Ghana Library Association

The Ghana Library Association (GLA) is the main professional organisation representing libraries and information services in Ghana.^[1] It was founded in 1962 from the West African Library Association (WALA). The GLA is a registered Professional Association under the Professional Bodies Decree NRCD 143 of 1973 with Registered No. PB 21 on 2 August 1986 in accordance with the Laws of Ghana. The Association has been in existence for the past 54 years and has go through a period of activity and inactivity in the 70's but from 1983 it has been revived and growing. The Association has an elected Governing Council for a two-year tenure, chaired by the President that see to the running of the Association.

The current President, is the 19th (2017-2018) and is in the person of Mr. Samuel Bentil Aggrey, a Senior Librarian at Accra City Campus, University of Ghana. The 18th President (2013-2014, 2015-2016) was Professor Perpetua S. Dadzie, University Librarian, University of Ghana.

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