List of library associations


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

Regional

  • African Library and Information Associations and Institutions
  • West Africa Library Association
  • Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Branch of the International Council on Archives
  • Standing Conference of Eastern, Central and Southern African Library and Information Associations, SCECSAL

  • Botswana

  • Cameroon

  • Cameroon Association of Librarians, Archivists, Documentation Professionals, Museographers
  • Consortium of Cameroon University and Research Libraries

    Egypt

  • Egyptian Library Association

    Eritrea

  • Library and Information Association of Eritrea

    Eswatini

  • Ethiopia

  • School for Information Studies in Africa, Ethiopia

    Ghana

  • Ghana Library Association

    Guinea

  • Guinean Association for Sustainable Development Awake

    Kenya

  • Lesotho

  • Libya

  • Libyan Association for Libraries Information and Archives

    Malawi

  • Mauritius

  • Mauritius Council of Registered Librarians

    Namibia

  • Nigeria

  • Nigerian Library Association

    Senegal

  • , Association Sénégalaise des Bibliothécaires, Archivistes et Documentalistes
  • Consortium des Bibliothèques de l’Enseignement Supérieur du Sénégal

    Somalia

  • Somali Library Association

    South Africa

  • Association for Health Information and Libraries in Africa
  • Library and Information Association of South Africa
  • Development of Information Science in South Africa
  • Organization of South African Law Libraries
  • South African Health Librarians Forum

    Swaziland

  • Swaziland Library Association

    Tanzania

  • East African Community

    The Gambia

  • Tunisia

  • Arab Federation for Libraries and Information
  • Tunisian Library Association/Association Tunisienne des Bibliothécaires, Archivistes et Documentalistes

    Uganda

  • Zambia

  • Zimbabwe

  • Zimbabwe Library Association

    East Asia, Southeast Asia, and South Asia

Regional

  • Congress of Southeast Asian Librarians
  • , Turkey
  • Association of Librarians in Public Sector, Inc.
  • Central Government Library Association
  • Chhattisgarh Information and Library Association
  • Chhattisgarh Library Association

    Bangladesh

  • Bangladesh Association of Librarians, Information Scientists and Documentation Professionals
  • Library Association of Bangladesh

    Cambodia

  • Cambodian Librarians and Documentation Professionals Association

    China

  • , est. 1979
  • , est. 1925
  • , Taiwan
  • Macau Library and Information Management Association

    Hong Kong

  • India

  • Academic Library Association, India
  • Andhra Pradesh Library Association
  • Indian Academic Library Association
  • Indian Association of Special Libraries and Information Centres
  • Indian Library Association
  • Kerala Library Association
  • Kerala Library Professionals Organization
  • Medical Library Association of India

    Indonesia

  • - IPI - Ikatan Pustakawan Indonesia

    Japan

  • Japan Library Association
  • Japan Medical Library Association
  • Junior College Library Association

  • Malaysia

  • , ''Persatuan Pustakawan Malaysia''

    Maldives

  • Mongolia

  • Mongolian Library Association

    Nepal

  • Nepal Library Association

    North Korea

  • Library Association of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea

    Pakistan

  • National Library Association
  • Pakistan Library Association
  • Pakistan Librarians Welfare Organization
  • Pakistan Library Automation Group
  • Philippine Association of Academic and Research Librarians
  • Pakistan Library Club
  • University of Peshawar Library & Information Science Alumni Association - Pakistan

    Philippines

  • Association of Special Libraries of the Philippines
  • Philippine Association of School Librarians, Inc.
  • Philippine Group of Law Librarians, Inc.
  • , Inc.
  • Philippine Association of Academic and Research Librarians
  • Medical and Health Librarians Association of the Philippines

    Singapore

  • Library Association of Singapore

    South Korea

  • Korean Public Library Association

  • Sri Lanka

  • Sri Lanka Library Association

    Taiwan

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

    Thailand

  • Vietnam

  • Việt Nam Library Association

    Unsorted

  • Librarians Association of Metro Pampanga
  • Network of Academic Law Libraries, Inc.
  • Sri Lanka Library Association
  • Turkish Librarians Association - Turkey
  • University and Research Librarians Association - Turkey
  • Telangana library student association

    Caribbean and Latin America

Regional

  • The Association of Caribbean University, Research and Institutional Libraries
  • Asociación de Estados Iberoamericanos para el Desarrollo de las Bibliotecas Nacionales de Iberoamérica
  • Caribbean Association of Law Libraries

    Antigua and Barbuda

  • Barbuda Library Association
  • Library Association of Antigua and Barbuda

    Argentina

  • Argentinian Library Association
  • Argentinian Society for Information

  • Bahamas

  • Bahamas Library Service Association

    Barbados

  • Library Association of Barbados

    Belize

  • Belize National Library Service and Information System

    Bermuda

  • Library Association of Bermuda

    Bolivia

  • Association of Information Science Professionals of Bolivia, ''Colegio de Profesionales en Ciencias de la Información de Bolivia''

    Brazil

  • Brazilian Federation of Associations of Librarians, Information Scientists and Institutions

    Chile

  • La Dirección de Bibliotecas, Archivos y Museos
  • , ''Colegio de Bibliotecarios de Chile''

    Colombia

  • Fundación Universitaria Compensar
  • Fundación Universitaria del Área Andina

    Costa Rica

  • Colegio de Profesionales en Bibliotecología de Costa Rica

    Cuba

  • Dominica

  • Dominica Library & Information Society

    El Salvador

  • Asociación de Bibliotecarios de El Salvador

  • Guatemala

  • FILGUA in Guatemala
  • Asociación Bibliotecológica de Guatemala
  • Comité de Cooperación entre Bibliotecas Universitarias de Guatemala

    Haiti

  • Fondation Connaissance et Liberté

    Honduras

  • Jamaica

  • Association of Librarians in the Jamaica Library Service
  • Commonwealth Library Association

    Panama

  • Asociacíon Panameña de Bibliotecarios

    Paraguay

  • Asociación Paraguaya de Gestores de la Información

    St. Lucia

  • National Association of Librarians and Information Professionals Saint Lucia

    Trinidad and Tobago

  • Library Association of Trinidad and Tobago

    Uruguay

  • Asociación de Bibliotecólogos del Uruguay / Uruguayan Library Association

    Unsorted

  • Asociación de Bibliotecarios Escolares de Puerto Rico
  • Asociación Mexicana de Bibliotecarios
  • Brazilian Federation of Associations of Librarians, Information Scientists and Institutions
  • Cayman Islands Information Professionals

  • Central Asia

Regional

  • Library Association of Eurasia
  • ASEEES
  • European Association for Health Information and Libraries
  • European Association of Aquatic Sciences Libraries and Information Centres
  • European Association of Libraries and Information Services on Addictions, formerly the European Association of Libraries and Information Services on Alcohol and other Drugs
  • European Association of Sinological Librarians
  • European Bureau of Library, Information and Documentation Associations

    Kazakhstan

  • Association of University Libraries of the Republic of Kazakhstan
  • East Kazakhstan Librarians' Association

  • Kyrgyz Republic

  • Kyrgyzstan Library Information Consortium

    Tajikistan

  • Library Society of Tajikistan

    Uzbekistan

  • Uzbekistan Library Association

    Europe

Regional

*