Bylaws and Policies

Below are the bylaws, policies, and rules that govern the Oregon Library Association. If you have any questions about these policies, please reach out to the OLA Parliamentarian at [email protected].

Chapter numbers after policy names are used for internal tracking.

Association Bylaws and Dues

Approved by the OLA membership

• Oregon Library Association Bylaws
• Dues

Committee, Division, and Round Table Bylaws

Approved by the Executive Board and the relevant OLA units

• Committees
• Awards
• Communications
• Conference
• Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Antiracism (Coming soon!)
• Finance/Investment
• Intellectual Freedom
• Leadership
• Legislative
• Membership
• OLA Quarterly Editorial Board (Coming soon!)
• Oregon Authors
• Divisions
• Academic Division (ACRL-Oregon)
• Children's Services Division (CSD)
• Oregon Association of School Libraries (OASL)
• Oregon Young Adult Network (OYAN)
• Public Library Division (PLD)
• REFORMA Oregon
• Support Staff Division (SSD) [Chapter 15]
• Round Tables

Other Policies

Approved by the Executive Board

• Awards Policies
• Achievement Awards [Chapter 32]
• Honorary Lifetime Membership [Chapter 31]
• Intellectual Freedom Award [Chapter 33]
• Legislator of the Year Award [Chapter 34]
• Oregon Readers' Choice Award [Chapter 36]
• Conference Policies [Chapter 43]
• Editorial Policy for OLA Publications [Chapter 42]
• Executive Board Policies [Chapter 4]
• Fiscal Policies [Chapter 9]
• General Policy Statements [Chapter 40]
• General Provisions [Chapter 1]
• Grants, Contracts, and Partnerships Policies [Chapter 35]
• Legislative Network [Chapter 7]
• Officer Policies [Chapter 5]
• Mailing List Policy [Chapter 41]
• Membership Policies [Chapter 8]
• Partnership and Sponsorship Policies [Chapter 44]
• Social Media Policy