पुस्तकालय संघ (Library Association) का अर्थ एवं परिभाषा ‘संघ' शब्द अंग्रेजी भाषा के एसोसिएशन शब्द का हिन्दी रूपान्तरण है और एसोसिएशन' शब्द 'एसोसिएट से बना है। एसोसिएट का हिन्दी अर्थ होता है। इकट्ठा होना या एक साथ जुड़ जाना' इस प्रकार समान उद्देश्यों के लिए एक जुट होकर कार्य करने वाले व्यक्तियों या संस्थाओं के स्वैच्छिक समूह को संघ कहा जाता है।।
किसी उत्तम पुस्तकालय संघ (Library Association) के निम्नलिखित प्रमुख गुण होते हैं:-
भारत सरकार द्वारा वर्ष 1955 में श्री के पी सिन्हा की अध्यक्षता में गठित 'पुस्तकालय सलाहकार समिति' ने पुस्तकालय संघ के पाँच प्रमुख उद्देश्यों‘अथवा कार्यों को सूचीबद्ध किया, जोकि निम्नलिखित हैं।
पुस्तकालय संघ के उद्देश्य किसी संघ द्वारा अपने-अपने क्षेत्र में इन उद्देश्यों का पूरा करना उनका अनिवार्य कर्तव्य होता है। वर्ष 1960 में यूनेस्को द्वारा प्रायोजित रीजनल सेमिनार ऑन लाइब्रेरी डेवलपमेण्ट इन साउथ एशिया में भी पुस्तकालय संघों के कुछ प्रमुख निम्नलिखित उद्देश्यों का निर्धारण किया गया
Sr. No. | Name of Library Association | Year | Head Quarter | Remark |
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01. | Andhra Pradesh Library Association | 1914 | ... | Read More |
02. | Maharashtra Library Association | 1921 | ... | Read More |
03. | Gujarati Pustakalay Mandal | 1923 | ... | Read More |
04. | Bengal Library Association | 1925 | ... | Read More |
05. | Baroda State Library Association | 1926 | ... | Read More |
06 | Madras Library Association | 1928 | ... | Read More |
07. | Karnataka Library Association | 1929 | ... | Read More |
08. | Panjab Library Association | 1929 | ... | Read More |
09. | Samastha Kerala Pustakalay Samiti | 1931 | ... | Read More |
10. | Bombay State Library Association | 1935 | ... | Read More |
11. | Bihar | 1936 | ... | Read More |
12. | Assam Library Association | 1938 | ... | Read More |
13. | Delhi Library Association | 1939/1953 | ... | Read More |
14. | Utkal Library Association | 1944 | ... | Read More |
15. | Hyderabad Library Association | 1951 | ... | Read More |
16. | Gujarat Library Association | 1953 | ... | Read More |
17. | U. P. Library Association | 1956 | ... | Read More |
18. | Madhya Bharat Library Association | 1957 | ... | Read More |
19. | Gomantak Library Association | 1961 | ... | Read More |
20. | Rajasthan Library Association | 1962 | ... | Read More |
21. | Maharashtra Rajya Granthalaya Sangh | 1962 | ... | Read More |
22. | Gujarat Granthalaya Sangh | 1964 | ... | Read More |
23. | Jammu & Kashmir Library Association | 1966 | Read More | |
24. | Haryana Library Association | 1966 | ... | Read More |
25. | Tripura Library Association | 1967 | ... | Read More |
26. | Kerala Library Association | 1972 | ... | Read More |
27. | Manipur Library Association | 1987 | ... | Read More |
28. | Mizoram Library Association | 1987 | ... | Read More |
29. | Meghalaya Library Association | 1994 | ... | Read More |
30. | Nagaland Library Association | 1996 | ... | Read More |
31. | Jharkhand Information and Library Association | 2007 | Ranchi, Jharkhand | Read More |
32. | All India Public Library Association | 1919 | ... | Read More |
33. | Government of India Library Association | 1933 | ... | Read More |
34. | All India Rural Library Services Association | 1933 | ... | Read More |
35. | United Provinces Library Association | 1935 | ... | Read More |
36. | Malabar Library Association | 1937 | ... | Read More |
37. | All India Manuscript Library Association | 1944 | ... | Read More |
38. | Travancore Library Association | 1945 | ... | Read More |
39. | Centeral Provinces and Berar Library Association | 1945 | ... | Read More |
40. | Library Field Worker Association | 1951 | ... | Read More |
41. | Indian Association of Special Libraries and Information centres | 1955 | ... | Read More |
42. | Academy of Library Science and Documentation | 1965 | ... | Read More |
43. | All India Collage Library Association | 1966 | ... | Read More |
44. | Association of Agricultural Librarians and documentalist of India | 1971 | ... | Read More |
45. | Bombay Science Librarians Association | 1975 | ... | Read More |
46. | Indian Association of Academic Librarians | 1973/1977 | ... | Read More |
47. | Indian Theological Library Association | 1985 | ... | Read More |
48. | Association of Government Librarian and Information Specialist | 1987 | ... | Read More |
49. | Society for Information Science | 1976 | ... | Read More |
50. | Indian Archivists | 1977 | ... | Read More |
51. | Medical Library Association of India | 1981 | ... | Read More |
52. | Micrographic Congress of India | 1982 | ... | Read More |
53. | Association of Government Librarians and Information Specialists | 1987 | ... | Read More |
54. | Society for Advancement of library and Information Science | 2002 | ... | Read More |