The Board

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 2012 to June 2015, 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.  

SLA President

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.

SLA Patrons

Michael Morpurgo OBE

Author, Children's Laureate 2003-2005

http://www.michaelmorpurgo.org/

"Here is an association of wonderful people, devoted to books, and dedicated to bringing them to as many children as possible. They know that books matter, that children matter, that children who do not have books in their lives are the poorer for it. That's why they do what they do. That's why I do what I do. That's why I'm so pleased to be a Patron of The School Library Association."

Aidan Chambers FRSL

Author, 2002 Hans Andersen Award Winner

http://www.aidanchambers.co.uk/

Wendy Cooling MBE

Consultant, Founder of Bookstart

Officers 2011- 2012

• Chair: Ginette Doyle
  School Librarian, Gloucestershire
• Vice-Chair: Lin Smith
  School Librarian, Derbyshire
• Treasurer: Karen Horsfield
  Resources for Learning, Somerset
• Past Chair: Geoff Dubber
  Freelance consultant/trainer, Gloucestershire

Board Members

• Publications Co-ordinator: Geoff DubberE-mail geoff.dubber(at)sla.org.uk
• The School Librarian Editor: Steve HirdE-mail sleditor(at)sla.org.uk
• The School Librarian Reviews Editor: Chris Brown E-mail info(at)sla.org.uk
• ict[at]sla Editor: Elspeth Scott E-mail ict.editor(at)sla.org.uk
• Elected Members:
  • Marianne Bradnock (2010-2013)
  • Annike Dase (2009-2012) Course Director
  • Sally Dring (2010-2013)
  • Jayne Gould (2011-2014)
  • Nikki Heath (2009-2012)
  • Lesley Martin (2011-2014)
  • Jane O'Loughlin (2010-2013) Course Director
  • Frances Sinclair (2009-2012) 
  • Liz Smith (2011-2014) Course Director

SLA Staff

• Director: Tricia Adams E-mail tricia.adams(at)sla.org.uk
• Assistant Director: Sally Duncan E-mail sally.duncan(at)sla.org.uk
• Production Editor: Richard Leveridge E-mail richard.leveridge(at)sla.org.uk
• Office and Weekend Course Administrator: Dawn Barras E-mail dawn.barras(at)sla.org.uk
• Membership and Training Secretary: Ann Adams E-mail ann.adams(at)sla.org.uk
• Exhibitions and Publications Secretary: Jane Cooper E-mail jane.cooper(at)sla.org.uk