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.
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International
Arab Federation for Libraries and Information (AFLI)
Asociación de Estados Iberoamericanos para el Desarrollo de las Bibliotecas Nacionales de Iberoamérica
International Francophone Association of Librarians and Documentalists
Association of Independent Information Professionals
China–CEEC Libraries Union (Chinese: 中国—中东欧国家图书馆联盟)
Commonwealth Library Assocation (COMLA)
Conference of Directors of National Libraries (CDNL)
International Council on Archives
International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)
Polar Libraries Colloquy
Seminar on the Acquisition of Latin American Library Materials (SALALM)
Special Libraries Association (SLA)
Academic
International Association of School Librarianship
International Association of University Libraries
Political and social
Information for Social Change
Librarians for Fairness
Progressive Librarians Guild
Religious
Association of Christian Librarians
Association of Jewish Libraries
Topic
International Association of Agricultural Information Specialists (IAALD)
International Association of Aquatic and Marine Science Libraries and Information Centers (IAMSLIC)
International Association of Law Libraries
International Association of Music Libraries
International Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres
Masonic Library and Museum Association
Africa
Regional
African Library and Information Associations and Institutions (AfLIA)
Association of Parliamentary Libraries in Eastern and Southern Africa (APLESA)
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)
West Africa Library Association (WALA)
Botswana
Botswana Library Association (BLA)
Cameroon
Cameroon Association of Librarians, Archivists, Documentation Professionals, Museographers (ABADCAM)
Consortium of Cameroon University and Research Libraries (COCUREL)
Egypt
Egyptian Library Association (ELA), est.1944
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
Ghana Library Association
Guinea
Guinean Association for Sustainable Development Awake
Kenya
Kenya Library Association
Lesotho
Lesotho Library Association
Libya
Libyan Association for Libraries Information and Archives
Malawi
Malawi Library Association (MALA)
Mauritius
Mauritius Council of Registered Librarians (MCRL)
Namibia
Namibian Information Workers Association
Nigeria
Nigerian Library Association (NLA)
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) (formerly Zambia Library Association (ZLA))
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe Library Association (ZimLA)
East Asia, Southeast Asia, and South Asia
Regional
Anatolian University Libraries Consortium (ANKOS), Turkey
Association of Librarians in Public Sector (ALPS), Inc.
Central Government Library Association
Chhattisgarh Information and Library Association (CGILA)
Chhattisgarh Library Association
Congress of Southeast Asian Librarians (CONSAL)
Middle East Librarians Association
Regional Federation of South Asian Library Associations
Bangladesh
Bangladesh Association of Librarians, Information Scientists and Documentation Professionals
Library Association of Bangladesh
Cambodia
Cambodian Librarians and Documentation Professionals Association
China
China Society for Library Science, est. 1979 (Chinese: 中国图书馆学会)
Chinese Library Association, est. 1925 (Chinese: 中华图书馆协会)
Library Association of the Republic of China, Taiwan
Macau Library and Information Management Association
Hong Kong
Hong Kong Library Association
India
Academic Library Association (ALA), India
Andhra Pradesh Library Association
Indian Academic Library Association
Indian Association of Special Libraries and Information Centres (IASLIC)
Indian Library Association (ILA)
Kerala Library Association
Kerala Library Professionals Organization
Medical Library Association of India
Indonesia
Indonesian Librarian Association - Ikatan Pustakawan Indonesia (IPI)
Japan
Japan Art Documentation Society (JADS)
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
Librarians Association of Malaysia (Malay: Persatuan Pustakawan Malaysia)
Maldives
Maldives Library Association
Mongolia
Mongolian Library Association (MLA)
Nepal
Nepal Library Association (NLA)
North Korea
Library Association of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea)
Pakistan
National Library Association (Pakistan)
Pakistan Librarians Welfare Organization
Pakistan Library Association
Pakistan Library Automation Group (PakLAG)
Pakistan Library Club
University of Peshawar Library & Information Science Alumni Association - 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, Inc.
