List of library associations
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
Africa
Asia
Academic Library Association (ALA), India[ 7]
Andhra Pradesh Library Association [ 8] Anatolian University Libraries Consortium (ANKOS), Turkey[ 9]
Association of Librarians in Public Sector (ALPS), Inc.[ 10]
Association of Special Libraries of the Philippines[ 11]
Bangladesh Association of Librarians, Information Scientists and Documentalists
Bengal Library Association[ 12]
Central Government Library Association
Chhattisgarh Information and Library Association (CGILA)
Chhattisgarh Library Association [ 13] [ 14] [ 15] [ 16] [ 17] China Society for Library Science
East-Kazakhstan Librarians' Association
Hong Kong Library Association
Indian Association of Special Libraries and Information Centres (IASLIC)Indian Academic Library Association
Indian Library Association (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 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)
Kerala Library Association
Kerala Library Professionals Organization [ 18]
Korean Library Association (South Korea)
Librarians Association of Malaysia
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)
Library Association of the Republic of China
Macau Library and Information Management Association
Medical and Health Librarians Association of the Philippines
Medical Library Association of India
Middle East Librarians Association
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.
Philippine Librarians Association, Inc.
Regional Federation of South Asian Library Associations
Thai Library Association
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)
Europe
Anatolian University Libraries Consortium (ANKOS), Turkey[ 9]
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 [Wikidata Association of information and documentation professionals, ADBS, formerly the Association of specialized librarians and librarians (French)
Association of Libraries of Czech Universities [Wikidata Association of Library and Information Professionals of the Czech Republic Association of Valencian Librarians (ABV) (Spain)
Austrian Association of Librarians [Wikidata Austrian Library Association [Wikidata Bavarian Library Network (BVB)Belarusian Library Association [Wikidata Belgian Association for Documentation British and Irish Association of Law Librarians Bulgarian Library Association [Wikidata 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) [Wikidata Consortium of European Research Libraries (CERL)Croatian Library Association [Wikidata Cyprus Association of Librarians – Information Scientists (CALIS)
Danish Library Association [Wikidata 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 [Wikidata 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 [Wikidata Finnish Library Association [Wikidata Finnish Music Library Association
Finnish Research Library Association [Wikidata Galician Library Association (ABG) (Spain)
Georgian Association of Information Specialists
Georgian Library Association [Wikidata German Library Association
Icelandic Library and Information Science Association [Wikidata Italian Library Association
Latvian Librarians Association
Library & Information Science Promotion Society (India)
Library Association of Ireland Lithuanian Librarian's Association [Wikidata M25 Consortium of Academic Libraries Malta Library and Information Association Navarrese Association of Librarians (ASNABI) (Spain)
Netherlands Public Library Association [Wikidata Norwegian Association of Special Libraries [Wikidata Norwegian Library Association [Wikidata Norwegian Union of Librarians
Polish Librarians Association [Wikidata Portuguese Association of Librarians, Archivists and Documentalists [Wikidata Private Libraries Association (UK)Professional Association of Information Specialists (APEI) (Spain)
Russian Library Association [Wikidata Romanian Library Association [Wikidata School Library Association (UK)Slovenian Library Association [Wikidata Spanish Federation of Societies of Archivist, Librarians, Documentalist and Museology (FESABID) [Wikidata Swedish Library Association [Wikidata Swiss Association Library & Information Management (SLI)
Ukrainian Library Association [Wikidata The Czech Republic Libraries Association (SDRUK ČR) [Wikidata Turkish University and Research Librarians' Association (UNAK)
Turkish Librarians' Association (TKDt) [Wikidata
North America
Most state library associations publish a journal.[ 19]
Oceania
See also
References
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