Networking with one's fellow Information Professionals is extremely important for personal and professional development. Professional organizations sponsor conferences, publish journals, and serve as reviewers or editors.  They set professional and educational standards and provide job and career services for their members.

• AALL (American Association of Law Libraries

• AASL (American Association of School Librarians)

• ACRL (Association of College & Research Libraries)

• ALA (American Library Association)

• ALISE (Association for Library and Information Science Education)

• ARLIS/NA (Art Libraries Society of North America)

• ARMA (Association for Records Managers and Administrators

• ASIS&T (American Society for Information Science & Technology)

• Association of Independent Information Professionals

• MLA (Medical Library Association)

• Music Library Association

• NAGARA (National Association of Government Archives and Records Administrators)

• PLA (Public Library Association)

• REFORMA (The National Association to Promote Library & Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish Speaking)

• SAA (Society of American Archivists)

• SLA (Special Libraries Association)

• Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR)

• EDUCAUSE

• Library and Information Technology Association (LITA)

• Council on Library and Information Resources

• Library Leadership & Management Association (LLAMA)

• NASIG (formerly North American Serials Interest Group)

• Center for Research Libraries

• IFLA (International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions)

• Reference and User Services Association (RUSA)

• Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS)