Interest groups develop around a topic of substantive concern to provide a forum of exchange and generation of ideas, and intellectual development for its members. Each Interest Group is headed by a Coordinator.

LLA currently has 15 Interest Groups:

• Automation & Technology
• Children's Learning Services
• Distance Education
• Library Managers
• Library User Education
• Diversity
• Outreach Services/Bookmobile
• Preservation
• Reference
• Serials
• Storytelling
• Teachers of Library Science
• Technical Services
• Teen Services
• Video & Media