The mission of the Lebanese Library Association is to raise up the standards of libraries and the employees working in them, enhancing the library in Lebanon by providing leadership for the development, promotion, and improvement of library and information services and the profession of librarianship, enhancing access to information to all, encouraging reading, and working on establishing public libraries and developing bibliographical researches. The Lebanese Library Association is committed to fostering openness of thought, promoting respect for the rights and dignity of all persons, respecting intellectual property rights, supporting the intellectual freedom and the freedom of access to information, and strengthening among all its constituencies a sense of responsibility for and ownership of its educational mission.