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

Academic

Political and social

Religious

Topic

Africa

Regional

Botswana

  • Botswana Library Association (BLA)

Cameroon

  • Cameroon Association of Librarians, Archivists, Documentation Professionals, Museographers (ABADCAM)[1]
  • Consortium of Cameroon University and Research Libraries (COCUREL)

Egypt

  • Egyptian Library Association (ELA), est.1944[4][1]

Eritrea

  • Library and Information Association of Eritrea (LIAE)

Eswatini

  • Eswatini Library and Information Association (ESWALA), formerly the Swaziland Library Association.

Ethiopia

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

The Gambia

  • Gambia Library and Information Services Association

Ghana

Guinea

  • Guinean Association for Sustainable Development Awake

Kenya

  • Kenya Library Association[1]

Lesotho

  • Lesotho Library Association

Libya

  • Libyan Association for Libraries Information and Archives

Malawi

  • Malawi Library Association (MALA)[5]

Mauritius

  • Mauritius Council of Registered Librarians (MCRL)[6]

Namibia

  • Namibian Information Workers Association

Nigeria

Senegal

  • Senegalese Association of Librarians, Archivist, and Documentation Professionals (ASBAD), Association Sénégalaise des Bibliothécaires, Archivistes et Documentalistes

Somalia

  • Somali Library Association (SLA)

South Africa

  • Association for Health Information and Libraries in Africa (AHILA)
  • Development of Information Science in South Africa (DISSANET)
  • Library and Information Association of South Africa (LIASA)
  • Library and Information Studies Student Association a(LISSA)
  • Organization of South African Law Libraries (OSALL)
  • South African Health Librarians Forum (SAHLF)

Tanzania

  • East African Community
  • Tanzania Library and Information Association (TLA)

Tunisia

  • Tunisian Library Association/Association Tunisienne des Bibliothécaires, Archivistes et Documentalistes (ATBAD)

Uganda

  • Community Library Association of Uganda (COLAU)
  • Uganda Library and Information Association (ULIA)

Zambia

  • Library and Information Association of Zambia (LIAZ)[8] (formerly Zambia Library Association (ZLA))

Zimbabwe

East Asia, Southeast Asia, and South Asia

Regional

  • Anatolian University Libraries Consortium (ANKOS), Turkey[10]
  • Association of Librarians in Public Sector (ALPS), Inc.[11]
  • Central Government Library Association
  • Chhattisgarh Information and Library Association (CGILA)
  • Chhattisgarh Library Association[12][13][14][15][16][17][18]
  • Congress of Southeast Asian Librarians (CONSAL)
  • Middle East Librarians Association
  • Regional Federation of South Asian Library Associations

Bangladesh

Cambodia

  • Cambodian Librarians and Documentation Professionals Association[1]

China

  • China Society for Library Science, est. 1979 (Chinese: 中国图书馆学会)[1]
  • Chinese Library Association, est. 1925 (Chinese: 中华图书馆协会)
  • Library Association of the Republic of China, Taiwan[19]
  • Macau Library and Information Management Association

Hong Kong

India

Indonesia

  • Indonesian Librarian Association - Ikatan Pustakawan Indonesia (IPI)[1]

Japan

Malaysia

  • Librarians Association of Malaysia (Malay: Persatuan Pustakawan Malaysia)

Maldives

  • Maldives Library Association

Mongolia

  • Mongolian Library Association (MLA)[23]

Nepal

North Korea

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

Pakistan

Philippines

  • Association of Special Libraries of the Philippines[1][24]
  • Medical and Health Librarians Association of the Philippines[1]
  • Philippine Association of Academic and Research Librarians[1]
  • Philippine Association of School Librarians, Inc.[1]
  • Philippine Group of Law Librarians, Inc.[1]
  • Philippine Librarians Association, Inc.

