The Asian Library Association  

Headquartered in New Delhi, the Asian Library Association (ASIALA) is an international library association, formed to play an important role in the promotion of librarianship as a profession vital to an informed and knowledgeable society and puts emphasis on the professional development of LIS community through advocacy, peer networking, and leadership development through idea generation and many other initiatives. ASIALA works in the strategic areas of the profession to further the library interests, library institutions, and library & information services and help library fraternity to engage in actions that develop group consciousness and respond to the public interest in ways that achieve socially and professionally desirable goals. ASIALA further acts to provide an organizational framework in which to discuss future plans, organize committee activities, promote library studies and surveys,encourage the development of new tools, issue the resulting publications, lobby for legislative support, policies, and planning necessary for the larger cause of library profession. For more details, please visit ASIALA websitehttps://www.asiala.co.in.