Singapore
Library Association of Singapore
South Korea
Korean Association of School Libraries
Korean Library Association
Korean Medical Library Association
Korean Public Library Association
Korea University & College Library Association
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka Library Association
Taiwan
Library Association of the Republic of China (Taiwan)
Taiwan Medical Library Association
Thailand
Thai Library Association, est.1954
Vietnam
North Central Vietnam Library Association (Vietnamese: Liên hiệp Thư viện Bắc miền Trung)
Southern University Library Association (Vietnamese: Liên Chi hội Thư viện Đại học phía Nam)
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
Asociación de Estados Iberoamericanos para el Desarrollo de las Bibliotecas Nacionales de Iberoamérica (ABINIA)
The Association of Caribbean University, Research and Institutional Libraries (ACURIL)
Caribbean Association of Law Libraries (CARALL)
Federación Española de Sociedades de Archivística, Biblioteconomía, Documentación y Museística (FESABID)
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)
Brazil
Brazilian Federation of Associations of Librarians, Information Scientists and Institutions (FEBAB)
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
Asociación de Bibliotecarios Escolares de Puerto Rico
Asociación Mexicana de Bibliotecarios (AMBAC)
Brazilian Federation of Associations of Librarians, Information Scientists and Institutions (FEBAB)
Cayman Islands Information Professionals (CIIP)
Colegio Nacional de Bibliotecarios, A.C. (México)
Sociedad de Bibliotecarios de Puerto Rico (SBPR)
Central Asia
Regional
ASEEES (Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies)
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)
Library Association of Eurasia
Kazakhstan
Association of University Libraries of the Republic of Kazakhstan
East Kazakhstan Librarians' Association
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
Europe
Regional
ARLIS Norden
Association of European Research Libraries (LIBER)
Conference of European National Librarians (CENL)
Consortium of European Research Libraries (CERL)
European Theological Libraries (BETH)
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
Belgian Association for Documentation
Brussels Libraries
Flemish Association for Libraries, Archives, and Documentation
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Asocijacija informacijiskih stručnjaka-bibliotekara,arhivista i muzeologa (Association of information professionals - librarians, archivists and museologists), est.2006
Library Association of the Republic of Srpska , 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
Association of Libraries of Czech Universities
Association of Library and Information Professionals of the Czech Republic
The Czech Republic Libraries Association (SDRUK ČR)
Denmark
Danish Library Association
Danish Union of Librarians
German Library Center and Central Library Aabenraa
Municipal Association for Educational Learning Centres
Next Library
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
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
Association of French Librarians (Association des Bibliothécaires de France, ABF), est.1906
Association of information and documentation professionals (ADBS), formerly the Association of specialized librarians and librarians
Union Nationale Culture et Bibliothèque pour Tous (UNCBPT), est.1971
Georgia
Georgian Association of Information Specialists, est.1997
Georgian Library Association, est.2000
Germany
Association of Archives and Libraries in the Protestant Church (AABevK)
Association of German Librarians
Bavarian Library Network (BVB)
Library & Information Germany (BID)
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
Association of British Theological and Philosophical Libraries
Library Association of 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
Lithuania
Lithuanian Librarian's Association
Luxembourg
Association of Luxembourg Librarians, Archivists and Documentalists
Luxembourgish Public Library Association
Malta
Malta Library and Information Association (MaLIA)
Malta School Library Association (MSLA)
Moldova
Association of Librarians from the Republic of Moldova, Asociaţia Bibliotecarilor din Republica Moldova
Netherlands
Association for Theological Librarianship
Dutch Association of University Libraries, the Royal Library and the Library of the Royal Dutch Academy of Science
Dutch National Association of Public Libraries
European Association for Health Information and Libraries
European Bureau of Library, Information and Documentation Associations
International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions
Netherlands Public Library Association
Royal Dutch Association of Information Professionals
North Macedonia
INNOVA Lib
Library Association of Macedonia
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), est.1990