Singapore

South Korea

  • Korean Association of School Libraries[1]
  • Korean Library Association
  • Korean Medical Library Association
  • Korean Public Library Association[6]
  • Korea University & College Library Association[25]

Sri Lanka

Taiwan

  • Library Association of the Republic of China (Taiwan)
  • Taiwan Medical Library Association

Thailand

  • Thai Library Association, est.1954[1]

Vietnam

  • North Central Vietnam Library Association (Vietnamese: Liên hiệp Thư viện Bắc miền Trung)[26]
  • Southern University Library Association (Vietnamese: Liên Chi hội Thư viện Đại học phía Nam)[27]
  • Vietnam Library Association (VLA) (Vietnamese: Hội Thư viện Việt Nam)

Unsorted

  • Librarians Association of Metro Pampanga (LAMP)
  • Macau Library and Information Management Association
  • Network of Academic Law Libraries, Inc. (NALL)
  • Telangana Library Student Association (TLIBSA)
  • Turkish Librarians Association - Turkey
  • University and Research Librarians Association - Turkey

Caribbean and Latin America

Regional

Antigua and Barbuda

  • Barbuda Library Association
  • Library Association of Antigua and Barbuda

Argentina

  • Argentinian Library Association
  • Argentinian Society for Information (SAI)
  • Association of Graduate Librarians of the Argentine Republic (ABGRA)
  • Librarian Association of Córdoba

Bahamas

  • Bahamas Library Service Association (BLSA)

Barbados

  • Library Association of Barbados

Belize

  • Belize National Library Service and Information System

Bermuda

  • Library Association of Bermuda (LAB)

Bolivia

  • Association of Information Science Professionals of Bolivia, est.1995 (Spanish: Colegio de Profesionales en Ciencias de la Información de Bolivia) (CPCIB)[28]

Brazil

Chile

  • College of Librarians of Chile, Colegio de Bibliotecarios de Chile
  • La Dirección de Bibliotecas, Archivos y Museos (DIBAM)

Colombia

  • Colombian Library Association (ASCOLBI)
  • Fundación Universitaria Compensar
  • Fundación Universitaria del Área Andina

Costa Rica

  • Colegio de Profesionales en Bibliotecología de Costa Rica (COPROBI)

Cuba

  • Cuban Association of Librarians (ASCUBI)

Dominica

  • Dominica Library & Information Society

El Salvador

  • Asociación de Bibliotecarios de El Salvador (ABES)
  • Librarian Association of El Salvador

Guatemala

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

Haiti

  • Fondation Connaissance et Liberté (FOKAL)

Honduras

  • Honduran Association of Librarians and Documentalists

Jamaica

  • Association of Librarians in the Jamaica Library Service (ALJAS)
  • Commonwealth Library Association (COMLA)
  • Library and Information Association of Jamaica (LIAJA)

Panama

  • Asociacíon Panameña de Bibliotecarios

Paraguay

  • Asociación Paraguaya de Gestores de la Información (APGI)

St. Lucia

  • National Association of Librarians and Information Professionals (NALIP) Saint Lucia

Trinidad and Tobago

  • Library Association of Trinidad and Tobago (LATT)

Uruguay

  • Asociación de Bibliotecólogos del Uruguay / Uruguayan Library Association (ABU)

Unsorted

Central Asia

Regional

Kazakhstan

  • Association of University Libraries of the Republic of Kazakhstan[6]
  • East Kazakhstan Librarians' Association[6]
  • Kazakhstan Library Association , est.2017
  • Library Association of the Republic of Kazakhstan (BARK), est.1997

Kyrgyz Republic

  • Kyrgyzstan Library Information Consortium (KLIC)

Tajikistan

  • Library Society of Tajikistan

Uzbekistan

  • Uzbekistan Library Association[1]

Europe

Regional

Armenia

  • Armenian Library Association
  • Digital Library Association of Armenia
  • International Association of Armenian Librarians and Archivists

Austria

  • Austrian Association of Librarians
  • Austrian Library Association

Belarus

  • Belarusian Library Association

Belgium

Bosnia and Herzegovina

  • Asocijacija informacijiskih stručnjaka-bibliotekara,arhivista i muzeologa (Association of information professionals - librarians, archivists and museologists),[30] est.2006
  • Library Association of the Republic of Srpska ,[6] est.1997
  • Society of Librarians of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bulgaria

