We have three types of members – associations, institutions, and individuals. What type of membership are you interested in?
Association
Membership Category
We currently offer four categories of membership for associations. You will either join as a National Association, International Association, Other Association, or an Association Affiliate.
Choose the route to membership that is right for you.
Is your association
Select one... An association with a national focus (includes subject-specialist associations which operate nationally) An international association functioning within the framework of multinational or international library and information services Other (neither national nor international, e.g., provincial/state association)
You can join IFLA as Association
National Associations are subject to a system of differentiated banded fees based on operating expenses of your association.
What are operating expenses of your association?
Select one... less than 10,000 EUR 10,000–25,000 EUR 25,000–50,000 EUR 50,000–100,000 EUR 100,000–250,000 EUR 250,000–500,000 EUR 500,000–750,000 EUR 750,000–1,000,000 EUR 1,000,000–3,000,000 EUR 3,000,000–7,000,000 EUR 7,000,000–10,000,000 EUR more than 10,000,000 EUR
Has your association been an IFLA member in the last three years?
Select one... Yes No
You might qualify for membership category of Association Affiliate.
To make IFLA membership more accessible for associations in emerging economies, IFLA has a membership category of (National) Association Affiliate. The category of Association Affiliate is open to national Library Associations who have not been an IFLA member in the last three years, and who work with operating expenses lower than Band 12 level (less than EUR 10,000) for National Associations. The fee for this category is EUR 78 per year. Association Affiliates will have free membership registration with the Management of Library Associations Section and with the appropriate Regional Division. Association Affiliates have no voting rights and no other free Section membership. They are not a full Member of IFLA as noted in IFLA's Statutes.
Association Affiliates will have all other member services and entitlements that are applicable to Affiliation membership. Membership as an Association Affiliate is only possible for up to three consecutive years, after which the membership will be upgraded to the appropriate Band, with the corresponding costs and benefits.
Would you like to be considered for joining as an Association Affiliate?
Select one... Yes No
The fees for Association members are based on three bands according to the UNESCO Scale of Assessment and the United Nations List of Least Developed Countries. A country's position within a band will determine the level of fees payable
In which country are the majority of members of the association based?
Choose a country... Afghanistan Åland Islands Albania Algeria American Samoa Andorra Angola Anguilla Antarctica Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Aruba Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Bouvet Island Brazil British Indian Ocean Territory British Virgin Islands Brunei Darussalam Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cabo Verde Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chad Chile China China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region China, Macao Special Administrative Region Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Colombia Comoros Congo Cook Islands Costa Rica Côte d'Ivoire Croatia Cuba Curaçao Cyprus Czechia Democratic People's Republic of Korea Democratic Republic of the Congo Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Eswatini Ethiopia Falkland Islands (Malvinas) Faroe Islands Fiji Finland France French Guiana French Polynesia French Southern Territories Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Gibraltar Greece Greenland Grenada Guadeloupe Guam Guatemala Guernsey Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Heard Island and McDonald Islands Holy See Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran (Islamic Republic of) Iraq Ireland Isle of Man Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jersey Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Lao People's Democratic Republic Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Martinique Mauritania Mauritius Mayotte Mexico Micronesia (Federated States of) Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Montserrat Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nauru Nepal Netherlands New Caledonia New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Niue Norfolk Island North Macedonia Northern Mariana Islands Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Pitcairn Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Republic of Korea Republic of Moldova Réunion Romania Russian Federation Rwanda Saint Barthélemy Saint Helena Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Martin (French Part) Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa San Marino Sao Tome and Principe Sark Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Sint Maarten (Dutch part) Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka State of Palestine Sudan Suriname Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands Sweden Switzerland Syrian Arab Republic Tajikistan Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tokelau Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Turks and Caicos Islands Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland United Republic of Tanzania United States Minor Outlying Islands United States of America United States Virgin Islands Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) Viet Nam Wallis and Futuna Islands Western Sahara Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe Kosovo (UNIAM)
Free Regional Division Membership
All Association Members are automatically registered to their appropriate Regional Division for free.
We have six Regional Divisions covering Asia and Oceania, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, Middle East and North Africa, North America and Sub-Saharan Africa. The Regional Division Committees focus on advocacy issues and needs specific to their region.
The registration will be made based on the country/territory in which the majority of members of the association is based.
In which country/territory the majority of members of your association is based?
