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
(AFLI) Asociación de Estados Iberoamericanos para el Desarrollo de las Bibliotecas Nacionales de Iberoamérica
Association of Independent Information Professionals China–CEEC Libraries Union () (COMLA) Conference of Directors of National Libraries (CDNL) International Council on Archives International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) Polar Libraries Colloquy Seminar on the Acquisition of Latin American Library Materials (SALALM) Special Libraries Association (SLA)
Academic
International Association of University Libraries
Political and social Information for Social Change Librarians for Fairness Progressive Librarians Guild
Religious Association of Christian Librarians Association of Jewish Libraries
Topic International Association of Agricultural Information Specialists (IAALD) (IAMSLIC)
International Association of Music Libraries International Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres Masonic Library and Museum Association
Africa
Regional African Library and Information Associations and Institutions (AfLIA) Association of Parliamentary Libraries in Eastern and Southern Africa (APLESA)
Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Branch of the International Council on Archives (ESARBICA) Standing Conference of Eastern, Central and Southern African Library and Information Associations (SCECSAL) West Africa Library Association (WALA)
Botswana
Cameroon Cameroon Association of Librarians, Archivists, Documentation Professionals, Museographers (ABADCAM) Consortium of Cameroon University and Research Libraries (COCUREL)
Egypt (ELA), est.1944
Eritrea Library and Information Association of Eritrea (LIAE)
Eswatini (ESWALA), formerly the Swaziland Library Association.
Ethiopia School for Information Studies in Africa (SISA), Ethiopia
The Gambia
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 (MCRL)
Namibia
Nigeria
Nigerian Library Association (NLA)
Senegal , Association Sénégalaise des Bibliothécaires, Archivistes et Documentalistes
Somalia Somali Library Association (SLA)
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) Library and Information Studies Student Association a(LISSA) Organization of South African Law Libraries (OSALL) South African Health Librarians Forum (SAHLF)
Tanzania East African Community
Tunisia Tunisian Library Association/Association Tunisienne des Bibliothécaires, Archivistes et Documentalistes (ATBAD)
Uganda
Zambia (formerly Zambia Library Association (ZLA))
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe Library Association (ZimLA)
East Asia, Southeast Asia, and South Asia Regional (ANKOS), Turkey Association of Librarians in Public Sector (ALPS), Inc. Central Government Library Association Chhattisgarh Information and Library Association (CGILA) Chhattisgarh Library Associationhttps://nslonline.in/india/?p=293 Congress of Southeast Asian Librarians (CONSAL)
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
Hong Kong Library Association
India
Academic Library Association (ALA), India Andhra Pradesh Library Association Indian Academic Library Association Indian Association of Special Libraries and Information Centres (IASLIC) Indian Library Association (ILA) Kerala Library Association Kerala Library Professionals Organization Medical Library Association of India
Indonesia
- Ikatan Pustakawan Indonesia (IPI)
Japan
Japan Library Association Japan Medical Library Association
Junior College Library Association (Japan)
Malaysia
()
Maldives
Mongolia Mongolian Library Association (MLA)
Nepal
Nepal Library Association (NLA)
North Korea Library Association of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea)
Pakistan
National Library Association (Pakistan) Pakistan Librarians Welfare Organization Pakistan Library Association Pakistan Library Automation Group (PakLAG) Pakistan Library Club University of Peshawar Library & Information Science Alumni Association - Pakistan
Philippines
Association of Special Libraries of the Philippines Medical and Health Librarians Association of the Philippines Philippine Association of Academic and Research Librarians Philippine Association of School Librarians, Inc. Philippine Group of Law Librarians, Inc. , Inc.
