The Ghana Library Association (GLA) is the main professional organisation representing libraries and information services in Ghana. It was founded in 1962 by the West African Library Association (WALA). Eve Evans had started the WALA and she was to have an important role in creating a library service in Ghana.

The GLA is a registered professional association established 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. It publishes the Ghana Library Journal, a peer-reviewed journal of Library science. The association has been in existence for over 54 years. It went through a period of activity and inactivity in the 1970s, but since 1983 it has been revived and growing steadily.

The Association has an elected governing council for a two-year tenure, chaired by the President, who sees to the running of the association.

The 20th President of the Association was Mrs. Comfort Asare, who was the acting Librarian at Wisconsin International University College. The 21st President of the Association is Mr. Kodjo Antwi, the Librarian at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre.

Membership

Fellow Chartered Member Associate member Student Retired Member Life Member Ordinary Member

Membership of Professional Bodies The Association is a member of the following professional bodies:

International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) African Library and Information Associations and Institutions (AfLIA)

List of Presidents

+NumberName Tenure1stMr. R. G. M. Pitcher 1962-19632ndMr. E. K. Koranteng1963-19643rd Mr. A. G. T. Ofori 1963-19644thMr. E. K. Amedeke 1965-19675thMr. David E. M. Odoi 1967-19696thMr. David Cornelius 1969-19717thMr. A. N. De Heer 1971-19778thMr. G. C. O. Lamptey 1977-19839thMr. J. A. Villars1983-198810th Mr. Samson Afre 1988-199011th Mr. Daniel B. Addo1990-199212thNana Asiedu 1992-199613thMrs. Matilda Amissah-Arthur 1996-199814thMr. Clement Entsua-Mensah 1998-200215th Helena R. Asamoah-Hassan2002-200616thMrs. Valentina J. A. Bannerman 2006-201017thMr. Albert K. A. Fynn2010-201218th Mrs. Perpetua S. Dadzie2013-201619thMr. Samuel Bentil Aggrey 2017-202120thMrs Comfort Asare2021-202421stMr Kodjo Asafo-Adjei Antwi2024-date

Ghana Library Journal

Ghana Library Journal is a biannual double-blind peer-reviewed academic journal published by the Ghana Library Association. The journal publishes open access scholarly articles in different aspects of Library and Information Science which are intended for library professionals and educators, information scientists as well as students. As a diamond open access journal, manuscript published in the journal are licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0). The editor of the journal is Monica Mensah Danquah.

The journal is abstracted and indexed in African Journals Online (AJOL) and Sabinet African Journals.

See also

Ghana Library Board Eve Evans

References

Bibliography

External links Ghana Library Association Ghana Library Journal