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
[edit]Academic
[edit]Political and social
[edit]- Information for Social Change
- Librarians for Fairness
- Progressive Librarians Guild
Religious
[edit]Topic
[edit]- International Association of Music Libraries
- International Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres
- International Association of Aquatic and Marine Science Libraries and Information Centers (IAMSLIC)
- International Association of Law Libraries
- International Association of Agricultural Information Specialists (IAALD)
- Masonic Library and Museum Association
Misc.
[edit]- Asociación de Estados Iberoamericanos para el Desarrollo de las Bibliotecas Nacionales de Iberoamérica
- Association internationale francophone des bibliothécaires et documentalistes (AIFBD)
- International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)
- Commonwealth Library Association
- International Council on Archives
- Polar Libraries Colloquy
- Seminar on the Acquisition of Latin American Library Materials (SALALM)
- Special Libraries Association (SLA)
Africa
[edit]Regional
[edit]- African Library and Information Associations and Institutions (AfLIA)
- West Africa Library Association (WALA)
- Association for Health Information and Libraries in Africa
- Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Branch of the International Council on Archives (ESARBICA)
- Standing Conference of Eastern, Central and Southern African Library and Information Associations, SCECSAL
Botswana
[edit]Egypt
[edit]- Egyptian Library Association (ELA)[1]
Ethiopia
[edit]- School for Information Studies in Africa (SISA), Ethiopia
Ghana
[edit]Kenya
[edit]- Kenya Library Association
Lesotho
[edit]Malawi
[edit]- Malawi Library Association (MALA)[2]
MENA
[edit]- Middle East Librarians Association
- IFLA Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Regional Division
Namibia
[edit]Nigeria
[edit]Senegal
[edit]- Senegalese Association of Librarians, Archivist, and Documentalists
South Africa
[edit]- Library and Information Association of South Africa (LIASA)
- Development of Information Science in South Africa (DISSANET)
- Organization of South Africcan Law Libraries (OSALL)
Swaziland
[edit]- Swaziland Library Association (SWALA)[4]
Tanzania
[edit]- Tanzania Library Association (TLA)
Uganda
[edit]- Community Library Association of Uganda (COLAU)
- Uganda Library and Information Association (ULIA)
Zambia
[edit]- Library and Information Association of Zambia (LIAZ)[5] (formerly Zambia Library Association (ZLA))
Zimbabwe
[edit]- Zimbabwe Library Association (ZimLA)[6]
Asia
[edit]Regional
[edit]- Congress of Southeast Asian Librarians (CONSAL)
- [7]Anatolian University Libraries Consortium (ANKOS), Turkey[8]
- Association of Librarians in Public Sector (ALPS), Inc.[9]
- Middle East Librarians Association
- Regional Federation of South Asian Library Associations
- Central Government Library Association
- Chhattisgarh Information and Library Association (CGILA)
- Chhattisgarh Library Association [10][11][12][13][14][15][16]
Bangladesh
[edit]- Bangladesh Association of Librarians, Information Scientists and Documentalists
- Bengal Library Association[17]
- Library Association of Bangladesh
China
[edit]- China Society for Library Science
- Library Association of the Republic of China
Hong Kong
[edit]India
[edit]- Academic Library Association (ALA), India[18]
- Andhra Pradesh Library Association[19]
- Indian Academic Library Association
- Indian Association of Special Libraries and Information Centres (IASLIC)
- Indian Library Association (ILA)
- Kerala Library Association
- Kerala Library Professionals Organization [20]
- Medical Library Association of India
Iran
[edit]- 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
[edit]- Israeli Association of Librarians and Information Professionals
Japan
[edit]- Japan Association of Private University Libraries
- Japan Library Association
- Japan Medical Library Association
- Japan School Library Association
- Japan Special Libraries Association
- Junior College Library Association (Japan)
Malaysia
[edit]Nepal
[edit]North Korea
[edit]- Library Association of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea)
Pakistan
[edit]- 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
[edit]- Association of Special Libraries of the Philippines
- Philippine Association of School Librarians, Inc.
- Philippine Group of Law Librarians, Inc.
- Philippine Librarians Association , Inc.
