ELA: A National Association [EX LIBRIS ASSOCIATION] EX LIBRIS ASSOCIATION The Canadian association dedicated to people whose careers have been in libraries archives publishing and information work User Tools Site Tools Sidebar Quick Links About Ex Libris ELA News and Views ELAN the Ex Libris Newsletter ELA Activities ELA Advocacy W. Kaye Lamb Award and Indigenous Student Bursary Biographies of Canadian Librarians and Archivists Remembering our Library Colleagues Occasional Papers ELA Presentations ELA Histories ELA Membership ELA Annual Meeting Shop Ex Libris Follow ELA on Facebook Canadian Librarianship Canadian Federation of Library Associations ELA A National Association The Ex Libris Association founded in 1986 is the Canadian national association of people who have spent an important part of their working life in libraries archives museums publishing houses and adjunct fields and who are attracted to current or historical issues related to those institutions as well as to issues concerning the personal interests of their fellow members. Our objectives our constitution our executive and other committees our long range plan and our history all reflect our longstanding and continuing concern for issues related to information services. As times change our goals have broadened to exploit new technologies and to recognize important new issues such as reconciliation and recognition of Indigenous peoples.