Association and division membership among small college librarians

This study explores ALA membership among directors-at small liberal arts co lleges. Results show that directors at the smallest colleges are much less likely to be members of ALA and ACRL than their colleagues at larger colleg es are.,The study investigates trends based on the director's level of comp leted education, the director's tenure at her or his institution,;ana the r elative size of the institutions. The discussion questions why directors at smaller colleges are less likely to be members of ALA and ACRL and examine s how those associations might expand their services among these individual s.