fall: the Maureen Woods Education Award and the Indigenous MLIS Student Award. These awards promote the continued growth of professional librarianship and provide financial support through a $5,000 award.

Applications open on September 9 and close on October 31.

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Have you subscribed yet? SLAte is our monthly newsletter designed to keep library professionals and community members up-to-date on industry news. Please subscribe, share, or browse our September issue today!

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Learn About Membership with SLA

Membership

Learn About Membership with SLA

SLA offers its members a wide range of benefits, including access to continuing education grants, program supports, and professional development opportunities. Learn how you can benefit from joining SLA!

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Applications for the 2025 Mentorship Program are now Open!

Welcome to the Saskatchewan Library Association

The Saskatchewan Library Association (SLA) is a provincial, volunteer, non-profit, and charitable organization designed to further the development of library service in Saskatchewan and through libraries, the culture of the province.

SLA provides information, advocacy, awareness, education, membership benefits and cultural opportunities for library workers and the public at large through its general operations and programs.

SLA’s work and support reaches lands covered by Treaties 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, and 10, the traditional lands of the Cree, Dakota, Dene, Lakota, Nakota and Saulteaux peoples, and homeland of the Métis.

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Professional Development

SLA provides professional development opportunities to its members through continuing education grants, the annual Saskatchewan Libraries Conference, and webinars throughout the year.

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Advocacy

SLA gives a unified voice to Saskatchewan’s diverse library and information services community, and uses this voice to advocate on behalf of libraries and to raise awareness of the impact libraries have on our communities.

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Programs

SLA puts on a wide range of programs, including One Book One Province and Saskatchewan Library Week. Our goal is to give you tools to help you reach your library community more effectively.

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