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The national celebration of South Africa Library Week (SALW) is one of the key milestones of the Library and Information Association of South Africa (LIASA).LIASA was formed in 1997 in response to the need to unify a historically divided library profession that was also affected by the former apartheid policies of South Africa.
The Library and Information Association of South Africa (LIASA) was launched on 10 July 1997. The launch marked the end of the process of unification of all existing library organisations in South Africa, which had been initiated in January 1995, during the Conference on Libraries and Information Services in Developing South Africa (LISDESA), which was an initiative of the two largest existing ...
Public Library Advocacy Logo. ... (LIASA) was founded in 1997 ... The new Fabens ISD Community Library opened during National Library Week 2006 (first Monday in April
Library associations connect libraries and library workers at the local, national, and international level. Library associations often provide resources to their individual and institutional members that enable cooperation, exchange of information, education, research, and development.
The South African Journal of Libraries and Information Science is a biannual academic journal of the Library and Information Association of South Africa. [1] It has been published since 2002. [ 2 ]
NLW has spread to different countries. The first National Library Week of the Jamaica Library Association was held March 6–12, 1966. [7] Libraries Week display in 2017, Skipton Library, UK. Australia's Library and Information Week is organized by the Australian Library and Information Association, and held annually at the end of May. The ...
The Joseph W. Lippincott Award was established in 1938 by the American Library Association. [1]It is presented annually to a librarian for distinguished service to the profession of librarianship, such service to include outstanding participation in the activities of the professional library association, notable published professional writing, or other significant activity on behalf of the ...
The Young Adult Library Services Association also sponsors Teen Read Week, the third week of each October, and Teen Tech Week, the second week of each March. In addition, the ALA helps to promote diversity in the library profession with various outreach activities, including the Spectrum Scholarship program, which awards academic scholarships ...