The Association of Local Environmental Records Centres (ALERC) is an association to represent, and to provide support and advice to, Local Records Centres in the UK.  Membership of the association is open to all Local Records Centres (at any stage of development) in the UK.

Becoming a member

All Local Records Centres in the UK are encouraged to become members. Membership fees are based on the relative size of the Local Records Centre, the categories being "Developing LRC", "Small LRC", "Medium LRC" and "Large LRC" based upon the number of staff engaged in LRC functions and the stage of LRC development. There is an additional category for individual members which is initially confined to a small number of individuals in order to address the practicalities of running ALERC (see Application Form below)

On 1st October 2009 ALERC began a launch in which LRCs were asked to become members. The following documents were sent out by ALERC Directors to all the LRCs that we were able to contact:

• a letter from ALERC Chairman introducing the launch
• the ALERC application form (to be printed and completed by hand) for 2009 and for 2010

The webmaster would also be pleased if members could try out the "form pdf" version of the application form at , emailing this one to contact@ALERC.org.uk - thus testing two mechanisms which we hope to use more extensively on this site. Many thanks.

Benefits of membership

Members of ALERC may vote at the Annual General Meeting and nominate individuals for the ALERC board

All ALERC members will receive:

• preferential rates and booking on ALERC coordinated training events, workshops and conferences
• access to members internet discussion forums and email groups
• access to any secure information areas of this website (when developed)