Special Interest Groups

A forum for everyone working in academic or research libraries.

Representing library and information professionals working in the commercial, legal and scientific sectors. 

Promoting diversity and equality in the library and information workforce.

Exploring the organisation, delivery and discovery or information through graphic forms, video and the web. Formerly known as the Multimedia Information and Technology group.

Representing the professional interests of knowledge and information professionals in government departments and agencies.

For those working in, or with a professional interest in health and social care information.

Encouraging debate and knowledge exchange on all aspects of information literacy. Also hosts the Media and Information Literacy Alliance (MILA).

Providing cross-border collaboration and knowledge exchange with librarians and information professionals around the world.

Connecting knowledge managers, information managers and information services professionals.

Exploring the history of libraries and librarianship. 

Promoting and publishing new research in library and information science.

  Local Studies Group

Supporting local studies librarians, archivists and museums.

Marketing and promotion of library services, including user engagement and communication strategies.

Promoting best practice in resourcing discovery and collection management.

Raising the profile of library services for prison communities.

For absolutely anyone whose library service is either public or mobile.

Preservation, conservation and digitisation issues for rare books, manuscripts and special materials.

The community for those from the UK's library and information sector not working full-time

Supporting school libraries, school librarians and Schools Library Services.

Encouraging innovation in electronic information retrieval, management and processing.

Promoting young people's libraries and reading development.