Library associations connect libraries and library workers 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

* Asociación de Estados Iberoamericanos para el Desarrollo de las Bibliotecas Nacionales de Iberoamérica * * Association of Caribbean University, Research and Institutional Libraries (ACURIL) * Association of Christian Librarians *Commonwealth Library Association *

Information for Social Change Information for Social Change (ISC) is an international, volunteer-based association, whose primary mission is to debate and comment on issues of social justice, censorship, freedom and ethics in the library and information field. Information for S ...

* International Association of Agricultural Information Specialists (IAALD) *International Association of Aquatic and Marine Science Libraries and Information Centers (IAMSLIC) * * International Association of Music Libraries *

International Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres The International Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres (IAML)Also known as ''Association Internationale des Bibliothèques, Archives et Centres de Documentation Musicaux'' (AIBM) and ''Internationale Vereinigung der M ...

* * International Association of University Libraries *

International Council on Archives The International Council on Archives (ICA; French: ''Conseil international des archives'') is an international non-governmental organization which exists to promote international cooperation for archives and archivists. It was set up in 1948, w ...

International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) is an international body representing the interests of people who rely on Library, libraries and information professionals. A non-governmental, not-for-profit organizati ...

(IFLA) *Librarians for Fairness *Masonic Library and Museum Association * Polar Libraries Colloquy * Progressive Librarians Guild * Seminar on the Acquisition of Latin American Library Materials (SALALM) *

Special Libraries Association The Special Libraries Association (SLA) is an international professional association for librarians, library and information professionals working in business, government, law, finance, non-profit, and academic organizations and institutions. Af ...

(SLA)

Africa

* African Library and Information Associations and Institutions (AfLIA) * * * Community Library Association of Uganda (COLAU) *Egyptian Library Association (ELA) * Ghana Library Association *Kenya Library Association * * Library and Information Association of South Africa (LIASA) * (formerly Zambia Library Association (ZLA)) *Malawi Library Association (MALA) * *

Nigerian Library Association Nigerian Library Association (NLA) is a recognized organization for librarians and library and information science educators in Nigeria. Its headquarters is in Abuja (the Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria, Federal Capital Territory of Nigeria). It ...

(NLA) *Swaziland Library Association (SWALA) *Tanzania Library Association (TLA) * *West Africa Library Association * Zimbabwe Library Association (ZimLA)

Asia

*Academic Library Association (ALA), India * Andhra Pradesh Library Association * (ANKOS), Turkey *Association of Librarians in Public Sector (ALPS), Inc. *Association of Special Libraries of the Philippines *Bangladesh Association of Librarians, Information Scientists and Documentalists *Bengal Library Association *Central Government Library Association *Chhattisgarh Information and Library Association (CGILA)
Chhattisgarh Library Association
*China Society for Library Science *East-Kazakhstan Librarians' Association * * Indian Association of Special Libraries and Information Centres (IASLIC) *Indian Academic Library Association *

Indian Library Association The Indian Library Association (ILA) was established on September 13, 1933 Registered under the societies Registration Act (XXI of 1860), on the occasion of the First All India Library Conference held at Calcutta (now Kolkata). The headquarters ...

(ILA) *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) *Israeli Association of Librarians and Information Professionals * * Japan Library Association * Japan Medical Library Association *Japan School Library Association *Japan Special Libraries Association * Junior College Library Association (Japan) * Kerala Library Association *Kerala Library Professionals Organization * (South Korea) * *Librarians Association of Metro Pampanga (LAMP) * Library Association of Bangladesh *Library Association of China (Taiwan) * Library Association of Singapore * Library Association of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) * * * *Medical and Health Librarians Association of the Philippines *Medical Library Association of India * *Mongolian Library Association (MLA) * Nepal Library Association (NLA) *Network of Academic Law Libraries, Inc. (NALL) * Pakistan Library Association *Pakistan Librarians Welfare Organization * Pakistan Library Automation Group (PakLAG) *Philippine Association of Academic and Research Librarians *Pakistan Library Club *Philippine Association of School Librarians, Inc. *Philippine Group of Law Librarians, Inc. *, Inc. * *

Sri Lanka Library Association The Sri Lanka Library Association (SLLA) is the main library association of Sri Lanka Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, also known historically as Ceylon, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the ...

