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

Cameroon

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

Egypt

Eritrea

Eswatini

Ethiopia

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

The Gambia

Ghana

Guinea

  • Guinean Association for Sustainable Development Awake

Kenya

Lesotho

Libya

Malawi

Mauritius

  • Mauritius Council of Registered Librarians (MCRL)

Namibia

Nigeria

Senegal

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

Tunisia

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

Uganda

Zambia

Zimbabwe

East Asia, Southeast Asia, and South Asia

Regional

Bangladesh

Cambodia

  • Cambodian Librarians and Documentation Professionals Association

China

Hong Kong

India

Indonesia

Japan

Malaysia

Maldives

Mongolia

  • Mongolian Library Association (MLA)

Nepal

North Korea

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

Pakistan

Philippines

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

Singapore

South Korea

Sri Lanka

Taiwan

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

Thailand

Vietnam

Unsorted

  • Librarians Association of Metro Pampanga (LAMP)
  • Macau Library and Information Management Association [Wikidata]
  • 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

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

Brazil

Chile

Colombia

Costa Rica

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

Cuba

Dominica

  • Dominica Library & Information Society

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

Jamaica

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

Kyrgyz Republic

  • Kyrgyzstan Library Information Consortium (KLIC)

Tajikistan

  • Library Society of Tajikistan

Uzbekistan

  • Uzbekistan Library Association

Europe

Regional

Armenia

Austria

Belarus

Belgium

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bulgaria

Croatia

Czechia

Denmark

Estonia

Finland

France

Georgia

Germany

Greece

  • Association of Greek Librarians & Information Scientists

Hungary

Iceland

Ireland

Italy

Kosovo

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

Latvia

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Malta

Moldova

Netherlands

North Macedonia

  • INNOVA Lib
  • Library Association of Macedonia

Norway

Poland

Portugal

Romania

Russia

Serbia

Slovakia

Slovenia

Spain

Andalusia

  • Association of Andalusian Librarians

Calonia

Valencia

  • Navarrese Association of Librarians (ASNABI)

Sweden

Switzerland

Turkey

Ukraine

United Kingdom (UK)

Southwest and West Asia

Regional

Afghanistan

  • Anjuman Ketab Khana-e-Afghanistan (Afghanistan Library Association)

Armenia

Bahrain

  • Bahrain Library and Information Association

Cyprus

Iraq

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

Iran

Israel

Kuwait

  • Library and Information Association of Kuwait

Lebanon

Oman

Palestine

Qatar

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

Saudi Arabia

Syria

  • Libraries and Documents Association of Syria
  • Syrian Library Association

Turkey

United Arab Emirates

Yemen

  • Yemeni Association for Disseminating Culture & Knowledge

North America

Regional

Canada

Mexico

United States

Most United States state library associations publish a journal.

Oceania

Regional

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

Tonga

  • Tonga Library Association (ACT)

Vanuatu

  • Vanuatu Library Association (VLA)

See also

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