Council. Existing CLA members were primarily considered in the member selection process. Advisory committees The Executive Council created advisory committees to address topics of strategic professional interest to the CLA. These committees were either long-term or short-term. Some of the advisory committees that supported the CLA were: Copyright Advisory Committee Information Policy Advisory Committee Intellectual Freedom Advisory Committee School Libraries Advisory Committee Royal Society of Canada: Brief Development Team for CLA Submission Standing committees The Executive Council created long-term standing committees to actively govern the CLA. These committees contributed to the continuing operation of the CLA, and included: Conference Standing Committee Elections Standing Committee Finance Standing Committee Member Communications Standing Committee Monograph Publications Standing Committee Nominations Standing Committee Participation Standing Committee Resolutions Standing Committee Student chapters Recognizing that there was a need for close association between the Canadian Library Association and students in library school, the Canadian Library Association always encouraged students to join CLA, network and become involved active members of the library community. In March 1999, CLA's first Student Chapter was officially launched at the University of Western Ontario. Since that time, Student Chapters were launched at the University of British Columbia, University of Toronto, University of Alberta, McGill University and Dalhousie University and in 2006 at the Nova Scotia Community College Institute of Technology Campus. Student chapters of the Canadian Library Association allowed for professional development and networking opportunities for students enrolled in library and information science programs. Book awards CLA presented three annual awards recognizing books for young people that were published in Canada during the preceding year (and nominated by the end of November). The writer, or the illustrator for the Howard-Gibbon Award, must be a citizen or permanent resident of Canada. The Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award was presented every year since it was inaugurated in 1971, when the winner was Elizabeth Cleaver for The Wind Has Wings: Poems from Canada, which she wrote and illustrated. The Book of the Year for Children Award has been presented every year from 1963 when the winner was Sheila Burnford for The Incredible Journey (also adapted as a Disney film that year). The Book of the Year was inaugurated in 1947, recognizing the 1943 novel Starbuck Valley Winter by Roderick Haig-Brown, and it was awarded ten times prior to 1963. The Young Adult Book Award has been presented every year since it was inaugurated in 1981, when