Slovak Library Association (SAK)
Slovenia
Association of Public Libraries
Slovenian Library Association, est.1983
Spain
Association of Librarians of the Church in Spain
Spanish Society for Scientific Documentation and Information (SEDIC)
Education and Libraries Association
Galician Library Association (ABG)
Spanish Federation of Societies of Archivist, Librarians, Documentalist and Museology (FESABID)
Professional Association of Information Specialists (APEI)
Asociación de Estados Iberoamericanos para el Desarrollo de las Bibliotecas Nacionales de Iberoamérica
Association of Andalusian Librarians
Societat Catalana de Documentació i Informació (SOCADI)
Col·legi Oficial de Bibliotecaris-Documentalistes de Catalunya (COBDC)
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
Swiss Association Library & Information Management (SLI)
Turkey
Turkish University and Research Librarians' Association (UNAK)
Turkish Librarians' Association (TKDt)
Anatolian University Library Consortium Association (ANKOS)
Ukraine
Ukrainian Library Association
United Kingdom (UK)
ASLIB (UK); formerly 'Association of Special Libraries and Information Bureaux (ASLIB)'
Association of British Theological and Philosophical Libraries (ABTAPL), est.1956
British and Irish Association of Law Librarians
Cathedral Archives, Libraries & Collections Association (CALCA)
Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP), formerly the Library Association and the Institute of Information Scientists (UK)
CILIP Cymru Wales
Independent Libraries Association, est.1989
M25 Consortium of Academic Libraries
Private Libraries Association (UK)
Research Libraries UK
School Library Association (UK)
Society of College, National and University Libraries (SCONUL)
Southwest and West Asia
Regional
Middle East Librarians Association (MELA)
IFLA Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Regional Division
Arabian Gulf Chapter of the Special Libraries Association (SLA/GC)
Afghanistan
Anjuman Ketab Khana-e-Afghanistan (Afghanistan Library Association)
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
East Azerbaijan branch, est.2013
Mazandaran Branch, est.2007
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
Israeli Center for Libraries
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
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
Libraries Commission
Syria
Libraries and Documents Association of Syria
Syrian Library Association
Turkey
Turkish Librarian's Association (TKD), Türk Kütüphaneciler Derneği
Anatolian University Library Consortium Association (ANKOS)
University and Research Librarians' Association (UNAK)
United Arab Emirates
Emirates Library and Information Association (Arabic: جمعية الإمارات للمكتبات و المعلومات), est.2017
Yemen
Yemeni Association for Disseminating Culture & Knowledge
North America
Regional
Academic Library Advancement and Development Network (ALADN)
Art Libraries Society of North America
Asociación Latinoamericana de Archivos (ALA)
Canada
L'association des bibliothécaires du Québec/Quebec Library Association
Atlantic Provinces Library Association (APLA
British Columbia Library Association (BCLA)
Canadian Association for Information Science (CAIS-ACSI)
Canadian Association for School Libraries
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 Federation of Library Associations/Fédération canadienne des associations de bibliothèques (CFLA-FCAB)
Canadian Health Libraries Association / Association des bibliothèques de la santé du Canada (CHLA / ABSC)
Corporation des bibliothécaires professionnels du Québec (CBPQ)
Library Association of Alberta (LAA)
Newfoundland and Labrador Library Association (NLLA)
Nova Scotia Library Association (NSLA)
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.
American Library Association (ALA)
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 Library Professionals (ALP)
Association of Research Libraries (ARL)
Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL)
Atlantic Provinces Library Association (APLA)
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)
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
Australian Law Librarians' Association
Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA)
Australian School Library Association (ASLA)
Western 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
Fiji Library Association (FLA)
Hawai'i
Hawaii Library Association (HLA)
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
Council of New Zealand University Librarians (CONZUL)
Library and Information Association of New Zealand Aotearoa, operating as LIANZA
School Library Association of New Zealand Aotearoa (SLANZA)
Te Rōpū Whakahau
New Zealand Law Librarians Association
Public Libraries New Zealand
Palau
Palau Association of Libraries (PAL)
Samoa
Library Association of Samoa
Tonga
Tonga Library Association (ACT)
Vanuatu
Vanuatu Library Association (VLA)