Medical Library Association of India

The need to organize the professional health science librarians into an active and effective forum was felt for quite some time. In order to give a practical shape to the need, it was only on August 18, 1980 a large number of prominent medical librarians/information scientists met in New Delhi and resolved to form the Medical Library Association of India.

To serve as an institution for the exchange of professional knowledge and experience by organizing training courses, seminars, conferences, lectures workshops etc., and by publishing reports, monographs, bulletins, catalogues, bibliographies, journals etc., and to promote the interests of the biomedical and allied sciences, libraries and librarianship.Read More...

Pakistan Library Association

Pakistan Library Association is the representative National Body of the Librarians in Pakistan. The PLA was formed in Karachi in March 1957. Prior to the formation of PLA there was Pakistan Bibliographical Working Group (PBWG) working for the promotion of library activities. According to Dr. Anis Khurshid '' it was PBWG which in its meeting held on July 6, 1954, constituted an Adhoc Committee with H. A. Qazi as its Chairman, to form a National Association for Librarians". The Adhoc Committee members include Syed Vilayat Hussain, Khawaja Noor Elahi, Fazal-e-Elahi and Akhtar H. Siddiqui.

The PLA is responsible to look after the interest of the professional librarians and to work for the development and improvement of libraries both in formal and informal sectors of education and research. The PLA also acts as a liaison between Pakistani organizations with similar aims and objective and international library organizations. It also managed to create a better image of librarians in the society.

The PLA is a registered body under societies Act XXI of 1960. Its membership is open to all library professionals of the country. The Association has organized 17 conferences so far, since 1958 to 2007. In addition to regular meetings, the PLA arranges library seminars, workshops, discussions and book exhibitions etc. It also published Newsletter and a quarterly journal entitled PLA Journal. The Association has a Headquarter and five Branches in four provincial capitals and one in Islamabad in the Federal Capital of Pakistan. The Headquarter of the PLA rotates between Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad, Peshawar and Quetta every two years.Read More...

Sri Lanka Library Association (SLLA)

The Sri Lanka Library Association (SLLA) is the main library association of Sri Lanka.It was founded in 1960 as the Ceylon Library Association (CLA), based on organization carried out in the late 1950s by a group of senior librarians. In 1974, it was given official status by Act No. 20 of the Parliament of Sri Lanka, which also changed its name to the current one.Read More...

Association For Information Management (ASLIB)

ASLIB was founded in 1924 as the Association of Special Libraries and Information Bureaux with a remit (which it maintains today) to welcome practitioners in all aspects of information management, rather than only libraries and librarians.

ASLIB has played a significant role in the life of the nation, and in information management throughout its history. During World War II ASLIB used information management expertise and innovation to provide leadership and monitor oversees newspapers. ASLIB fed relevant information to Government departments. It also stepped in to provide professional education and training when the only university course in existence at the time had to close down. ASLIB (which is the name pure and simple, it is no longer and acronym) continues to play a strong role in professional development through its training courses and publishing programme.

Innovation, adaptability and leadership have been key features of ASLIB over the years through its publications, Communities of Practice, conferences, meetings and consultancy. The ASLIB Information Resources Management special interest group was at the forefront of Knowledge Management for example when that area of practice began to develop. ASLIB played a key role in the development of BOPCAS (British Official Publications Current Awareness Service) in partnership with the University of Southampton.Read More...