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Membership in the IRA CL/R SIG

If you are a member of The International Reading Association (IRA), we invite you to join the IRA CL/R SIG (Membership in IRA CL/R SIG requires membership in the IRA). Membership in the IRA CL/R SIG becomes effective upon

• Notification of membership status in the IRA to the IRA CL/R SIG membership director or treasurer (send membership number and expiration date) and
• Payment of annual subscription for The Dragon Lode - see below).

Members of the IRA CL/R SIG receive the highly acclaimed Dragon Lode as one of their benefits. They are also eligible to participate in the shared governance of the organization through voting, service on committees and our Network, and other leadership positions.

All members of IRA, regardless of the level of membership (basic, journal, or book club), receive the newspaper entitled Reading Today. They also receive discounts on the purchase of books published by IRA and on convention and conference registration fees; they have the option to upgrade their membership by subscribing to one or more of the IRA journals or joining the book club, and they may join other special interest groups. Full-time students are entitled to a discount in IRA membership dues when their status is verified.

Each May the IRA CL/R SIG submits to IRA headquarters their list of members and their IRA numbers to document membership for the current fiscal year from July 1 through June 30. The IRA CL/R SIG identifies the month of receipt of dues so that all members receive a full year of Dragon Lodes regardless of when they join. See Subscription and Membership Form.

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Subscription to The Dragon Lode (ISSN 1098-6448)

EVERYONE, whether or not a member of IRA, is invited to subscribe to The Dragon Lode. Because the information published in the journal is of interest to all teachers, parents, and librarians, the IRA CL/R SIG desires to distribute the information as widely as possible.

Subscribers are strongly encouraged to also join the International Reading Association to reap the additional benefits described above and to help support the work of the organization through their dues, but such membership is not mandatory to subscribe to The Dragon Lode.

Individuals and libraries are encouraged to subscribe for multiple years so they can receive a price incentive for minimizing administrative maintenance costs. See Subscription and Membership Form.

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