Nigerian Library Association (NLA) is the recognized group or organization for librarians working in

Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...

. Its headquarters is in

Abuja Abuja () is the capital and eighth most populous city of Nigeria. Situated at the centre of the country within the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), it is a planned city built mainly in the 1980s based on a master plan by International Plann ...

in the

Federal Capital Territory A territory is an area of land, sea, or space, particularly belonging or connected to a country, person, or animal. In international politics, a territory is usually either the total area from which a state may extract power resources or a ...

. It was established in 1962 in

Ibadan Ibadan (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Oyo State, in Nigeria. It is the third-largest city by population in Nigeria after Lagos and Kano, with a total population of 3,649,000 as of 2021, and over 6 million people within its me ...

. It was birth from West African Library Association (WALA). Kalu Chioma Okorie (OON), its pioneer president is also one of the first to receive the Fellow Award of the association

Conferences

The NLA, State Chapters, and Special interest groups hold numerous conferences and themes throughout the year. The largest conference is the annual conference. In 2021, the annual conference was hybrid - physical and virtual. The Academic and Research Libraries (ARLS) of the Nigerian Library Association (NLA) 2021 National Conference/Annual General Meeting (AGM) was scheduled to hold at the

University of Nigeria, Nsukka The University of Nigeria, commonly referred to as UNN, is a federal university located in Nsukka, Enugu State, Eastern part of Nigeria. Founded by Nnamdi Azikiwe in 1955 and formally opened on 7 October 1960, the University of Nigeria has thr ...

from 26 to 30 September 2021.

Publications

Nigerian Library Associations publishes newsletters, books, conference proceedings, and Journals. They are: Newsletters: * Nigerian Library Association (2020/2021). My vision for NLA. Newsletter. Vol. 29 (1&2), p. 37 January–December * Nigerian Library Association (2017). Breaking new grounds. Newsletter. Vol. 26 (1&2), p. 24 January–June * Nigerian Library Association (2019). Making inroads & consolidating. Vol. 27 (1&2) January–June Books: * Nigerian Library Association (1970). Constitution as amended by the annual general meeting, 4 April 1970. Ibadan: Nigerian Library Association, 1970, p. 11. Conference Proceedings: * Nigerian Library Association (2017). Libraries in promotion of national integration for development. 55th National Annual Conference of the Nigerian Library Association. Held in University of Lagos, July, 2017, p. 185. . * Nigerian Library Association (2012). Nigerian Library Association at 50: Promoting library and information science profession for national development and transformation. Held in

, July 15–19, 2012, p. 306. * Nigerian Library Association (1999). Information for the sustenance of a democratic culture: A compendium of paper presentations at the 1999 NLA annual National Conference and AGM, p. 138. Journals * Nigerian Library Association (20121). Nigerian Libraries: Journal of Nigerian Library Association. Vol. 54 (1). January–June. * Nigerian Library Association (2019). Nigerian Libraries: Journal of Nigerian Library Association. Vol. 52 (1). January–June. * Nigerian Library Association (2016). Nigerian Libraries: Journal of Nigerian Library Association. Vol. 49 (1&2). Jan-Dec. * Nigerian Library Association (2011). Nigerian Libraries: Journal of Nigerian Library Association. Vol. 44 (1). July. * Nigerian Library Association (2012). Nigerian Libraries: Journal of Nigerian Library Association. Vol. 45 (1). June. * Nigerian Library Association (2008). Nigerian Libraries: Journal of Nigerian Library Association. Vol. 41. * Nigerian Library Association (2010). Nigerian Libraries: Journal of Nigerian Library Association. Vol. 43 * Nigerian Library Association (2019). Nigerian Libraries: Journal of Nigerian Library Association. Vol. 49 (1&2). Jan-Dec. * Nigerian Library Association (2009). Nigerian Libraries: Journal of Nigerian Library Association. Vol. 42.

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