- Philippine Association of Academic and Research Librarians
- Medical and Health Librarians Association of the Philippines
Singapore
[edit]South Korea
[edit]Taiwan
[edit]- Library Association of China (Taiwan)
Unsorted
[edit]- East-Kazakhstan Librarians' Association
- Librarians Association of Metro Pampanga (LAMP)
- Macau Library and Information Management Association
- Maldives Library Association
- Mongolian Library Association (MLA)
- Network of Academic Law Libraries, Inc. (NALL)
- Sri Lanka Library Association
- Thai Library Association
- Uzbekistan Library Association
- Turkish Librarians Association - Turkey
- University and Research Librarians Association - Turkey
- Telangana library student association(TLIBSA)
Caribbean & Latin America
[edit]Argentina
[edit]- Argentinian Library Association
Chile
[edit]Colombia
[edit]El Salvador
[edit]Guatemala
[edit]- FILGUA in Guatemala
- Asociación Bibliotecológica de Guatemala
- Comité de Cooperación entre Bibliotecas Universitarias de Guatemala
Honduras
[edit]Paraguay
[edit]- Asociación Paraguaya de Gestores de la Información (APGI)
Unsorted
[edit]- Association of Caribbean University, Research and Institutional Libraries (ACURIL)
- Association of Librarians in the Jamaica Library Service (ALJAS)
- Asociación de Bibliotecarios Escolares de Puerto Rico
- Asociación Mexicana de Bibliotecarios (AMBAC)
- Brazilian Federation of Associations of Librarians, Information Scientists and Institutions (FEBAB)
- Caribbean Association of Law Libraries (CARALL)
- Cayman Islands Information Professionals (CIIP)
- Colegio Nacional de Bibliotecarios, A.C. (México)
- Librarian Association of El Salvador
- Library and Information Association of Jamaica (LIAJA)
- Library Association of Trinidad and Tobago (LATT)
- Library Association of Barbados (LAB)
- Library Association of Bermuda (LAB)
- Sociedad de Bibliotecarios de Puerto Rico (SBPR)
Europe
[edit]- Anatolian University Libraries Consortium (ANKOS), Turkey[8]
- Art Libraries Association
- ASLIB (UK); formerly 'Association of Special Libraries and Information Bureaux (ASLIB)'
- Association of Andalusian Librarians (Spain)
- Association of Church Librarians in Spain
- Association of European Research Libraries (French: Ligue des Bibliothèques Européennes de Recherche (LIBER))
- Association of French Librarians
- Association of Greek Librarians & Information Scientists
- Association of Hungarian Librarians
- Association of information and documentation professionals, ADBS, formerly the Association of specialized librarians and librarians (French)
- Association of Libraries of Czech Universities
- Association of Library and Information Professionals of the Czech Republic
- Association of Valencian Librarians (ABV) (Spain)
- Austrian Association of Librarians
- Austrian Library Association
- Bavarian Library Network (BVB)
- Belarusian Library Association
- Belgian Association for Documentation
- British and Irish Association of Law Librarians
- Bulgarian Library Association
- Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP), formerly the Library Association and the Institute of Information Scientists (UK)
- Col·legi Oficial de Bibliotecaris-Documentalistes de Catalunya (COBDC)
- Consortium of European Research Libraries (CERL)
- Croatian Library Association
- Cyprus Association of Librarians – Information Scientists (CALIS)
- Danish Library Association
- Danish Union of Librarians
- Digital Library Association of Armenia
- Dutch Association of University Libraries, the Royal Library and the Library of the Royal Dutch Academy of Science
- Dutch National Association of Public Libraries
- Education and Libraries Association (Spain)
- Estonian Librarians Association
- European Association for Health Information and Libraries (EAHIL)
- European Association of Aquatic Sciences Libraries and Information Centres (Euraslic)
- European Association of Libraries and Information Services on Addictions (Elisad), formerly the European Association of Libraries and Information Services on Alcohol and other Drugs
- European Association of Sinological Librarians (EASL)
- European Bureau of Library, Information and Documentation Associations (EBLIDA)
- Federation Union of German Library and Information Associations
- Finland's Swedish Library Association
- Finnish Library Association
- Finnish Music Library Association
- Finnish Research Library Association
- Galician Library Association (ABG) (Spain)
- Georgian Association of Information Specialists
- Georgian Library Association
- German Library Association
