List of library associations

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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[edit]

Africa[edit]

Asia[edit]

  • Academic Library Association (ALA), India[7]
  • Andhra Pradesh Library Association[8]
  • Association of Librarians in Public Sector (ALPS), Inc.[9]
  • Association of Special Libraries of the Philippines[10]
  • Bangladesh Association of Librarians, Information Scientists and Documentalists
  • Bengal Library Association[11]
  • Central Government Library Association
  • 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 [12]
  • 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)

Caribbean & Latin America[edit]

Europe[edit]

North America[edit]

Oceania[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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  4. ^ "Nigerian Library Association". Retrieved 2022-09-11.
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  6. ^ "Homepage". Zimbabwe Library Association. Retrieved May 10, 2022.
  7. ^ "Homepage". Academic Library Association. Retrieved May 10, 2022.
  8. ^ "Andhra Pradesh Library Association". Andhra Pradesh Library Association. Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India: APLA. 8 June 2023. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
  9. ^ "ALPS – Association of Librarians in Public Sector, Inc". Facebook. Retrieved May 10, 2022.
  10. ^ "Association of Special Libraries of the Philippines". Facebook. Retrieved May 10, 2022.
  11. ^ "Homepage". Bengal Library Association. Retrieved May 10, 2022.
  12. ^ "Homepage". Kerala Library Professionals Organization. Retrieved Dec 9, 2022.
  13. ^ "Homepage". American Library Association. Retrieved May 10, 2022.
  14. ^ Sister Consolata Maria Dunleavy, S.S.J. (1964). "The History of the Catholic Library Association, 1921-1961. Dissertation, Catholic University of America.