Louisiana Library Association

This Corporation is organized and shall be operated exclusively to encourage, advance, support and otherwise promote the interests of libraries in the State of Louisiana (academic, public, school and special), including, without limitation: to encourage, advance and support high quality Library collections, facilities and services that are fully adequate ot support instruction, research, self-education and pleasure-reading in order that the residents of Louisiana may be well-informed and able to achieve full self-development; through conferences, lectures, newsletters, workshops and the like, to encourage and support librarians and other members of the profession in their efforts to maintain and advance their knowledge of and skills in the field of Library and infomation science, as that field continues to develop; to encourage and support scholarships in the field of Library and information science; to recruit individuals to the Library profession.