- Icelandic Library and Information Science Association
- Italian Library Association
- Latvian Librarians Association
- Library & Information Science Promotion Society (India)
- Library Association of Ireland
- Lithuanian Librarian's Association
- M25 Consortium of Academic Libraries
- Malta Library and Information Association
- Navarrese Association of Librarians (ASNABI) (Spain)
- Netherlands Public Library Association
- Norwegian Association of Special Libraries
- Norwegian Library Association
- Norwegian Union of Librarians
- Polish Librarians Association
- Portuguese Association of Librarians, Archivists and Documentalists
- Private Libraries Association (UK)
- Professional Association of Information Specialists (APEI) (Spain)
- Russian Library Association
- Romanian Library Association
- School Library Association (UK)
- Slovenian Library Association
- Spanish Federation of Societies of Archivist, Librarians, Documentalist and Museology (FESABID)
- Swedish Library Association
- Swiss Association Library & Information Management (SLI)
- Ukrainian Library Association
- The Czech Republic Libraries Association (SDRUK ČR)
- Turkish University and Research Librarians' Association (UNAK)
- Turkish Librarians' Association (TKDt)
North America
[edit]Regional
[edit]Canada
[edit]- Canadian Association for School Libraries
- Canadian Association for Information Science (CAIS-ACSI)
- Canadian Association of Law Libraries / Association Canadienne des Bibliothèques de Droit (CALL / ACBD)
- The Canadian Association of Professional Academic Librarians / L’Association Canadienne des Bibliothécaires en Enseignement Supérieur (CAPAL / ACBAP)
- Canadian Association of Research Libraries / Association des Bibliothèques de Recherche du Canada (CARL / ABRC)
- Canadian Association of Special Libraries and Information Services
- Canadian Health Libraries Association / Association des bibliothèques de la santé du Canada (CHLA / ABSC)
- Canadian Federation of Library Associations/Fédération canadienne des associations de bibliothèques (CFLA-FCAB)
- Corporation des bibliothécaires professionnels du Québec (CBPQ)
- L'association des bibliothécaires du Québec/Quebec Library Association
- Library Association of Alberta (LAA)
- British Columbia Library Association (BCLA)
- Newfoundland and Labrador Library Association (NLLA)
Mexico
[edit]- 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
[edit]Most United States state library associations publish a journal.[21]
- American Library Association (ALA)[22]
- American Association of Law Libraries (AALL)
- American Association of School Librarians (AASL)
- American Indian Library Association (AILA)
- American Theological Library Association (ATLA)
- Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA)
- Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association
- Association des bibliothèques publiques du Québec (ABPQ)
- Association pour la promotion des services documentaires scolaires (APSDS)
- Association of Architecture School Librarians
- Association of Caribbean University, Research and Institutional Libraries
- Association of Christian Librarians (ACL)
- Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL)
- Association of Research Libraries (ARL)
- Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL)
- Atlantic Provinces Library Association (APLA)
- Border Regional Library Association (BRLA)
- Boston Library Consortium (BLC)
- Cache Valley Library Association (CVLA)
- Catholic Library Association [23]
- Chinese American Librarians Association
- Church and Synagogue Library Association
- Evangelical Church Library Association
- Fédération des milieux documentaires (FMD)
- Florida Association for Media in Education
- Foothills Library Association
- Greater Edmonton Library Association
- Library Association of Alberta (LAA)
- Library Information Technology Association (LITA)
- Lubbock Area Library Association
- Major Orchestra Librarians' Association
- Manitoba Library Association (MLA)
- Medical Library Association
- Metrolina Library Association
- Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO)
- Mohave Library Alliance
- Mountain Plains Library Association
- Music Library Association
- New England Library Association
- North American Serials Interest Group (NASIG)
- Nova Scotia Library Association (NSLA)
- Northwest Territories Library Association (NWTLA)
- Nunavut Library Association
- Ontario Library Association (OLA)
- Pacific Northwest Library Association
- Patent and Trademark Depository Library Association
- Polish American Librarians Association (PALA)
