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 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.[2]

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.[3][4] It publishes the Ghana Library Journal, a peer-reviewed journal of Library science.[5][6] The association has been in existence for over 54 years.[7] 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.[8] The 21st President of the Association is Mr. Kodjo Antwi, the Librarian at the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre.

## Membership

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* Fellow
* Chartered Member
* Associate member
* Student
* Retired Member
* Life Member
* Ordinary member[3]

## Membership of professional bodies

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The Association is a member of the following professional bodies:

* International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA)
* African Library and Information Associations and Institutions (AfLIA)[9]

## List of presidents

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Number  | Name  | Tenure

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1st  | Mr. R. G. M. Pitcher  | 1962-1963
2nd  | Mr. E. K. Koranteng  | 1963-1964
3rd  | Mr. A. G. T. Ofori  | 1963-1964
4th  | Mr. E. K. Amedeke  | 1965-1967
5th  | Mr. David E. M. Odoi  | 1967-1969
6th  | Mr. David Cornelius  | 1969-1971
7th  | Mr. A. N. De Heer  | 1971-1977
8th  | Mr. G. C. O. Lamptey  | 1977-1983
9th  | Mr. J. A. Villars  | 1983-1988
10th  | Mr. Samson Afre  | 1988-1990
11th  | Mr. Daniel B. Addo  | 1990-1992
12th  | Nana Asiedu  | 1992-1996
13th  | Mrs. Matilda Amissah-Arthur  | 1996-1998
14th  | Mr. Clement Entsua-Mensah  | 1998-2002
15th  | Helena R. Asamoah-Hassan | 2002-2006
16th  | Mrs. Valentina J. A. Bannerman  | 2006-2010
17th  | Mr. Albert K. A. Fynn  | 2010-2012
18th  | Mrs. Perpetua S. Dadzie  | 2013-2016
19th  | Mr. Samuel Bentil Aggrey  | 2017-2021
20th  | Mrs Comfort Asare  | 2021-2024
21st  | Mr Kodjo Asafo-Adjei Antwi  | 2024-date

## Ghana Library Journal

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Academic journal

Ghana Library JournalDiscipline| Information science

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Language| English
Edited by| Monica Mensah Danquah
Publication details
History| 1963–present
Publisher|

Ghana Library Association (Ghana)

Frequency| Biannual

Open access

| Yes
License| CC-BY 4.0
Standard abbreviations
ISO 4 (alt) · Bluebook (alt)
NLM (alt) · MathSciNet (alt )
ISO 4| Ghana Libr. J.
Indexing
CODEN (alt) · JSTOR (alt) · LCCN (alt)
MIAR · NLM (alt) · Scopus · W&L
ISSN| 0855-3033

Links

* Journal homepage
* Online access
* Online archive

Ghana Library Journal is a biannual double-blind peer-reviewed academic journal published by the Ghana Library Association.[10][11] 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.[12][10][13]

The journal is abstracted and indexed in African Journals Online (AJOL)[12] and Sabinet African Journals.[14]

## See also

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* Ghana Library Board
* Eve Evans

## References

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1. ^ "Home". Ghana Library Association. Retrieved 2023-01-13.
2. ^ Association, American Library (1993). World Encyclopedia of Library and Information Services. American Library Association. ISBN 9780838906095.
3. ^ a b "Ghana Library Association - Background". www.gla-net.org. Archived from the original on 2018-06-19. Retrieved 2020-05-23.
4. ^ "Professional Bodies Registration Act, 1973 (nrcd 143)". lawsghana.com. Retrieved 2020-05-23.
5. ^ "Ghana Library Journal". www.ajol.info. Retrieved 2018-08-30.
6. ^ "GLA Journal". Ghana Library Association. Retrieved 2025-03-16.
7. ^ "Ghana Library Association - Background". www.gla-net.org. Archived from the original on 2018-06-19. Retrieved 2020-05-04.
8. ^ "WISCONSIN UNIVERSITY IN FOCUS AS GHANA LIBRARY ASSOCIATION INAUGURATE 20th PRESIDENT OF THE ASSOCIATION | WISCONSIN UNIVERSITY". 2021-04-17. Retrieved 2022-04-22.
9. ^ "Membership – African Library & Information Associations & Institutions". Retrieved 2020-05-27.
10. ^ a b "GLA Journal". Ghana Library Association. Retrieved 2025-05-15.
11. ^ "ISSN 0855-3033 (Print) | Ghana Library Journal | The ISSN Portal". portal.issn.org. Retrieved 2025-05-16.
12. ^ a b "Ghana Library Journal". www.ajol.info. Retrieved 2025-05-15.
13. ^ Antwi, I. K. (2006). "Publishing the Ghana Library Journal: Trends, challenges and the way forward". Ghana Library Journal. 18: 79–90\. ISSN 0855-3033 – via AJOL.
14. ^ "Ghana Library Journal". Ghana Library Journal. 1973-06-01. Retrieved 2025-05-15.

## Bibliography

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* Anaba Alemna (2006). "Current Information Issues and Developments in Ghana". Alexandria. 18. UK. ISSN 0955-7490.

## External links

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* Ghana Library Association

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