APABD #2.4
2013-2014
AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION-ALLIED PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION
Board of Directors Annual Conference
Friday, June 28, 2013, 11:13 – 11:30 am
Chicago, IL
The ALA-APA Board of Directors met in Room N426c of the McCormick Place Convention
Center in Chicago, IL, with President Maureen Sullivan presiding.
PRESENT: President Maureen Sullivan; President-elect Barbara K. Stripling; Treasurer
James G. Neal; Immediate Past President Molly Raphael; Executive Director Keith Michael
Fiels; Executive Board members: Robert Banks, Dora T. Ho, Alexia Hudson-Ward, John A.
Moorman, Sylvia K. Norton, Michael Porter, J. Kevin Reynolds, and J. Linda Williams.
By consent, approved the agenda for the 2013 Annual Conference Meeting of the ALA-APA
Board of Directors (APABD #9.4). Consent
By consent, approved the minutes from the 2013 Spring Meeting of the Board of Directors
(APABD #2.3). Consent
Director’s Report
Lorelle Swader, ALA-APA Director, presented the Director’s Report (APABD#12.6).
 The Certified Public Library Administrator (CPLA®) Program has 292 candidates, with
222 currently working towards certification. The program has 69 graduates. Due to
changes in growth because of the recertification process, the ALA-APA Certification
Review Committee will meet this afternoon with graduates of the CPLA program. The
Committee hopes to gather feedback and suggestions about how to improve the process.
 The Library Support Staff Certification (LSSC) Program has 420 candidates, with 368
currently working towards certification. The program has 52 graduates. Enrollment
assistance awards, funded through the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS),
have been approved through the summer of 2014. Each award is worth $175 towards the
$350 application fee. Sadly, the tenure of the program’s two project directors – Nancy
Bolt and Karen Strege – ends on June 30, 2013. A reception will be held for them on
Sunday of this conference, hosted by President Maureen Sullivan and President-Elect
Barbara Stripling.
 The LSSC Program received positive feedback recently from a young woman seeking
employment as library support staff, but who was unaware of LSSC certification. She
interviewed nine hiring managers and learned that they prefer candidates with LSSC
certification. The ALA-APA Certification Review Committee will discuss the
implications of this at today’s meeting.
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ALA-APA will host a Certification Update program at this conference that provides an
overview of both the CPLA and the LSSC programs. Provider partners will be present to
provide their feedback and suggestions.
APA-APA will hold its second Networking Reception, on Saturday, January 25, 2014, at
the Midwinter Meeting in Philadelphia. Tickets cost $50.
National Library Worker’s Day was held on Tuesday, April 16, 2013. ALA-APA held an
online program where participants nominated 759 stellar library workers to receive stars.
50% of nominees were public librarians and the remaining 50% was evenly split between
school and academic librarians, with a small number of government and other special
librarians. All 50 states, plus the District of Columbia, were represented, with Texas, New
Jersey, Virginia, Illinois, and Mississippi most represented. In addition, international
representation was strong, with participants from China, Suriname, the United Kingdom,
Nigeria, and Kazakhstan. ALA-APA will investigate ways to broaden participation among
all library types.
Treasurer’s Report
ALA-APA Director Lorelle Swader and ALA Treasurer Jim Neal discussed the year-to-date
FY2013 financials and the proposed FY2014 budget. (APABD #3.8 and #3.9).
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FY2013 Budget Update (APABD#3.8):
 Through the end of May 2013, ALA-APA revenues were at $105,399 and
expenses were at $90,842.
 The net revenue projection is $14,557, which includes payment on the interest on
the loan payable to ALA, but would not be at the $25,000 level for principal and
payment. No action is required on this, but if the numbers hold through August
2013, ALA-APA faces a less than $25,000 repayment of the loan.
FY2014 Preliminary Budget (APABD#3.9):
The FY 2014 budget was prepared with projected revenues for 2014 at $176,096
($197,294 in FY13) and expenses at $159,484 ($181,005 in FY13), for a contribution
margin of $16,612. Revenues were impacted by an expected increase in Salary Survey
sales and lower revenue from Certification due to the current limitation on approved
course providers. Expenses were adjusted accordingly to reflect the lowered expectation
on revenue growth.
On the recommendation of ALA-APA Finance and Audit, the ALA-APA Board of Directors
Voted to approve the preliminary FY 2014 budget and budgetary ceiling of $323,916.
The meeting adjourned at 11:30 am.