I-IFLA ibe yilungu kusukela ngo-1974.
I-International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions yasungulwa ngo-1927 ukuze kuthuthukiswe ukuqonda kwamazwe ngamazwe, ukubambisana, ukuxoxisana, ucwaningo kanye nentuthuko kuyo yonke imikhakha yomsebenzi womtapo wolwazi, okuhlanganisa ukubhalwa kwezincwadi, izinsiza zolwazi kanye nemfundo yabasebenzi, kanye nokuhlinzeka indikimba esebenzisa ngayo umtapo wolwazi. ingamelwa ezindabeni ezinentshisekelo yamazwe ngamazwe.
