Asociación_Mexicana_de_Bibliotecarios
The Asociación Mexicana de Bibliotecarios A. C. (AMBAC) is a professional association of librarians in Mexico.[1] It operates from headquarters in Colonia del Valle in the Benito Juarez borough of Mexico City.[2] The organization began in 1924 as the Asociación de Bibliotecarios Mexicanos, reformed in 1954. Two years later AMBAC became legally recognized.[3][nb 1] Presidents of the organization have included Tobías Chávez Lavista, Ario Garza Mercado , Adolfo Rodríguez Gallardo , and Saúl Armendáriz Sánchez. The group runs an annual conference, the Jornadas Mexicanas de Biblioteconomía (est. 1956).