Library associations Library associations The American Library Association ( ALA) promotes libraries and library education in the United States and internationally. It has approximately 64,000 members. It was founded in 1876 in Philadelphia and chartered in 1879 in Massachusetts, making it the oldest and largest library association in the world. Its head office is in Chicago. Since 2002 ** , the Executive Director (CEO) of the American Library Association has been Keith Michael Fiels. He is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Association and its staff. ...more on Wikipedia about "American Library Association"
The Canadian Health Libraries Association or Association des bibliothèques de la santé du Canada was founded in 1976. It represents the views of Canadian health sciences librarians to governments, the health community and fellow librarians. ...more on Wikipedia about "Canadian Health Libraries Association"
The Canadian Library Association (CLA) was founded in Hamilton, Ontario in 1946, and was incorporated under the Companies Act on November 26, 1947. CLA is a non-profit voluntary organization, governed by an elected Executive Council, which is advised by over thirty interest groups and committees. ...more on Wikipedia about "Canadian Library Association"
The Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) is a professional body representing librarians and other information professionals in the United Kingdom. It was established by Royal Charter on 2002-04-01 following the merger of the Library Association and the Institute of Information Scientists. Membership is not compulsory for practice, but members can work towards chartership which entitles them to the postnominal letters MCLIP and subsequently FCLIP ( sic). ...more on Wikipedia about "Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals"
Christian College Librarians or CCL is a consortium of librarians who serve the colleges and universities affiliated principally with the Churches of Christ of the American Restoration Movement although librarians from institutions that are parts of other streams of the movement also participate. ...more on Wikipedia about "Christian College Librarians"
COPPUL stands for Council of Prairie and Pacific University Libraries. ...more on Wikipedia about "Coppul"
(List of library associations) ==International== ...more on Wikipedia about "List of library associations"
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The Medical Library Association was founded in 1898 as the Association of Medical Librarians and changed its name to Medical Library Association in 1907. The MLA has members in several countries but it primarily represents health sciences libraries and librarians in the United States. Its headquarters are in Chicago. Two of the founding members were William Osler and Margaret Ridley Charlton. A history of MLA was published in 2000 - Guardians of medical knowledge : the genesis of the Medical Library Association / Jennifer Connor. ISBN 0810834707 ...more on Wikipedia about "Medical Library Association"
The Medical Library Association of Great Britain and Ireland was founded in 1908 and held two annual meetings. Its first formal meeting was held in Belfast in July 1909 (during the meetings of the British Medical Association) and its second, in London, in 1910 (also in conjunction with the meetings of the British Medical Association.) No written record of its activities after 1911 has been found. ...more on Wikipedia about "Medical Library Association of Great Britain and Ireland"
The Music Library Association, as stated on their website, was "founded in 1931, [and] is the professional organization in the United States devoted to music librarianship and all aspects of music materials in libraries." ...more on Wikipedia about "Music Library Association"
Special Libraries Association (SLA) is a professional association for librarians and information professionals working in organizations, companies, governments, and academic institutions. Examples of special libraries include law libraries, news libraries, corporate libraries, museum libaries, and medical libraries. SLA was founded in 1909 in the United States. It is now an international organization with over 11,000 members in over 80 countries. ...more on Wikipedia about "Special Libraries Association"
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