List of library associations

Library associations connect libraries, library workers, and information professionals at the local, national, and international level. Library associations often provide resources to their individual and institutional members that enable cooperation, exchange of information, education, research, and development.

International

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Academic

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Political and social

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Religious

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Topic

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Misc.

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Africa

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Regional

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Botswana

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Egypt

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  • Egyptian Library Association (ELA)[1]

Ethiopia

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  • School for Information Studies in Africa (SISA), Ethiopia

Ghana

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Kenya

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  • Kenya Library Association

Lesotho

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Malawi

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  • Malawi Library Association (MALA)[2]

MENA

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  • Middle East Librarians Association
  • IFLA Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Regional Division

Namibia

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Nigeria

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Senegal

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  • Senegalese Association of Librarians, Archivist, and Documentalists

South Africa

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Swaziland

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  • Swaziland Library Association (SWALA)[4]

Tanzania

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  • Tanzania Library Association (TLA)

Uganda

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Zambia

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Zimbabwe

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Asia

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Regional

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Bangladesh

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China

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Hong Kong

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India

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Iran

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  • Iranian Library and Information Science Association
  • Iranian Librarians Association of America
  • Iranian Medical Library Association
  • The union of Iranian library and information science student associations (ADKA)

Israel

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  • Israeli Association of Librarians and Information Professionals

Japan

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Malaysia

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Nepal

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North Korea

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  • Library Association of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea)

Pakistan

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  • National Library Association (Pakistan)
  • Pakistan Library Association
  • Pakistan Librarians Welfare Organization
  • Pakistan Library Automation Group (PakLAG)
  • Philippine Association of Academic and Research Librarians
  • Pakistan Library Club
  • University of Peshawar Library & Information Science Alumni Association - Pakistan

Philippines

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  • Association of Special Libraries of the Philippines
  • Philippine Association of School Librarians, Inc.
  • Philippine Group of Law Librarians, Inc.
  • Philippine Librarians Association [Wikidata], Inc.
  • Philippine Association of Academic and Research Librarians
  • Medical and Health Librarians Association of the Philippines

Singapore

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South Korea

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Taiwan

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  • Library Association of China (Taiwan)

Unsorted

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Caribbean & Latin America

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Argentina

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  • Argentinian Library Association

Chile

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Colombia

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El Salvador

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Guatemala

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  • FILGUA in Guatemala
  • Asociación Bibliotecológica de Guatemala
  • Comité de Cooperación entre Bibliotecas Universitarias de Guatemala

Honduras

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Paraguay

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  • Asociación Paraguaya de Gestores de la Información (APGI)

Unsorted

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Europe

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North America

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Regional

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Canada

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Mexico

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  • Asociación Mexicana de Bibliotecarios, A.C. (AMBAC)
  • Colegio Nacional de Bibliotecarios A.C. (CNB)
  • Association of Librarians of Baja California
  • Mexican Association of Private Archives and Libraries, A.C. (AMABPAC)
  • Asociación Latinoamericana de Archivos (ALA)

United States

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Most United States state library associations publish a journal.[21]

Oceania

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Regional

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Australia

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Fiji

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  • Fiji Library Association (FLA)

Hawai'i

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Marshall Islands

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  • Marshall Islands Library Association (MILA)

Micronesia

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  • Guam Library Association (GLA)
  • Chuuk Association of Libraries (CAL)
  • Kosrae Library Association (KLA)
  • Libraries, Archives, and Museums of Pohnpei (LAMP)
  • Yap State Libraries Association (YSLA)

New Zealand

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Palau

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  • Palau Association of Libraries (PAL)

Samoa

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  • Library Association of Samoa[24]

Tonga

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  • Tonga Library Association (ACT)

Vanuatu

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  • Vanuatu Library Association (VLA)

See also

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References

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  17. ^ "Homepage". Bengal Library Association. Retrieved May 10, 2022.
  18. ^ "Homepage". Academic Library Association. Retrieved May 10, 2022.
  19. ^ "Andhra Pradesh Library Association". Andhra Pradesh Library Association. Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India: APLA. 8 June 2023. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
  20. ^ "Homepage". Kerala Library Professionals Organization. Retrieved Dec 9, 2022.
  21. ^ Janelle Zetty (2023) Current and Historical Publication Trends of State Library Association Journals and Newsletters, Serials Review, 49:3-4, 84-91
  22. ^ "Homepage". American Library Association. Retrieved May 10, 2022.
  23. ^ Sister Consolata Maria Dunleavy, S.S.J. (1964). "The History of the Catholic Library Association, 1921-1961. Dissertation, Catholic University of America.
  24. ^ Gartley, Elizabeth (2014). "Toward a global information culture in Samoa". World Libraries, ISSN 2155-7896. Retrieved 2025-07-02.