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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

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  • Arab Federation for Libraries and Information [Wikidata] (AFLI)[1]
  • Asociación de Estados Iberoamericanos para el Desarrollo de las Bibliotecas Nacionales de Iberoamérica
  • Association internationale francophone des bibliothécaires et documentalistes (AIFBD) [Wikidata]
  • Association of Independent Information Professionals
  • China–CEEC Libraries Union (Chinese: 中国—中东欧国家图书馆联盟)[2][3]
  • Commonwealth Library Association[1]
  • 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

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    Political and social

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    Religious

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    Topic

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    Africa

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    Regional

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    Botswana

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    Cameroon

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    • Cameroon Association of Librarians, Archivists, Documentation Professionals, Museographers (ABADCAM)[1]
    • Consortium of Cameroon University and Research Libraries (COCUREL)[citation needed]

    Egypt

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    Eritrea

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    Eswatini

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    Ethiopia

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

    The Gambia

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    Ghana

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    Guinea

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    • Guinean Association for Sustainable Development Awake

    Kenya

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    Lesotho

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    Libya

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    Malawi

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    Mauritius

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

    Namibia

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    Nigeria

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    Senegal

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    Somalia

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    • Somali Library Association (SLA)

    South Africa

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    • 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

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    • Swaziland Library Association (SWALA)[8]

    Tanzania

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    Tunisia

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

    Uganda

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    Zambia

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    Zimbabwe

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    East Asia, Southeast Asia, and South Asia

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    Regional

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    Bangladesh

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    Cambodia

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    • Cambodian Librarians and Documentation Professionals Association[1]

    China

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    Hong Kong

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    India

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    Indonesia

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    Japan

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    Malaysia

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    Maldives

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    Mongolia

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    • Mongolian Library Association (MLA)[24]

    Nepal

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    North Korea

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

    Pakistan

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    Philippines

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    • 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 [Wikidata], Inc.

    Singapore

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    South Korea

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    Sri Lanka

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    Taiwan

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

    Thailand

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    Vietnam

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    Unsorted

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    • Librarians Association of Metro Pampanga (LAMP)
    • Macau Library and Information Management Association [Wikidata]
    • 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

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    Regional

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    Antigua and Barbuda

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    • Barbuda Library Association
    • Library Association of Antigua and Barbuda

    Argentina

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    Bahamas

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    • Bahamas Library Service Association

    Barbados

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    • Library Association of Barbados

    Belize

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    • Belize National Library Service and Information System

    Bermuda

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    • Library Association of Bermuda (LAB)

    Bolivia

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    Brazil

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    Chile

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    Colombia

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    Costa Rica

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

    Cuba

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    Dominica

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    • Dominica Library & Information Society

    El Salvador

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    Guatemala

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

    Haiti

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    • Fondation Connaissance et Liberté (FOKAL)

    Honduras

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    Jamaica

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    Panama

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    • Asociacíon Panameña de Bibliotecarios

    Paraguay

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    • Asociación Paraguaya de Gestores de la Información (APGI)

    St. Lucia

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    • National Association of Librarians and Information Professionals (NALIP) Saint Lucia

    Trinidad and Tobago

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    • Library Association of Trinidad and Tobago (LATT)

    Uruguay

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    • Asociación de Bibliotecólogos del Uruguay / Uruguayan Library Association (ABU)

    Unsorted

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    Central Asia

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    Regional

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    Kazakhstan

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    Kyrgyz Republic

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    • Kyrgyzstan Library Information Consortium (KLIC)

    Tajikistan

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    • Library Society of Tajikistan

    Uzbekistan

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    • Uzbekistan Library Association[1]

    Europe

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    Regional

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    Armenia

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    Austria

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    Belarus

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    Belgium

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    Bosnia and Herzegovina

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    Bulgaria

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    Croatia

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    Czechia

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    Denmark

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    Estonia

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    Finland

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    France

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    Georgia

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    Germany

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    Greece

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    • Association of Greek Librarians & Information Scientists

    Hungary

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    Iceland

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    Ireland

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    Italy

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    Kosovo

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    • Association of Electronic Libraries in Kosova (AELK)
    • Association of Librarians of Kosovo

    Latvia

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    Lithuania

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    Luxembourg

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    Malta

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    Moldova

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    Netherlands

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    North Macedonia

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    • INNOVA Lib[34]
    • Library Association of Macedonia[35]

    Norway

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    Poland

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    Portugal

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    Romania

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    Russia

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    Serbia

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    Slovakia

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    Slovenia

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    Spain

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    Sweden

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    Switzerland

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    Turkey

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    Ukraine

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    United Kingdom (UK)

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    Southwest and West Asia

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    Regional

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    Afghanistan

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    • Anjuman Ketab Khana-e-Afghanistan (Afghanistan Library Association)[37]

    Armenia

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    Bahrain

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    • Bahrain Library and Information Association

    Cyprus

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    Iraq

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

    Iran

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    Israel

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    Kuwait

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    • Library and Information Association of Kuwait

    Lebanon

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    Oman

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

    Palestine

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    • Librarians and Archivists with Palestine

    Qatar

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

    Saudi Arabia

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    Syria

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

    Turkey

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    United Arab Emirates

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    Yemen

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    • Yemeni Association for Disseminating Culture & Knowledge

    North America

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    Regional

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    Canada

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    Mexico

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    United States

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

    Oceania

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    Regional

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    Australia

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    Fiji

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    • Fiji Library Association (FLA)

    Hawai'i

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    Marshall Islands

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    • Marshall Islands Library Association (MILA)

    Micronesia

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    • 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

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    Palau

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    • Palau Association of Libraries (PAL)

    Samoa

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    • Library Association of Samoa[47]

    Tonga

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    • Tonga Library Association (ACT)

    Vanuatu

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    • Vanuatu Library Association (VLA)

    See also

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    References

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