Ghana Library Association
The Ghana Library Association is the main professional organisation representing libraries and information services in Ghana. It was founded in 1962 by the West African Library Association. Eve Evans had started the WALA and she was to have an important role in creating a library service in Ghana.
The GLA is a registered professional association established under the Professional Bodies Decree NRCD 143 of 1973 with Registered No. PB 21 on 2 August 1986 in accordance with the laws of Ghana. It publishes the Ghana Library Journal, a peer-reviewed journal of Library science. The association has been in existence for over 54 years. It went through a period of activity and inactivity in the 1970s, but since 1983 it has been revived and growing steadily.
The Association has an elected governing council for a two-year tenure, chaired by the President, who sees to the running of the association.
The 20th President of the Association was Mrs. Comfort Asare, who was the acting Librarian at Wisconsin [International University College]. The 21st President of the Association is Mr. Kodjo Antwi, the Librarian at the
Membership
- Fellow
- Chartered Member
- Associate member
- Student
- Retired Member
- Life Member
- Ordinary member
Membership of professional bodies
The Association is a member of the following professional bodies:- International Federation of [Library Associations and Institutions|International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA)]
- African Library and Information Associations and Institutions
List of presidents
| Number | Name | Tenure |
| 1st | Mr. R. G. M. Pitcher | 1962-1963 |
| 2nd | Mr. E. K. Koranteng | 1963-1964 |
| 3rd | Mr. A. G. T. Ofori | 1963-1964 |
| 4th | Mr. E. K. Amedeke | 1965-1967 |
| 5th | Mr. David E. M. Odoi | 1967-1969 |
| 6th | Mr. David Cornelius | 1969-1971 |
| 7th | Mr. A. N. De Heer | 1971-1977 |
| 8th | Mr. G. C. O. Lamptey | 1977-1983 |
| 9th | Mr. J. A. Villars | 1983-1988 |
| 10th | Mr. Samson Afre | 1988-1990 |
| 11th | Mr. Daniel B. Addo | 1990-1992 |
| 12th | Nana Asiedu | 1992-1996 |
| 13th | Mrs. Matilda Amissah-Arthur | 1996-1998 |
| 14th | Mr. Clement Entsua-Mensah | 1998-2002 |
| 15th | Helena R. Asamoah-Hassan | 2002-2006 |
| 16th | Mrs. Valentina J. A. Bannerman | 2006-2010 |
| 17th | Mr. Albert K. A. Fynn | 2010-2012 |
| 18th | Mrs. Perpetua S. Dadzie | 2013-2016 |
| 19th | Mr. Samuel Bentil Aggrey | 2017-2021 |
| 20th | Mrs Comfort Asare | 2021-2024 |
| 21st | Mr Kodjo Asafo-Adjei Antwi | 2024-date |
Ghana Library Journal
Ghana Library Journal is a biannual double-blind peer-reviewed academic journal published by the Ghana Library Association. The journal publishes open access scholarly articles in different aspects of Library and Information Science which are intended for library professionals and educators, information scientists as well as students. As a diamond open access journal, manuscript published in the journal are licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0. The editor of the journal is Monica Mensah Danquah.The journal is abstracted and indexed in African Journals Online and Sabinet African Journals.