Library Associations

ILA – Indian Library Association

The Indian Library Association (ILA) was established on September 13, 1933 Registered under the societies Registration Act (XXI of 1860), on the occasion of the First All India Library Conference held... … Read more

Indian Association of Special Libraries and Information Centres

The Indian Association of Special Libraries and Information Centres (IASLIC) is a non-profit organisation based in India that supports development in the entire field of special librarianship in India... … Read more

Indian Association of Teachers of Library and Information Science

On 19th December 1969, a meeting of the library science teachers attending the Sarada Ranganathan Endowment Lectures was convened by Mr. P. N. Kaula at DRTC with Mr. C. K. Langridge in the chair. This... … Read more

Central Government Library Association

Ministry of Culture, New Delhi set up a high power committee to look into the grievances & other matters related to the central government libraries & staff after receiving suggestion from various lib... … Read more

Bengal Library Association

Bengal Library Association, formerly known as All Bengal Library Association, was established in 1925 under the presidentship of Poet Rabindranath Tagore and the first Secretary of the Association was... … Read more

Maharashtra University and College Librarians Association

There should be a right platform to discuss the problems regarding the development of University and college libraries in Maharashtra as well as the library professionals working in these institutions... … Read more

Gujarat Granthalaya Seva Sangh

Full name of the association is Gujarat Granthalaya Seva Sangh. It is an outcome of the concentrated efforts of the active and enthusiastic librarians and information Scientist of Gujarat State. The m... … Read more

Kerala Library Association

Professional Associations were late to emerge in Kerala because of the fact that qualified librarians were few and far between till the establishment of the Department of Library Science, University o... … Read more

Madras Library Association

Madras Library Association (MALA) was founded on 31st January 1928 by Dr. S.R. Ranganathan and Mr. K.V. Krishnanswamy Aiyar . The library movement in the former Madras Presidency originated as part of... … Read more

Karnataka State Library Association

KALA is a registered Association contributing to the professional development of the Library professionals. Formerly the name of KALA was 'Mysore State Library Association' founded by the initiative o... … Read more

Delhi Library Association

Delhi Library Association is governed by an elected Executive Committee which is its policy-making body. General Body of DLA comprising life members, ordinary members and institution members elects on... … Read more

Assam Library Association

The Assam Library Association (Asom Puthibharal Sangha) was started on 1st January, 1938 (1st January is officially accepted as exact date is not known) mainly by the personal enthusiasm of Shri Kumud... … Read more

Academic Library Association

The Academic Library Association (ALA), India is purely a professional society of qualified library and information science professionals.The Academic Library Association was initially formed on 1st N... … Read more

Punjab Library Association

Punjab Library Association (PLA) is one of the earliest library associations formed in India. Its roots can be traced back in th pre-independnce era to the year 1916. This year Dr. A.C. Woolner, Honor... … Read more

Society of the Advancement of Library and Information Science (SALIS)

The acronym ‘SALIS’ stands for Society for the Advancement of Library and Information Science. Like-minded library professionals established SALIS as a professional association in March 2002. The prim... … Read more