  • Bulgarian Library Association

Croatia

  • Croatian Association of Theological and Church Libraries
  • Croatian Library Association

Czechia

Denmark

Estonia

  • Estonian Librarians Association

Finland

  • Bibliothecarii Medicinae Fenniae, Association of Medical Librarians
  • Finland's Swedish Library Association
  • Finnish Library Association
  • Finnish Scientific Library Association
  • Finnish Music Library Association
  • Finnish Research Library Association
  • Finnish Theological Library Association
  • Finnish University Libraries’ Network (FUN)
  • Society of Swedish Literature in Finland

France

  • Association des directeurs de bibliothèques municipales et intercommunales des grandes villes de France (ADBGV), Association of directors of municipal and inter-municipal libraries of major cities in France, est.2002[31]
  • Association des directeurs et personnels de direction des bibliothèques universitaires et de la documentation (ADBU), French national association of directors and senior staff in university and research libraries, est.1974[31]
  • Association of French Librarians (Association des Bibliothécaires de France, ABF), est.1906[31]
  • Association of information and documentation professionals (ADBS), formerly the Association of specialized librarians and librarians[31]
  • Union Nationale Culture et Bibliothèque pour Tous (UNCBPT), est.1971[31]

Georgia

  • Georgian Association of Information Specialists, est.1997[32]
  • Georgian Library Association, est.2000

Germany

Greece

  • Association of Greek Librarians & Information Scientists

Hungary

  • Hungarian Medical Libraries Association (MOKSZ)
  • Association of Hungarian Librarians
  • Union of Ecclesiastical Libraries

Iceland

  • Icelandic Library and Information Science Association

Ireland

Italy

  • Italian Library Association
  • South Tyrol Library Association

Kosovo

  • Association of Electronic Libraries in Kosova (AELK)
  • Association of Librarians of Kosovo

Latvia

  • Latvian Librarians Association[33]

Lithuania

  • Lithuanian Librarian's Association

Luxembourg

  • Association of Luxembourg Librarians, Archivists and Documentalists
  • Luxembourgish Public Library Association

Malta

Moldova

  • Association of Librarians from the Republic of Moldova, Asociaţia Bibliotecarilor din Republica Moldova

Netherlands

North Macedonia

  • INNOVA Lib[35]
  • Library Association of Macedonia[36]

Norway

  • Forum for Theological and Religious Sciences Libraries
  • Norwegian Association of Special Libraries
  • Norwegian Librarian Association

Poland

  • Polish Librarians Association
  • Polish Association of Libraries

Portugal

  • Associação Portuguesa de Documentação e Informação de Saúde (APDIS; Portuguese Association for Health Documentation and Information)
  • Portuguese Association of Librarians, Archivists and Documentation Professionals

Romania

  • Romanian Library Association
  • National Association of Public Librarians and Libraries in Romania

Russia

  • Russian Library Association
  • Library Assembly of Eurasia
  • National Library Association "Libraries of the Future" (NALF)
  • Association of School Librarians of the Russian World

Serbia

  • Association of School Librarians of Serbia , est.2006
  • Association of University Libraries in Serbia, est.1992
  • Serbian Library Association , est.1947

Slovakia

  • Slovak Librarians and Libraries Association (SSKK),[30] est.1990
  • Slovak Library Association (SAK)[30]

Slovenia

  • Association of Public Libraries
  • Slovenian Library Association, est.1983

Spain

Andalusia

  • Association of Andalusian Librarians

Calonia

  • Societat Catalana de Documentació i Informació (SOCADI)
  • Col·legi Oficial de Bibliotecaris-Documentalistes de Catalunya (COBDC)

Valencia

  • Association of Valencian Librarians (ABV)
  • Colegio Oficial de Bibliotecarios y Documentalistas de la Comunidad Valenciana COBDCV)
  • Navarrese Association of Librarians (ASNABI)

