DLIS encourages its students to join and participate in professional associations. Below is an abbreviated list of professional associations and groups with chapters in the New York area. Distance students are encouraged to join professional associations in their respective locations.
American Library Association: http://www.ala.org/
American Association of Law Libraries:http://www.aallnet.org/
Art Libraries Society of North America: http://www.arlisna.org
Association of College & Research Libraries: http://www.ala.org/acrl/
Association for Library Service to Children: http://www.ala.org/alsc/
Law Libraries Association of Greater New York: http://www.llagny.org/
Metropolitan New York Library Council: http://metro.org/
New York Library Association: https://www.nyla.org/max/index.html
Progressive Librarians Guild: http://www.progressivelibrariansguild.org/
The Archivists Round Table of New York: http://www.nycarchivists.org/
The Society of American Archivists: http://www2.archivists.org/
Special Libraries Association: http://www.sla.org/
Young Adult Library Services Association: http://www.ala.org/yalsa/