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)[1]
  • Consortium of Cameroon University and Research Libraries (COCUREL)[citation needed]

Egypt

Eritrea

  • Library and Information Association of Eritrea (LIAE)[citation needed]

Eswatini

Ethiopia

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

The Gambia

Ghana

See also: List of libraries in Ghana

Guinea

  • Guinean Association for Sustainable Development Awake

Kenya

See also: List of libraries in Kenya

Lesotho

Libya

  • Libyan Association for Libraries Information and Archives[citation needed]

Malawi

Mauritius

  • Mauritius Council of Registered Librarians (MCRL)[6]

Namibia

See also: List of libraries in Namibia

Nigeria

See also: List of libraries in Nigeria

Senegal

Somalia

  • Somali Library Association (SLA)

South Africa

See also: List of libraries in 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)
  • Organization of South African Law Libraries (OSALL)
  • South African Health Librarians Forum (SAHLF)

Swaziland

  • Swaziland Library Association (SWALA)[8]

Tanzania

Tunisia

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

Uganda

Zambia

Zimbabwe

See also: List of libraries in Zimbabwe

East Asia, Southeast Asia, and South Asia

Regional

Bangladesh

See also: List of libraries in Bagladesh

Cambodia

  • Cambodian Librarians and Documentation Professionals Association[1]

China

See also: List of libraries in China

Hong Kong

See also: List of libraries in Hong Kong

India

See also: List of library associations in India

Indonesia

See also: List of libraries in Indonesia

Japan

See also: List of libraries in Japan

Malaysia

See also: List of libraries in Malaysia

Maldives

Mongolia

  • Mongolian Library Association (MLA)[24]

Nepal

See also: List of libraries in Nepal

North Korea

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

Pakistan

See also: List of libraries in Pakistan

Philippines

See also: List of libraries in the Philippines
  • Association of Special Libraries of the Philippines[1][25]
  • Medical and Health Librarians Association of the Philippines[1]
  • Philippine Association of Academic and Research Librarians[1]
  • Philippine Association of School Librarians, Inc.[1]
  • Philippine Group of Law Librarians, Inc.[1]
  • Philippine Librarians Association, Inc.

Singapore

See also: List of libraries in Singapore

South Korea

Sri Lanka

See also: List of libraries in Sri Lanka

Taiwan

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

Thailand

See also: List of libraries in Thailand

Vietnam

See also: List of libraries in Vietnam

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

Antigua and Barbuda

  • Barbuda Library Association
  • Library Association of Antigua and Barbuda

Argentina

Bahamas

  • Bahamas Library Service Association

Barbados

  • Library Association of Barbados

Belize

See also: List of libraries in Belize
  • Belize National Library Service and Information System

Bermuda

  • Library Association of Bermuda (LAB)

Bolivia

  • Association of Information Science Professionals of Bolivia, Colegio de Profesionales en Ciencias de la Información de Bolivia (CPCIB)

Brazil

See also: List of libraries in Brazil

Chile

Colombia

Costa Rica

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

Cuba

See also: List of libraries in 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

See also: List of libraries in Kazakhstan

Kyrgyz Republic

  • Kyrgyzstan Library Information Consortium (KLIC)

Tajikistan

  • Library Society of Tajikistan

Uzbekistan

  • Uzbekistan Library Association[1]

Europe

Regional

Armenia

See also: List of libraries in Armenia

Austria

See also: List of libraries in Austria

Belarus

See also: List of libraries in Belarus

Belgium

See also: List of libraries in Belgium

Bosnia and Herzegovina

See also: List of libraries in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bulgaria

See also: List of libraries in Bulgaria

Croatia

See also: Libraries in Croatia

Czechia

See also: List of libraries in the Czech Republic

Denmark

See also: List of libraries in Denmark

Estonia

See also: List of libraries in Estonia

Finland

See also: List of libraries in Finland

France

See also: List of libraries in France

Georgia

See also: List of libraries in Georgia (country)

Germany

See also: List of libraries in Germany

Greece

See also: List of libraries in Greece
  • Association of Greek Librarians & Information Scientists

Hungary

See also: List of libraries in Hungary

Iceland

See also: List of libraries in Iceland

Ireland

See also: List of libraries in the Republic of Ireland

Italy

See also: List of libraries in Italy

Kosovo

See also: List of libraries in Kosovo
  • Association of Electronic Libraries in Kosova (AELK)
  • Association of Librarians of Kosovo

Latvia

See also: List of libraries in Latvia

Lithuania

See also: List of libraries in Lithuania

Luxembourg

Malta

Moldova

Netherlands

See also: List of libraries in the Netherlands

North Macedonia

  • INNOVA Lib[33]
  • Library Association of Macedonia[34]

Norway

See also: List of libraries in Norway

Poland

See also: List of libraries in Poland

Portugal

See also: List of libraries in Portugal

Romania

See also: List of libraries in Romania

Russia

See also: List of libraries in Russia

Serbia

See also: List of libraries in Serbia

Slovakia

See also: List of libraries in Slovakia

Slovenia

See also: List of libraries in Slovenia

Spain

See also: List of libraries in Spain

Sweden

See also: List of libraries in Sweden

Switzerland

See also: List of libraries in Switzerland
  • Bibliosuisse, est.2019[29]
  • Swiss Association Library & Information Management (SLI)

Turkey

See also: List of libraries in Turkey

Ukraine

See also: List of libraries in Ukraine

United Kingdom (UK)

See also: List of library consortia#United Kingdom and List of libraries in the United Kingdom

Southwest and West Asia

Regional

Afghanistan

See also: List of libraries in Afghanistan
  • Anjuman Ketab Khana-e-Afghanistan (Afghanistan Library Association)[36]

Armenia

See also: List of libraries in Armenia

Bahrain

  • Bahrain Library and Information Association

Cyprus

Iraq

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

Iran

See also: List of libraries in Iran

Israel

See also: List of libraries in Israel

Kuwait

  • Library and Information Association of Kuwait

Lebanon

See also: List of libraries in Lebanon

Oman

  • Omani Library Association (OLA)
  • Omani Association for Libraries and Information
  • (LMA) The Library Monitor Association (Student-run Association)

Palestine

See also: List of libraries in Palestine
  • Librarians and Archivists with Palestine

Qatar

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

Saudi Arabia

See also: Libraries in Saudi Arabia

Syria

  • Libraries and Documents Association of Syria[1]
  • Syrian Library Association

Turkey

See also: List of libraries in Turkey

United Arab Emirates

Yemen

  • Yemeni Association for Disseminating Culture & Knowledge

North America

Regional

Canada

See also: List of library consortia#Canada

Mexico

See also: List of libraries in Mexico

United States

See also: List of U.S. state library associations, List of library consortia#United States and List of libraries in the United States

Most United States state library associations publish a journal.[42]

Oceania

Regional

Australia

See also: Lists of libraries in 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

See also: List of libraries in New Zealand

Palau

  • Palau Association of Libraries (PAL)

Samoa

  • Library Association of Samoa[47]

Tonga

  • Tonga Library Association (ACT)

Vanuatu

  • Vanuatu Library Association (VLA)

See also

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