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The library movement in the former Madras Presidency originated as part of the national movement for political freedom and social development. The Indian National Congress spearheaded the movement for Swaraj and its annual conferences provided a platform for other organisations with national goals to hold their meetings.
The fifth All India Library Conference was held in Madras, along with the Congress session, during the last week of December 1927.
As a followup to the deliberations of this conference, through the initiative of Mr. K.V. Krishnanswamy Aiyar and Dr. S.R. Ranganathan, the Madras Library Association (MALA) was founded on 31st January 1928.
Slovenian Librarians' Association
In December 1946, the first conference of Slovenian librarians was organised in Ljubljana and the initiative committee for establishment of the professional association was founded. The members of the initiative committee were: Dušan Ludvik, dr. Melitta Pivec-Stele and Vasilij Melik. On 21 December 1947, the founding meeting of the Slovenian Librarians' Association was held at the National and University Library. The first Chairman was dr. Mirko Rupel, and on 22 December the first regular annual meeting of the association took place. The association had 75 members – library employees.Read More...
The Library Association of Ireland (LAI)
The Library Association of Ireland (LAI) was founded in 1928 as the professional body representing libraries and librarianship in Ireland.The objectives of the Library Association of Ireland are to promote and develop high standards of librarianship and of library and information services in Ireland, and to secure greater co-operation between libraries. Read More...
Estonian Librarians Association
The founding congress of the Estonian Librarians Association was held in February 1923 in Tallinn, with the participation of 54 librarians from all over the country. The congress was the first attempt to unite librarians in order to improve the quality of librarianship in Estonia.
The Association had only 17 years, from 1923 until 1940, to take action before the Second World War, and they started practically from zero: at that time the university offered no degree in librarianship in Estonia, there existed no state network of libraries and the libraries did not have their own buildings or rooms or financing. At schools and in the local communities librarians worked without salary. The first undertaking of the Association was to organize training courses for librarians. That began in 1924, and until 1940 they managed to give 36 courses.Read More...