ALLA is a volunteer organization with an executive board and committees. The ALLA Executive Board is comprised of a president, vice president/president-elect, secretary, treasurer, two members-at-large, and an immediate past president. The list of current officers and committee members is available here.
Key dates in the early history of ALLA:
- 1972 – Founding members Anne Butler, Mary Dunn, Stacy Ferguson, Mildred Rosser, Donna Reed, Kay Todd, Anita Smith, Marty Mulinix, Elaine Fenton, and Marilyn Lumpkin begin holding informal meetings in the downtown Atlanta area
- 1974 – First Constitution and Bylaws drawn up
- 1976 – Quarterly newsletter begins publication / First Union List of Periodicals compiled
- 1979 – Name changed from the Association of Law Librarians to the Atlanta Law Libraries Association to reflect the inclusion of institutional members
- 1980 – ALLA receives formal chapter status from the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL)
- 1981 – Start of the fiscal year changed from January to June to align with AALL
- 1983 – Association is incorporated
- 1984 – First scholarship fund set up
- 1988 – ALLA hosts the AALL national convention in Atlanta
- 1990 – First stipend for library science students interested in the career of law librarianship
ALLA is a local chapter of the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL).