* *Uzbekistan Library Association *Turkish Librarians Association - Turkey *University and Research Librarians Association - Turkey *University of Peshawar Library & Information Science Alumni Association - Pakistan *Telangana library student association(TLIBSA)

Caribbean & Latin America

*Argentinian Library Association * Association of Caribbean University, Research and Institutional Libraries (ACURIL) *Association of Librarians in the Jamaica Library Service (ALJAS) *Asociación Bibliotecológica de Guatemala *Asociación de Bibliotecarios Escolares de Puerto Rico * Asociación Mexicana de Bibliotecarios (AMBAC) *Asociación Paraguaya de Gestores de la Información (APGI) * Brazilian Federation of Associations of Librarians, Information Scientists and Institutions (FEBAB) *Caribbean Association of Law Libraries (CARALL) *Cayman Islands Information Professionals (CIIP) * * * *Comité de Cooperación entre Bibliotecas Universitarias de Guatemala * * * *Library Association of Trinidad and Tobago (LATT) *Library Association of Barbados (LAB) *Library Association of Bermuda (LAB) *

Europe

*Anatolian University Libraries Consortium (ANKOS), Turkey *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 ( (LIBER)) *Association of French Librarians *Association of Greek Librarians & Information Scientists * *Association of information and documentation professionals, ADBS, formerly the Association of specialized librarians and librarians (French) * * Association of Library and Information Professionals of the Czech Republic *Association of Valencian Librarians (ABV) (Spain) * * * Bavarian Library Network (BVB) * * Belgian Association for Documentation * British and Irish Association of Law Librarians * *

Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals The Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP, pronounced ) is a professional body for librarians, information specialists and knowledge management, knowledge managers in the United Kingdom. It was established in 20 ...

(CILIP), formerly the Library Association and the Institute of Information Scientists (UK) * * Consortium of European Research Libraries (CERL) * *Cyprus Association of Librarians – Information Scientists (CALIS) * * 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) * *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 * * *Finnish Music Library Association * *Galician Library Association (ABG) (Spain) *Georgian Association of Information Specialists * *German Library Association * *Italian Library Association *Latvian Librarians Association *Library & Information Science Promotion Society (India) * Library Association of Ireland * * M25 Consortium of Academic Libraries * Malta Library and Information Association *Navarrese Association of Librarians (ASNABI) (Spain) * * * *Norwegian Union of Librarians * * *

Private Libraries Association The Private Libraries Association (PLA) is an international society of book collectors with 450 individual members and over 100 institutional members. The majority of members are based in Britain, but there are also members in the United States, C ...

(UK) *Professional Association of Information Specialists (APEI) (Spain) * * *

School Library Association The School Library Association (SLA) is an independent organization in the United Kingdom which promotes library, libraries and literacy in schools. The SLA was founded in 1937 and is based at Kembrey Park in north-eastern Swindon. It is a chari ...

(UK) * * * *Swiss Association Library & Information Management (SLI) * * *Turkish University and Research Librarians' Association (UNAK) *

North America

Most state library associations publish a journal. *

American Library Association The American Library Association (ALA) is a nonprofit organization based in the United States that promotes libraries and library education internationally. It is the oldest and largest library association in the world. History 19th century ...

(ALA) *

American Association of Law Libraries The American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) is a nonprofit educational organization with over 5,000 members across the United States. AALL's mission is to promote and enhance the value of law libraries to the legal and public communities, to ...

(AALL) *

American Association of School Librarians The American Association of School Librarians (AASL) is a division of the American Library Association (ALA) that has more than 7,000 members and serves primary school and secondary school librarians in the U.S., Canada, and even internationally. P ...

(AASL) *

American Indian Library Association The American Indian Library Association (AILA) is an affiliate of the American Library Association (ALA), and is a membership action group that focuses on the library-related needs of Native Americans in the United States, Native Americans and Al ...

(AILA) *

American Theological Library Association The American Theological Library Association (Atla) is a nonprofit, 501(c)(3), professional association, headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Atla's member libraries and librarians provide resources for scholarly research to tens o ...

