The School Library Association is managed by a Board, elected by SLA members for a period of three years. There are currently two sub-committees, for Publications and Training.
The SLA's Board is the strategic planning body for the Association, and the input of new board members, bringing fresh ideas and approaches, is essential.
The nomination period for new members of the Board, to serve from June 2009 to June 2012, will be announced in the winter edition of The School Librarian . Ballot forms will be posted to members with the Spring edition of The School Librarian. Please make sure you follow the instructions on the form and return it to the SLA office promptly.
Miranda McKearney OBE (President 2009-2012)
http://www.readingagency.org.uk/
Miranda McKearney is the founder Director of The Reading Agency, an independent charity with a mission to get more people reading more. The agency’s work includes policy, research, advocacy and national programmes (with an emphasis on innovation). Since The Reading Agency came into being in 2002 it has created some powerful national reading initiatives, including the Summer Reading Challenge, the nation’s biggest annual promotion of children’s reading.
The Reading Agency also creates national partnerships between the public library network and partners as diverse as Orange, BBC Learning, Bookaboo, Richard and Judy’s Book Club, the National Youth Agency and major publishers.
The Reading Agency led the library engagement programme for the National Year of Reading during which 2.3m people joined the library.
Miranda was awarded an OBE in 2006 for services to education and libraries. In her spare time she reads ferociously, walks in Dorset and doles out cash to her children at university.
Michael Morpurgo OBE
Aidan Chambers FRSL
Wendy Cooling MBE
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