Choose a country... Afghanistan Åland Islands Albania Algeria American Samoa Andorra Angola Anguilla Antarctica Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Aruba Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Bouvet Island Brazil British Indian Ocean Territory British Virgin Islands Brunei Darussalam Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cabo Verde Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chad Chile China China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region China, Macao Special Administrative Region Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Colombia Comoros Congo Cook Islands Costa Rica Côte d'Ivoire Croatia Cuba Curaçao Cyprus Czechia Democratic People's Republic of Korea Democratic Republic of the Congo Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Eswatini Ethiopia Falkland Islands (Malvinas) Faroe Islands Fiji Finland France French Guiana French Polynesia French Southern Territories Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Gibraltar Greece Greenland Grenada Guadeloupe Guam Guatemala Guernsey Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Heard Island and McDonald Islands Holy See Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran (Islamic Republic of) Iraq Ireland Isle of Man Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jersey Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Lao People's Democratic Republic Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Martinique Mauritania Mauritius Mayotte Mexico Micronesia (Federated States of) Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Montserrat Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nauru Nepal Netherlands New Caledonia New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Niue Norfolk Island North Macedonia Northern Mariana Islands Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Pitcairn Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Republic of Korea Republic of Moldova Réunion Romania Russian Federation Rwanda Saint Barthélemy Saint Helena Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Martin (French Part) Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa San Marino Sao Tome and Principe Sark Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Sint Maarten (Dutch part) Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka State of Palestine Sudan Suriname Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands Sweden Switzerland Syrian Arab Republic Tajikistan Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tokelau Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Turks and Caicos Islands Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland United Republic of Tanzania United States Minor Outlying Islands United States of America United States Virgin Islands Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) Viet Nam Wallis and Futuna Islands Western Sahara Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe Kosovo (UNIAM)
Free Regional Division Membership
All Association Members are automatically registered to their appropriate Regional Division for free. We have six Regional Divisions covering Asia and Oceania, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, Middle East and North Africa, North America and Sub-Saharan Africa.
Based on your country selection, you are entitled to free registration in the Regional Division
Free Section Membership
Association Members in this membership category and band are entitled to free registration in the Management of Library Association Section and other Sections
IFLA has a range of Sections whose Standing Committees work on issues particular to that aspect of librarianship. They may develop activities or create resources needed by the field in that area.
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Institution
Choose a type... National library University/Academic library Public library Parliamentary library Government library Library serving persons with print disabilities School of Library and Information Studies Other
Institutional Member
Membership Category
Our institutional members include library and information centres, library schools, bibliographic and research institutes, and other institutions or bodies that would like to contribute professionally to the activities of the Federation.
We currently offer four categories of membership for institutions and institutional bodies. You will either join as an Institution, Institutional Sub-unit, One-person Library Centre, or a School Library.
Choose the route to membership that is right for you.
Is your organisation
Select one... A library within a primary or secondary level school (or equivalent) A library or an information centre with only one full-time equivalent (FTE) staff member A library in a faculty or department of university where the main/central library is already an IFLA member Other library or institution
You can join IFLA as an Institution.
You can join IFLA as an Institutional Sub-unit.
You can join IFLA as a One-person Library Center.
You can join IFLA as a School Library.
The fees for Institutional members are based on three bands according to the UNESCO Scale of Assessment and the United Nations List of Least Developed Countries. A country's position within a band will determine the level of fees payable
In which country is your organisation based?
Choose a country... Afghanistan Åland Islands Albania Algeria American Samoa Andorra Angola Anguilla Antarctica Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Aruba Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Bouvet Island Brazil British Indian Ocean Territory British Virgin Islands Brunei Darussalam Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cabo Verde Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chad Chile China China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region China, Macao Special Administrative Region Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Colombia Comoros Congo Cook Islands Costa Rica Côte d'Ivoire Croatia Cuba Curaçao Cyprus Czechia Democratic People's Republic of Korea Democratic Republic of the Congo Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Eswatini Ethiopia Falkland Islands (Malvinas) Faroe Islands Fiji Finland France French Guiana French Polynesia French Southern Territories Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Gibraltar Greece Greenland Grenada Guadeloupe Guam Guatemala Guernsey Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Heard Island and McDonald Islands Holy See Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran (Islamic Republic of) Iraq Ireland Isle of Man Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jersey Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Lao People's Democratic Republic Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Martinique Mauritania Mauritius Mayotte Mexico Micronesia (Federated States of) Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Montserrat Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nauru Nepal Netherlands New Caledonia New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Niue Norfolk Island North Macedonia Northern Mariana Islands Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Pitcairn Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Republic of Korea Republic of Moldova Réunion Romania Russian Federation Rwanda Saint Barthélemy Saint Helena Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Martin (French Part) Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa San Marino Sao Tome and Principe Sark Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Sint Maarten (Dutch part) Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka State of Palestine Sudan Suriname Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands Sweden Switzerland Syrian Arab Republic Tajikistan Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tokelau Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Turks and Caicos Islands Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland United Republic of Tanzania United States Minor Outlying Islands United States of America United States Virgin Islands Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) Viet Nam Wallis and Futuna Islands Western Sahara Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe Kosovo (UNIAM)
Free Regional Division Membership
All Institutional Members are automatically registered to their appropriate Regional Division for free. We have six Regional Divisions covering Asia and Oceania, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, Middle East and North Africa, North America and Sub-Saharan Africa. The Regional Division Committees focus on advocacy issues and needs specific to their region. The registration will be made based on the country/territory where you live.
