In addition to gaining work experience, students at SLAIS are encouraged to participate in professional associations. They often offer discounted (or free!) student memberships and being involved exposes you to many a networking opportunity, not to mention the chance to find out more about future career paths from working professionals in the know.

Archival

• Archives Association of British Columbia∞ AABC

• Association of Canadian Archivists∞ ACA

• Society of American Archivists∞ SAA

Library

• British Columbia Library Association∞ BCLA

• Canadian Library Association∞ CLA

• Special Library Association∞ SLA

• Vancouver Association of Law Librarians∞ VALL (Offers free student membership for the first year)

Records Management

• American Records Management Association∞ ARMA

Other

• American Society for Information Science & Technology∞ ASIS&T