*Please note: website access may take up to 24 hours to activate after membership has been purchased.
If your access is not immediate, you will get an email notification when it has been activated!
If your access is not immediate, you will get an email notification when it has been activated!
Please note: FAME membership year is
July 1-June 30.
Voting Memberships
Voting Members will have full access to all pages of the website, including membership pricing to conference and times of book voting, election voting, awards and leadership nominations.
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Active Members are persons actively engaged in library media work on a professional basis. This includes school library personnel, administrators, supervisors, and those involved in school librarian preparation programs. Active members shall be entitled to vote, hold office, serve on committees, and receive any appropriate services of the Corporation.
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Retired Active Members are any persons having been actively engaged in work within the broad field of library media in education. This includes school library personnel, administrators, supervisors, and those involved in school librarian preparation programs. Retired/Active members shall be able to receive any appropriate services of the Corporation, be entitled to vote, and are eligible to hold office and serve on committees.
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Associate Members are any persons interested in promoting the objectives of the Corporation, but not eligible for active membership, may become associate members. Associate members shall be able to receive any appropriate services of the Corporation and vote but shall not be entitled to hold office or serve on committees. This class includes:
1. Any person previously engaged in library media work on a professional bases (job change, job loss, on leave status); 2. Librarians in other fields (i.e. public, law, special); 3. Support staff including clerks or aides; 4. Interested lay persons (volunteers). |
Please note: FAME membership year is
July 1-June 30.
Non-Voting Memberships
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Student Members Students enrolled in at least 9 hours per semester in institutions involved in the preparations of school librarians may become members upon payment of dues as specified in the Bylaws. Student members shall be able to receive any appropriate services of the Corporation but shall not be entitled to vote, to hold office, or to serve on committees.
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Institutional Membership A school may hold a limited institutional membership providing for multiple staff members (limited to a maximum of five individuals) engaged in literacy and/or technology instruction to participate in FAME student reading programs (SSYRA; SSYRA Jr., FTR), including access to resources pertaining to each program. Students in these schools would also have the opportunity to submit entries to the Jim Harbin Student Media Festival and staff would have access to program resources. The staff of schools with an Institutional Membership is eligible for professional development activities (conferences) at the member discounted rate.
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Signature Program Participation A school may hold a limited institutional membership providing for multiple staff members engaged in literacy and/or technology instruction to participate in FAME student reading programs (SSYRA; SSYRA Jr., FTR), including access to resources pertaining to each program. Students in these schools would also have the opportunity to submit entries to the Jim Harbin Student Media Festival and staff would have access to program resources. The staff of schools with a Signature Program Participation Membership is not eligible for professional development activities (conferences) at the member discounted rate.
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Other Memberships
FAME reserves the right to grant complimentary voting or non-voting memberships.
Honorary: Any person rendering important services to school librarians in the state may be elected to honorary membership on nomination of the Executive Board and by majority vote of the membership present and voting at any annual meeting of the Corporation. Honorary members shall be entitled to all the rights and privileges of membership and shall be exempt from payment of dues.
Complimentary: The Florida Department of Education Liaison to FAME may be granted a complimentary membership as needed.
For questions regarding payment options please email Vange Scivally.