Why become a member?
Although our meetings are free and open to everyone, we would love for more people to join us officially through membership. Membership ensures future growth for the organization; membership builds on professional promise; membership shows a dedication to who we are and what we do. We rely on our membership dues to help provide programming opportunities, as well as funding special projects on occasion (such as funding scholarships to help pay registration fees to the Tennessee Library Association when the annual meeting was held in Kingsport in 1999). When people become active members in our organization, we continue to produce effective leaders in our region and from our region.
Boone Tree is a wonderful place to begin in leadership to our profession, as there are opportunities for involvement at various levels of leadership potential. Being an affiliate of our state library association allows for further growth and involvement beyond Boone Tree. We are unique in that we represent all types of libraries and information environments, and also in that we are equally accessible to support staff, students, and professional positions.