Sweden

  • Network for Theological Libraries in Sweden
  • Swedish Library Association

Switzerland

  • Bibliosuisse , est.2019[30]
  • Swiss Association Library & Information Management (SLI)

Turkey

  • Turkish University and Research Librarians' Association (UNAK)[1]
  • Turkish Librarians' Association (TKDt)
  • Anatolian University Library Consortium Association (ANKOS)[10]

Ukraine

  • Ukrainian Library Association

United Kingdom (UK)

Southwest and West Asia

Regional

Afghanistan

  • Anjuman Ketab Khana-e-Afghanistan (Afghanistan Library Association)[38]

Armenia

  • Armenian Library Association (ALA), formerly known as Armenian Library Union
  • International Association of Armenian Librarians and Archivists (IAALA)

Bahrain

  • Bahrain Library and Information Association

Cyprus

  • Cyprus Association of Librarians - Information Scientists (CALIS)

Iraq

  • Iraqi Library Association
  • Iraqi Association for Information, Libraries, and Documentation Specialists

Iran

  • Iranian Library and Information Science Association[1]
    • East Azerbaijan branch, est.2013[39]
    • Mazandaran Branch, est.2007[40]
  • Iranian Medical Library Association
  • The union of Iranian library and information science student associations (ADKA)

Israel

  • Association of Israeli Librarians (ASI)
  • Israeli Librarians and Information Professionals Association (ASMI)
  • Association of Libraries, Archives and Data Processors in Israel[19]
  • Israeli Center for Libraries[1]
  • Israeli Librarians and Information Professionals Association, 2009-2021 (Hebrew: ארגון הספרנים והמידענים בישראל (ע"ר))
  • Israeli Society of Libraries and Information Centers (SEMEL-ASMI), est.1966[1]

Kuwait

  • Library and Information Association of Kuwait

Lebanon

  • Lebanese Library Association (LLA)

Oman

  • Omani Library Association (OLA)
  • Omani Association for Libraries and Information
  • (LMA) The Library Monitor Association (Student-run Association)

Palestine

  • Librarians and Archivists with Palestine

Qatar

  • Library and Information Association in Qatar (LIA-Q)

Saudi Arabia

Syria

  • Libraries and Documents Association of Syria[1]
  • Syrian Library Association

Turkey

  • Turkish Librarian's Association (TKD), Türk Kütüphaneciler Derneği[1]
  • Anatolian University Library Consortium Association (ANKOS)
  • University and Research Librarians' Association (UNAK)[1]

United Arab Emirates

  • Emirates Library and Information Association (Arabic: جمعية الإمارات للمكتبات و المعلومات),[28] est.2017

Yemen

  • Yemeni Association for Disseminating Culture & Knowledge

North America

Regional

Canada

Mexico

  • Asociación Mexicana de Bibliotecarios, A.C. (AMBAC)
  • National College of Librarians (CNB), Colegio Nacional de Bibliotecarios
  • Association of Librarians of Baja California
  • Mexican Association of Private Archives and Libraries, A.C. (AMABPAC), Asociación Mexicana de Archivos y Bibliotecas Privados, A.C.

United States

Most United States state library associations publish a journal.[43]

Oceania

Regional

  • Australian and New Zealand Theological Library Association (ANZTLA)
  • Association of Parliamentary Librarians of Asia and the Pacific (APLAP)
  • Pacific Islands Association of Libraries, Archives, and Museums (PIALA)
  • Conference of Directors of National Libraries in Asia and Oceania (CDNLAO)[29]
  • IFLA Regional Standing Committee of Asia and Oceania (RSCAO)
  • Pacific Regional Branch of the International Council on Archives (PARBICA)
  • Council of Australasian University Librarians

Australia

Fiji

  • Fiji Library Association (FLA)

Hawai'i

Marshall Islands

  • Marshall Islands Library Association (MILA)

Micronesia

  • 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

Palau

  • Palau Association of Libraries (PAL)

Samoa

  • Library Association of Samoa[48]

Tonga

  • Tonga Library Association (ACT)

Vanuatu

  • Vanuatu Library Association (VLA)

See also

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