Based on your country selection, you are entitled to free registration in the Regional Division
Free Section Membership
Institutional Members in this category and band are entitled to free registration in Sections
Choose a section of your interest... Choose a section of your interest...
Individual Member
Membership Category
Individuals can become Affiliates of IFLA. We currently offer four categories of Affiliate membership. You may join as a Personal Affiliate, Student Affiliate, New Graduate, or a Non-salaried Affiliate. Choose the route to membership that is right for you.
I am currently?
Select one... A student in librarianship or information work A graduate in library and information science (graduated in the past two years) Not in paid employment and do not expect to be within the next three months Employed
You can join IFLA as a Student Affiliate.
The annual fee in this membership category is 57.00 EUR.
You can join IFLA as a New Graduate.
The annual fee in this membership category is 57.00 EUR.
You can join IFLA as a Non-salaried Affiliate.
The annual fee in this membership category is 57.00 EUR.
You can join IFLA as a Personal Affiliate.
The annual fee in this membership category is 87.00 EUR.
Free Regional Division Membership
All individual Affiliates are automatically registered to their appropriate Regional Division for free. We have six Regional Divisions covering Asia and Oceania, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, Middle East and North Africa, North America and Sub-Saharan Africa. The Regional Division Committees focus on advocacy issues and needs specific to their region. The registration will be made based on the country/territory where you live.
Choose a country... Afghanistan Åland Islands Albania Algeria American Samoa Andorra Angola Anguilla Antarctica Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Aruba Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Bouvet Island Brazil British Indian Ocean Territory British Virgin Islands Brunei Darussalam Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cabo Verde Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chad Chile China China, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region China, Macao Special Administrative Region Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Colombia Comoros Congo Cook Islands Costa Rica Côte d'Ivoire Croatia Cuba Curaçao Cyprus Czechia Democratic People's Republic of Korea Democratic Republic of the Congo Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Eswatini Ethiopia Falkland Islands (Malvinas) Faroe Islands Fiji Finland France French Guiana French Polynesia French Southern Territories Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Gibraltar Greece Greenland Grenada Guadeloupe Guam Guatemala Guernsey Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Heard Island and McDonald Islands Holy See Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran (Islamic Republic of) Iraq Ireland Isle of Man Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jersey Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Lao People's Democratic Republic Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Martinique Mauritania Mauritius Mayotte Mexico Micronesia (Federated States of) Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Montserrat Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nauru Nepal Netherlands New Caledonia New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Niue Norfolk Island North Macedonia Northern Mariana Islands Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Pitcairn Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Republic of Korea Republic of Moldova Réunion Romania Russian Federation Rwanda Saint Barthélemy Saint Helena Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Martin (French Part) Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa San Marino Sao Tome and Principe Sark Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Sint Maarten (Dutch part) Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka State of Palestine Sudan Suriname Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands Sweden Switzerland Syrian Arab Republic Tajikistan Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tokelau Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Turks and Caicos Islands Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland United Republic of Tanzania United States Minor Outlying Islands United States of America United States Virgin Islands Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) Viet Nam Wallis and Futuna Islands Western Sahara Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe Kosovo (UNIAM)
You are entitled to free registration in the Regional Division.
Free Section Membership
Individual Affiliates are entitled to free registration in 1 (one) Section. IFLA has a range of Sections whose Standing Committees work on issues particular to that aspect of librarianship. They may develop activities or create resources needed by the field in that area.
Choose a section of your interest...
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IFLA does not collect more personal data or information than we need to fulfil our stated purposes, to keep you informed, and to assist you to get the most from your membership.
The information you provide will be held securely by us and IFLA will never sell your personal data. Please refer to the IFLA Data Protection Policy .
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If you wish to proceed with your application, then please agree to allow us to make use of this information. If you do not agree, we regret that your application cannot continue.
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Permission to process your data.
IFLA does not collect more personal data or information than we need to fulfil our stated purposes, to keep you informed, and to assist you to get the most from your membership.
The information you provide will be held securely by us and IFLA will never sell your personal data. Please refer to the IFLA Data Protection Policy .
I agree that my personal data may be used in the following ways:
for internal usage within the IFLA organisation;
to disclose the information that my organisation is an an IFLA member/affiliate to other IFLA members/affiliates;
to disclose personal data to members, Regional Offices and Section Officers and third-party partners in EU and non-EU countries. See IFLA Data Protection Policy (Transfer personal data outside the European Union including the EEA);
to allow the name of my Association/Institution to be listed as a member of IFLA on the IFLA website.
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IFLA takes your privacy seriously. You indicated that you do not agree to the use of your personal data. Without this we cannot process your application and membership.
If you wish to proceed with your application, then please agree to allow us to make use of this information. If you do not agree, we regret that your application cannot continue.
Select one... Back to grant permission No, I confirm that I do not agree to the use of my personal data.
Thank you for your interest in IFLA membership!
If you have any questions regarding membership at IFLA or you would like to restart the join process in the future, please contact [email protected]