- Public Library Association
- Saskatchewan Library Association (SLA)
- Southeastern Library Association
- Southwestern Library Association
- Substance Abuse Librarians & Information Specialists (SALIS)
- Theatre Library Association
- United States Agricultural Information Network
- Urban Libraries Council
- USA Toy Library Association
- Western Association of Map Libraries
- Yukon Library Association
Oceania
[edit]Regional
[edit]- Australian and New Zealand Theological Library Association (ANZTLA)
- Pacific Islands Association of Libraries, Archives, and Museums (PIALA)
- Conference of Directors of National Libraries in Asia and Oceania (CDNLAO)
- IFLA Regional Standing Committee of Asia and Oceania (RSCAO)
- Pacific Regional Branch of the International Council on Archives (PARBICA)
Australia
[edit]- Australian Law Librarians' Association
- Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA)
- Australian School Library Association
- Australian School Library Association (NSW)
- School Library Association of South Australia (SLASA)
- School Library Association of Victoria
- Council of Australian University Librarians
- Public Libraries Australia
- Public Libraries NSW - Country (formerly Country Public Libraries Association NSW)
- Metropolitan Public Libraries Association (NSW)
Fiji
[edit]- Fiji Library Association (FLA)
Hawai'i
[edit]Marshall Islands
[edit]- Marshall Islands Library Association (MILA)
Micronesia
[edit]- 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
[edit]- Library and Information Association of New Zealand Aotearoa, operating as LIANZA
- School Library Association of New Zealand Aotearoa (SLANZA)
- New Zealand Law Librarians Association
- Public Libraries New Zealand
Palau
[edit]- Palau Association of Libraries (PAL)
Samoa
[edit]- Library Association of Samoa[24]
Tonga
[edit]- Tonga Library Association (ACT)
Vanuatu
[edit]- Vanuatu Library Association (VLA)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "الجمعية المصرية للمكتبات والمعلومات والأرشيف – الجمعية المصرية للمكتبات والمعلومات والأرشيف" (in Arabic). Retrieved 2021-05-02.
- ^ Uta, Joseph J. (2005). "Promoting library education and training: the role of the Malawi Library Association". Innovation. 31. doi:10.4314/innovation.v31i1.26506. ISSN 1025-8892.
- ^ "Nigerian Library Association". Archived from the original on 2022-10-05. Retrieved 2022-09-11.
- ^ Muswazi, P. (1998-09-01). "The Swaziland Library Association: An Appraisal". The International Information & Library Review. 30 (3): 203–225. doi:10.1006/iilr.1998.0095. ISSN 1057-2317.
- ^ Pilate, Chewe (August 31, 2017). "Visibility of the Library and Information Association of Zambia: A survey". European Journal of Social Sciences Studies. 2 (7). Retrieved May 10, 2022.
- ^ "Homepage". Zimbabwe Library Association. Retrieved May 10, 2022.
- ^ "Association of Special Libraries of the Philippines". Facebook. Retrieved May 10, 2022.
- ^ a b "Homepage". Anatolian University Libraries Consortium. Retrieved April 15, 2024.
- ^ "ALPS – Association of Librarians in Public Sector, Inc". Facebook. Retrieved May 10, 2022.
- ^ "CGLA". sites.google.com. Retrieved August 1, 2024.
- ^ Jha, Dr Kundan (June 16, 2024). "छत्तीसगढ़ सार्वजनिक पुस्तकालय अधिनियम, 2008 : एक अध्ययन". CGLA - Journal of Library and Information Science. 1 (1): 21–32. doi:10.5281/zenodo.12578030. Retrieved August 1, 2024 – via Zenodo.
- ^ Patel, Mr Bihari Lal; Sharma, Dr Pramod (June 15, 2024). "छत्तीसगढ़ पुस्तकालय संघ: मध्य भारत में लाइब्रेरियनशिप और सूचना सेवाओं का विस्तार". CGLA - Journal of Library and Information Science. 1 (1): 17–20. doi:10.5281/zenodo.12577980. Retrieved August 1, 2024 – via Zenodo.
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- ^ "Homepage". Bengal Library Association. Retrieved May 10, 2022.
- ^ "Homepage". Academic Library Association. Retrieved May 10, 2022.
- ^ "Andhra Pradesh Library Association". Andhra Pradesh Library Association. Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India: APLA. 8 June 2023. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
- ^ "Homepage". Kerala Library Professionals Organization. Retrieved Dec 9, 2022.
- ^ Janelle Zetty (2023) Current and Historical Publication Trends of State Library Association Journals and Newsletters, Serials Review, 49:3-4, 84-91
- ^ "Homepage". American Library Association. Retrieved May 10, 2022.
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- ^ Gartley, Elizabeth (2014). "Toward a global information culture in Samoa". World Libraries, ISSN 2155-7896. Retrieved 2025-07-02.