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Fields of interest covers every area of the library profession. The goal is to be the official voice of the profession. The objective is to unify librarians and information professionals, seeking their professional development and welfare and ensuring the maintenance of standards and ethics. There are over 500 members. Broad areas of concerns are lack of a national library, commission on libraries, strong united library front and recognition.

The Ministry of Education is responsible for all policies on education, including apprenticeships and wider skills acquisition in Ghana. MoE work to provide education that ensure opportunity is equal for all, no matter what their background or family circumstances. It is headed by a Minister with two deputies, a Minister of State.

The Ghana Library Authority exists to provide a comprehensive and accessible public library service to promote lifelong reading habits among the populace with the objective of ensuring the development of the individual’s social and intellectual capabilities and the creation of a well-informed society for national development.

AfLIA is an independent international not-for-profit organization which pursues the interests of library and information associations, library and information services, librarians and information workers and the communities they serve in Africa. It was established in 2013 and registered as an international non-governmental organisation (NGO) under the laws of Ghana in October 2014. AfLIA is the trusted voice of the African library and information community in Africa's development.

Biblionef Ghana is a non - profit organisation that donates new storybooks to institutions/organisations that offer services to less privileged children, thus supporting literacy in the provision of reading materials in mainly deprieve communities.

The Goethe-Institut is the Federal Republic of Germany’s cultural institute, active worldwide. The Goethe-Institute library works in partnership with other libraries and professional associations in this country and abroad to promote professional dialogue and exchanges. In Ghana, the Goethe-Institut works together with Ghana Library Board to organise conferences.

The CARLIGH was founded in 2004 to provide access to online resources and training for members. University libraries, polytechnic libraries, college of education libraries, research libraries, special libraries, and other consortia are eligible to become members of CARLIGH. Currently there are 40 member institutions.

This law covers establishment and operations of public libraries. The Act was issued in 1970 (ACT 327).

Seven copies of each publication (book, newspaper etc.) must be deposited at the Register General's office including six libraries, which provide access to deposited materials to users.

Libraries are allowed to do basic activities provided it is not for profit and it is for scholarship, studies etc. Libraries do not need to pay for other uses of works. The Law takes into account digital materials and their uses. The Law does not specify printing for people with print disabilities. There is currently a move by the Copyright office together with other stakeholders like the Blind Union for a reform to accommondate print disabilities.

The minimum starting point for librarians is a post-garduate diploma or Masters degree. This can be by Master of Philosophy, which is an advantage, or Master of Arts in Library or Information Studies. The middle level staff is usually a diploma or first degree in library or information studies.

The Department of Information Studies (formerly Department of Library and Archival Studies) of University of Ghana was the sole formal institution training librarians and archivist at the post graduate level and beyond. From about 2010 it has started offering first degree programmes. Other universities since then also have started training applicants for the Diploma, First Degree, Masters (M.A. and M.Phil. and Ph.D levels). Some are by the normal regular attendance as others are by sandwish and others distance. Some of the main institutions are University of Ghana, University of Ghana - Distance Education, Kumasi Technical University, Ho Technical University.

The Ghana Library Journal focuses on the practice and research in librarianship especially in Ghana and generally in Africa. It also considers articles relating to Information Technology and Archival Admistration. It is published once a year with a Special publication every other year.

This national event was started in the year 2013 and it is a yearly one week event in the month of September. It is usually celebrated as a national event in a region and other libraries also celebrate the week alone side. The main goal is to highlight a topical need in the country as well as drawing attention to libraries and librarians. There are talk shows on radio and television, there is a national launch with speech by the President of the Association and the rest of the days used to engage school pupils and students in reading activities.

The event takes place every year in a selected region for a day. It usually rotates among the 10 regions. The main goal is to give account of activities for the year by the elected executives headed by the President to members. During the period professional and academic papers are presented by some members on the theme for the meeting. The papers are discussed and later published in the Ghana Library Journal.

This event takes place every other year in a selected region for two days. It usually rotates among the 10 regions. The main goal is to give account of activities for the year by the elected executives headed by the President to members and to re-elect or elect a new Council for a tenure of two years. During the period professional and academic papers are presented by some members on the theme for the meeting. The papers are discussed and later published in the Ghana Library Journal.