[3][4] An initial meeting of thirty people was held at Tulane University in 1909 with the goal of increasing the number of trained librarians in the state and drafting library legislation.

[4][5] The main speaker was Chalmers Hadley president of the American Library Association.

[2] LLA became a chapter member of the American Library Association in 1939, and has been a member since then with the exception of a period from March 5, 1963 through mid-1965 when the Executive Board of LLA resigned from ALA because the organization was not integrated.

[2][3][6][7] LLA had voted in 1947 to admit Black members, but because of state segregation laws had not been able to implement the change.

The LLA Scholarship is for students enrolled in full-time study toward a Master's Degree in Library Science at Louisiana State University School of Library and Information Science.