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About Us

Introduction

 

This About Us page consists of several sections. Please click on a link below to go directly to a particular section.

 

 

Guiding Principles: Vision, Mission & General Objectives

 

Vision

 

The vision of the Library Association of Trinidad and Tobago (LATT) is to provide leadership in the Library and Information field, to establish standards and to promote the interests of its membership and libraries and information services, nationally, regionally and internationally.

 

Mission

 

The mission of the Library Association of Trinidad and Tobago (LATT) is to promote the growth and development of the library information professional as well as the advancement of library and information services, thereby ensuring access to information for all.

 

General Objectives

 

The general objectives of the Library Association of Trinidad and Tobago (LATT) are:

 

  • To provide an environment which will facilitate the growth and development of members of the Association
  • To develop and implement measures to safeguard professional status
  • To enhance the image of the Association
  • To increase the financial resources of the Association
  • To provide the appropriate infrastructure for administering the business of the Association
  • To impact on the development of national policy as it relates to library and information services
  • To promote the development of the highest quality services and maximum use of library and information resources

 

History: Inaugural Meeting and Incorporation

 

Inaugural Meeting

 

“The first meeting of the Library Association of Trinidad and Tobago took place at Federal House on 16th January, 1960.

In attendance were representatives from the Federal Library, Legal Library, Trinidad Public Library, S. & W.W.T.U., Presentation College, Carnegie Free Library, Central Library, Caroni Estates Ltd., Antigua Public Library, I.C.T.A., Readers and Writers Guild, Abbey School, British Council, Tranquillity Girls’ School, T. & T.E.C., Muir Marshall, Forest Dept., Agriculture Dept., Caribbean Commission and other interested persons.”

Source: [Minutes of] Inaugural Meeting, Library Association of Trinidad and Tobago (Library Association of Trinidad & Tobago, 1960?).

 

Incorporation

 

The Library Association of Trinidad and Tobago (LATT) was incorporated by Act No. 11 of 1985, which was assented to on 21st March, 1985. Click here to view a copy (.pdf) of LATT's Act of Incorporation.

 

Governance: Constitution

 

The conduct and activities of the Library Association of Trinidad and Tobago (LATT) are guided by the organisation’s Constitution. Download the full Constitution here.

 

Governance: Presidents

 

The following is a chronological (reverse) listing of the Presidents of the Library Association of Trinidad and Tobago (LATT):

 

Year(s) Name of President
2011 – present Ms. Karen Campbell
2009 – 2011 Ms. Elmelinda Lara
2007 – 2009 Ms. Elmelinda Lara
2005 – 2007 Dr. Lillibeth S.V. Ackbarali
2003 – 2005 Mrs. Ernesta Greenidge
2001 – 2003 Mrs. Gemma Crichton
1999 – 2001 Ms. Brenda James
1997 – 1999 Mr. Esahack Mohammed
1993 – 1997 Ms. Jennifer Joseph
1991 – 1993 Ms. Janice Blake
1989 – 1991 Mrs. Angela Bernard
1985 – 1989 Mr. Esahack Mohammed
1983 – 1985 Mrs. Eaulin Blondel
1981 – 1983 Mrs. Vere Achong
1979 – 1981 Mrs. Yvonne Bobb
1975 – 1977 Mrs. Irma Hannays
1973 – 1975 Ms. Ursula Raymond
1971 – 1973 Mrs. Lynette Hutchinson
1969 – 1971 Ms. Ursula Raymond
1967 – 1969 Ms. Yvonne Bobb
1966 Ms. Marjorie Lumsden
1965 Mr. Hamlyn Dukhan
1964 Ms. Marjorie Lumsden
1962 – 1963 Dr. Alma Jordan
1960 – 1961 Mr. Ronald Benge

 

Governance: Executive Board

 

The Constitution of the Library Association of Trinidad and Tobago (LATT) outlines the composition of the Executive Board and the roles responsibilities of each Officer of the Board. Please refer to pages 10- 12 of the Constitution for guidelines on the formation and operation of a Special Interest Group. The members of the Executive Board of the Library Association of Trinidad and Tobago (LATT) for the period 2011-2013 are as follows:

 

Executive Board Post Name of Executive Board Officer
President Ms. Karen P. Campbell
Vice President Ms. Marsha Winter
Secretary Mrs. Radhica Ramoutar-Seunarine
Treasurer Mr. Selwyn Rodulfo
Programme Director Mrs. Mariella Pilgrim
Public Relations Officer Ms. Jolie Rajah
Liaison Officer Ms. Kumaree Ramtahal
Liaison Officer Ms. Sunita Gobin

 

For a list of Executive Board members for the period 2009-2011, please click here.

 

Awards

 

Schedule C (page) of the Constitution of the Library Association of Trinidad and Tobago (LATT) provides for the establishment of an Award for Meritorious Service to the Library Association. In 2004 Annual General Meeting, it was decided that those guidelines would be used to establish the Lynette Lashley-Hutchinson Award, which would be given for meritorious service. A monetary gift of no less than TT$ 500.00 would be given along with the Award

"The Lynette Lashley-Hutchinson Award is a tribute to the long and dedicated to the library profession by one of its stalwarts, a founding member of LATT, President of LATT from 1971-1972 and former Director of Library Services of the Central Library of Trinidad and Tobago. In recognition of her sterling service to the library profession, Lynette C. Hutchinson A.L.A., F.L.A. was honoured in the National Awards of 1990 with the Public Service Medal of Merit."

(Source: "The Lynette Lashley-Hutchinson Award" [Reproduction of the "Citation for the Award presented to Esahack Mohammed at the Association's AGM on Saturday March 25, 2006. It was delivered by Denyse De Bourg."] - Biblio, June 2006, Issue No. 2.)

Below is a list of awardees by year.

 

  • 2006 - Mr. Esahack Mohammed

 

Affiliations

 

The Library Association of Trinidad and Tobago (LATT) is a member of a number of local, regional and international professional organisations. These organisations are as follows: