International library organisations

Whilst by no means comprehensive, this is a list of known international library associations. ALIA has strong links with many of the organisations listed here.

• American Association of Law Librarians [AALL]
• [American] Association of Research Libraries [ARL]
• [American] Center for Research Libraries [CRL]
• American Indian Library Association [AILA]
• American Library Association [ALA]
• American Society for Information Science [ASIS]
• Anglican Library Society
• Association des Bibliotechque Francais [ABF]
• Association for Information Management [ASLIB - UK]
• Association for Teacher-Librarianship in Canada [ATLC]
• Association of Swiss Librarians and Libraries [BBS]
• Associazione Italiana Biblioteche [AIB]
• British Association for Information and Library Education and Research [BAILER]
• Canadian Library Association [CLA]
• Canadian Association of College and University Libraries [CACUL]
• Canadian Association of Public Libraries [CAPL]
• Canadian Library Trustees' Association [CLTA]
• Canadian Association of Special Libraries and Information Services [CASLIS]
• Canadian School Library Association [CSLA]
• Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals [CILIP]
• Coalition for Networked Information [CNI - USA]
• Congress of Southeast Asian Librarians
• Council on East Asian Libraries [CEAL]
• Deutches Bibliiotheks Institut [DBI]
• Hong Kong Library Association [HKLA]
• International Association of Aquatic and Marine Science Libraries and Information Centers
• International Federation for Information and Documentation [FID]
• International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions [IFLA]
  [North American IFLA mirror site]
• International Association of School Librarianship [IASL]
• Japan Library Association [JLA]
  [Japan Library Association - english version]
• Library Association of Ireland/Library Association (Northern Ireland Branch) [LAI]
• Library and Information Association of New Zealand Aotearoa [LIANZA]
• Medical Library Association Network of Health Informnation Professionals (United States) [MLANET]
• Namibian Information Workers Association [NIWA]
• Pacific Islands Association of Libraries and Archives [PIALA]
• Scottish Library and Information Council [SLIC]
• Scottish Library Association [SLA]
• Special Libraries Association [SLA]
• Standing Conference for Eastern, Central and Southern African Library and Information Associations
• Swedish Library Association [SLA]
• The Library and Information Association of South Africa [LIASA]
• Union of Danish Librarians [BF]
• Vanuatu Library Association [VLA]

UNESCO Libraries Portal

An international information gateway for librarians and library users. Lots of very useful information and links on an international level.

• UNESCO International Library Portal