The organization is governed by its National Council, which is chaired by the president and based at the National Office in Wellington. In addition to the national association, the LIANZA community includes eleven SIGs and six Regional Councils, as well as affiliations with the New Zealand Law Librarians Association (NZLLA), School Librarians Association of New Zealand Aotearoa (SLANZA), Te Rōpū Whakahau (a national organization for Maori librarians and information specialists founded as a LIANZA special interest group in 1992 and which became an independent organization in 1996), and the New Zealand Branch of the International Association of Music Libraries.