(ATLA) *

Art Libraries Society of North America The Art Libraries Society of North America (also known as ARLIS/NA) is an organization of approximately 1,000 art librarians, library students and visual resource professionals. The ARLIS/NA was founded in 1972. Activities ARLIS/NA organizes act ...

(ARLIS/NA) * Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association * *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 The American Library Association (ALA) is a nonprofit organization based in the United States that promotes library, libraries and library education internationally. It is the oldest and largest library association in the world. History 19th ...

(ACRL) *

Association of Jewish Libraries The Association of Jewish Libraries (AJL) is an international organization dedicated to the production, collection, organization and dissemination of Judaic resources as a library, media, and information service. AJL has members in the United St ...

Association of Research Libraries The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is a nonprofit organization of 125 research library at comprehensive, research institutions in Canada and the United States. ARL member libraries make up a large portion of the academic and research li ...

(ARL) * *Atlantic Provinces Library Association (APLA) * * Border Regional Library Association (BRLA) *

Boston Library Consortium The Boston Library Consortium (BLC) is a library consortium based in the Boston area with 26 member institutions across New England. Membership and governance The Boston Library Consortium is a consortium of twenty-six institutions: sixteen i ...

(BLC) *Cache Valley Library Association (CVLA) *Canadian Association for School Libraries * Canadian Association for Information Science (CAIS-ACSI) * * * 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)
Catholic Library Association
Sister Consolata Maria Dunleavy, S.S.J. (1964). "The History of the Catholic Library Association, 1921-1961. Dissertation, Catholic University of America. *

Chinese American Librarians Association The Chinese American Librarians Association or CALA () is a library association that supports professional development and research scholarship of CALA members, in the profession of librarianship. CALA is an affiliate of American Library Associat ...

*Church and Synagogue Library Association *Corporation des bibliothécaires professionnels du Québec (CBPQ) *Evangelical Church Library Association * *Florida Association for Media in Education *Foothills Library Association *Greater Edmonton Library Association * * * Library Information Technology Association (LITA) *Lubbock Area Library Association *Major Orchestra Librarians' Association * *

Medical Library Association The Medical Library Association (MLA) is a nonprofit educational organization with more than 3,400 health-sciences information professional members. History Founded on May 2, 1898, the Association of Medical Librarians, as it was known unti ...

* Metrolina Library Association * Metropolitan New York Library Council (METRO) *Mohave Library Alliance * Mountain Plains Library Association *

Music Library Association The Music Library Association (MLA) of the United States is the main professional organization for music libraries and librarians (including those whose music materials form only part of their responsibilities and collections). It also serves cor ...

* New England Library Association *Newfoundland and Labrador Library Association (NLLA) * North American Serials Interest Group (NASIG) *Nova Scotia Library Association (NSLA) *Northwest Territories Library Association (NWTLA) *Nunavut Library Association *

Ontario Library Association The Ontario Library Association (OLA) was established in 1900 and is the oldest continually operating library association in Canada. With over 4,000 members, OLA is also the largest library association in Canada and among the 10 largest library ...

(OLA) * Pacific Northwest Library Association *Patent and Trademark Depository Library Association *Polish American Librarians Association (PALA) *

Public Library Association The Public Library Association (PLA), a division of the American Library Association, is a professional association of public librarians and supporters dedicated to the "development and effectiveness of public library staff and public library ser ...

*Saskatchewan Library Association (SLA) * Southeastern Library Association * Southwestern Library Association *Substance Abuse Librarians & Information Specialists (SALIS) * * United States Agricultural Information Network * *USA Toy Library Association * Western Association of Map Libraries *

Oceania

*Australian and New Zealand Theological Library Association * Australian Law Librarians' Association *

Australian Library and Information Association The Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA), formerly the Australian Institute of Librarians and Library Association of Australia, is the peak professional organisation for the Australian library and information services sector. ...

*Australian School Library Association *Australian School Library Association (NSW) * Library and Information Association of New Zealand operating as LIANZA * Pacific Islands Association of Libraries and Archives *School Library Association of New Zealand Aotearoa *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)

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