Bangladesh Association of Librarians, Information Scientists and Documentalists (BALID) ( bn, বাংলাদেশ গ্রন্থাগারিক ও তথ্যায়নবিদ সমিতি (বেলিড)) is a non-political and professional association of

librarians A librarian is a person who works professionally in a library providing access to information, and sometimes social or technical programming, or instruction on information literacy to users. The role of the librarian has changed much over tim ...

and

Information scientist The term information scientist developed in the latter part of the twentieth century to describe an individual, usually with a relevant subject degree (such as one in Information and Computer Science - CIS) or high level of subject knowledge, prov ...

s of

Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...

Birth of BALID

BALID was founded as "Bangladesh Young Librarians, Information Scientists and Documentalists (BAYLID) on January 23, 1986 by

i young library professionals who wished to establish an association to develop the libraries and its professionals. Its inauguration was declared on the same date at "Sabuj Chattar" (Green Premises) of Modern Language Institute of

Dhaka University The University of Dhaka (also known as Dhaka University, or DU) is a public research university located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is the oldest university in Bangladesh. The university opened its doors to students on July 1st 1921. Currently it ...

. Later the name was changed to "Bangladesh Association of Librarians, Information Scientists and Documentalists (BALID)". In the

Bengali language Bengali ( ), generally known by its endonym Bangla (, ), is an Indo-Aryan language native to the Bengal region of South Asia. It is the official, national, and most widely spoken language of Bangladesh and the second most widely spoken of ...

the name is (বাংলাদেশ গ্রন্থাগারিক ও তথ্যায়নবিদ সমিতি - বেলিড) .

Aims and objectives

#To serve Library, Information and Documentation centers to develop these for all the citizen of the country. #To help to develop the professional status of Librarians, Information Scientists and Documentalists. #To help to promote the professionals proficiency. #To take care of welfare and professional interest of the members. #To help the professionals to co-operate with various libraries, information and documentation centres. #To make the platform for co-operation with other relevant local, regional and international organizations. #Take part in participation in socio-economic activities and help to other same groups.

External links

Bangladesh Association of Librarians, Information Scientists and Documentalists
Official site Professional associations based in Bangladesh Library associations Organizations established in 1986 1986 establishments in Bangladesh Learned societies of Bangladesh {{bangladesh-org-stub