Indian Library Association

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Indian Library Association
Indian Library Association
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Location Delhi, India
EstablishedSeptember 13, 1933
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Website https://ilaindia.co.in/

The Indian Library Association (ILA) was established on September 13, 1933 Registered under the societies Registration Act (XXI of 1860), on the occasion of the First All India Library Conference held at Calcutta (now Kolkata). The headquarters of ILA situated in Delhi, India.

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Objectives

The main objectives of the association are:

Conferences

Its 53rd Annual conference was held in Hyderabad in 2007. Its 54th Annual conference was held in Mumbai in 2008. Its 55th Annual conference was held at Birla Institute of Management Technology, Greater Noida from 21–24 January 2010 India. 63rd Annual Conference was held at Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow from 23–25 November 2017 on the topic "Sustainable Development of Library and Information Science Profession".This was an international conference organised by Department of LIS and Gautam Buddha Central Library of Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University Lucknow.

Founding members

Ex-ILA Presidents


Publications

The Journal of Indian Library Association is a flagship journal of ILA since 1965. The journal is issued as a quarterly publication and is peer-reviewed.[ citation needed ]

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