WLA Sections

About WLA Sections

WLA members can join any interest-based Sections for free! Click the links below to learn more about each Section.

To join a Section, please use this form. Section membership gives you access to focused listservs for the sharing of professional information and resources, fostering congeniality and connectedness across the state. 


Active Sections:

CAYAS – Children’s and Young Adult Services

CLAWS – College Libraries Across Washington State

IFS – Intellectual Freedom Section

LISS – Library & Information Student Section

SAIL – Serving Adults in Libraries

WALE – WA Library Employees

WALT – WA Library Trainers

WLFFTA – WA Library Friends, Foundations, Trustees, and Advocates

Inactive Sections:

CATS – Collection Development & Technical Services

LIFE – Leadership is For Everyone

SRRT – Social Responsibilities

Due to lack of interest, activity, and perceived need, certain sections may be deemed inactive by the WLA Board in accordance with WLA Bylaws Article X, Section 6: Inactive Sections. A section may be inactive for a period up to two years. At the end of that two year period, the WLA Board may choose to dissolve the section In accordance with WLA Bylaws Article X, Section 7: Dissolution of Sections.

WLA strives to be a flexible organization, responsive to Members’ evolving needs. If members of a deactivated section are interested in reactivating the section within the two year deactivation period, please contact the WLA office at [email protected] to inquire about the process.  


Section Links

Add a Section to your membership

Reimbursement Form

Online Meeting Software

Section Balances (Jan. 2025)

Section Chair Rosters