Associate membership in the OLC is open to any commercial entity that provides products and services to public libraries. The OLC’s enhanced Associate Member program is designed for companies and individuals who want to maintain a connection with public librarians, market their services, and have access to information about the issues and challenges libraries face every day. This is a non-voting membership category.
The OLC’s Associate Member Vendor Directory is featured on the OLC website and allows librarians and library trustees to peruse information about vendors that can fulfill their program and service needs. Associate members can place information about their companies in one or more product categories and add a link that will direct users to their company website for more comprehensive information.
Annual membership (January 1 – December 31) dues for Associate members are $450. Associate members can join at any time but there is no proration of dues.
Prospective members can join now by completing the Associate Membership Application.
Benefits of OLC Associate Membership:
- Subscription to the OLC’s print and/or electronic publications (to one representative of the entity)
- Member rates for all company representatives to attend OLC events (with the exception of the annual Convention and Expo)
- An invitation to submit programming proposals for the OLC’s conferences and other professional development workshops
- Early notification of exhibition opportunities at the OLC Expo
- Recognition as an Associate Member in the OLC Expo on-site program and each year in OLC member publications
- Early notification of OLC conference sponsorship opportunities
- Spotlighted as a “Featured Vendor” on a rotating basis in OLC’s weekly e-newsletter to library directors
- Inclusion in the OLC Associate Member Directory