Singapore
Library Association of Singapore
South Korea Korean Association of School Libraries Korean Library Association
Korea University & College Library Association
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka Library Association
Taiwan Library Association of the Republic of China (Taiwan) Taiwan Medical Library Association
Thailand
, est.1954
Vietnam
North Central Vietnam Library Association () () (VLA) ()
Unsorted Librarians Association of Metro Pampanga (LAMP)
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 Asociación de Estados Iberoamericanos para el Desarrollo de las Bibliotecas Nacionales de Iberoamérica (ABINIA) The Association of Caribbean University, Research and Institutional Libraries (ACURIL) Caribbean Association of Law Libraries (CARALL) (FESABID)
Antigua and Barbuda Barbuda Library Association Library Association of Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina Argentinian Library Association Argentinian Society for Information (SAI) (ABGRA)
Bahamas Bahamas Library Service Association (BLSA)
Barbados Library Association of Barbados
Belize
Belize National Library Service and Information System
Bermuda Library Association of Bermuda (LAB)
Bolivia , est.1995 () (CPCIB)
Brazil
Brazilian Federation of Associations of Librarians, Information Scientists and Institutions (FEBAB)
Chile , Colegio de Bibliotecarios de Chile La Dirección de Bibliotecas, Archivos y Museos (DIBAM)
Colombia
Fundación Universitaria Compensar Fundación Universitaria del Área Andina
Costa Rica Colegio de Profesionales en Bibliotecología de Costa Rica (COPROBI)
Cuba
Dominica Dominica Library & Information Society
El Salvador Asociación de Bibliotecarios de El Salvador (ABES)
Guatemala Asociación Bibliotecológica de Guatemala Comité de Cooperación entre Bibliotecas Universitarias de Guatemala FILGUA in Guatemala
Haiti Fondation Connaissance et Liberté (FOKAL)
Honduras
Jamaica Association of Librarians in the Jamaica Library Service (ALJAS) Commonwealth Library Association (COMLA)
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 Asociación de Bibliotecarios Escolares de Puerto Rico Asociación Mexicana de Bibliotecarios (AMBAC) Brazilian Federation of Associations of Librarians, Information Scientists and Institutions (FEBAB) Cayman Islands Information Professionals (CIIP)
Central Asia
Regional ASEEES (Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies) 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) Library Association of Eurasia
Kazakhstan
Association of University Libraries of the Republic of Kazakhstan East Kazakhstan Librarians' Association , est.2017 , est.1997
Kyrgyz Republic Kyrgyzstan Library Information Consortium (KLIC)
Tajikistan Library Society of Tajikistan
Uzbekistan Uzbekistan Library Association
Europe
Regional
Association of European Research Libraries (LIBER) Conference of European National Librarians (CENL) Consortium of European Research Libraries (CERL) European Theological Libraries (BETH)
Armenia
Digital Library Association of Armenia
Austria
Belarus
Belgium
Belgian Association for Documentation
Bosnia and Herzegovina
(Association of information professionals - librarians, archivists and museologists), est.2006 , est.1997 Society of Librarians of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Croatia
Czechia
Association of Library and Information Professionals of the Czech Republic
Denmark
Danish Union of Librarians
Next Library
Estonia
Finland
, Association of Medical Librarians
Society of Swedish Literature in Finland
France
(ADBGV), Association of directors of municipal and inter-municipal libraries of major cities in France, est.2002 (ADBU), French national association of directors and senior staff in university and research libraries, est.1974 (Association des Bibliothécaires de France, ABF), est.1906 (ADBS), formerly the Association of specialized librarians and librarians (UNCBPT), est.1971
Georgia
Georgian Association of Information Specialists, est.1997 , est.2000
Germany
Association of German Librarians Bavarian Library Network (BVB)
Greece
Association of Greek Librarians & Information Scientists
Hungary
(MOKSZ)
Iceland
Ireland
Library Association of Ireland
Italy
Kosovo
Association of Electronic Libraries in Kosova (AELK) Association of Librarians of Kosovo
Latvia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malta Malta Library and Information Association (MaLIA) Malta School Library Association (MSLA)
Moldova , Asociaţia Bibliotecarilor din Republica Moldova
Netherlands
Dutch Association of University Libraries, the Royal Library and the Library of the Royal Dutch Academy of Science Dutch National Association of Public Libraries
European Bureau of Library, Information and Documentation Associations International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions
North Macedonia INNOVA Lib Library Association of Macedonia
Norway
Poland
Portugal
(APDIS; Portuguese Association for Health Documentation and Information)
Romania
Russia
National Library Association "Libraries of the Future" (NALF) Association of School Librarians of the Russian World
Serbia
, est.2006 , est.1992 , est.1947
Slovakia
(SSKK), est.1990 (SAK)
Slovenia
, est.1983
Spain
Association of Librarians of the Church in Spain (SEDIC) Education and Libraries Association Galician Library Association (ABG)
Professional Association of Information Specialists (APEI) Asociación de Estados Iberoamericanos para el Desarrollo de las Bibliotecas Nacionales de Iberoamérica