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Academic Education Learning Resources
Provides quality education and learning resources for educators, faculty, staff,
teachers, students, parents and research specialists.  Scholarly genealogy
networking by age, ancestry, breed, creation, descent, education, engendering,
epoch, era, family, formation, generation, lineage, parentage, pedigree, period,
procreation, production, profession, progeniture, reproduction, span, stock
and time frame.
* Books - Publications: Genealogical Materials
  Genealogy and family history products and services needed for the preparation,
  publication, distribution of compiled records and related family materials.
* History of Genealogy
  Dissemination and Preservation of Genealogy.
* Librarians Serving Genealogists and genealib Mailing List
  Exchange of ideas, genealogy education, sharing thoughts,
  trading materials, discussing problems and more.
* Schools, Colleges, Universities, Alumni and Genealogy Education
  Worldwide comprehensive resource of educational institutions, past and present
  students, alumni, associations, faculty, friends and military personnel.

American Library Directory
Profiles for more than 35,000 public, academic, special and government
libraries, and library-related organizations in the United States, and Canada
— including addresses, phone and fax numbers, and e-mail addresses, network
participation, expenditures, holdings and special collections, key personnel,
special services, and more — over 40 categories of library information in all.
Free registered users can view physical address information only.

Associations (Multinational - Regional - Specialty):
* American Library Association: American Libraries Online
  - THE GENEALOGIST'S HANDBOOK
    Modern Methods for Researching Family History, by Raymond S. Wright III,
    is an excellent reference book that is sponsored by the American Library
    Association, Chicago and London, 1995.
  - ALA | Guidelines for Cooperative Reference Services:
    - ALA | Best Free Reference Web Sites Combined Index
      - Best Free Reference: Google™ Search
    - ALA | Genealogical Research:
      - ALA | Guidelines for a Unit or Course of Instruction
        Genealogical research at schools of library and information science.
      - ALA | Guidelines for Developing Beginning Genealogical Collections and Services
      - ALA | Guidelines for Editors of Historical and Genealogical Bulletins and Family Newsletters
      - ALA | Guidelines for Establishing Local History Collections
      - ALA | Guidelines for Preservation, Conservation, and Restoration
        Local history and local genealogical materials.
    - ALA | Guidelines for Writing Local Library Histories
      - ALA | American Library History Bibliography
        - ALA | Library History Bibliographies
        - ALA | Links
    - ALA | Periodicals published by the ALA
* Association of Research Libraries
  Non-profit membership organization of research libraries.
* International Coalition of Library Consortia - ICOLC
* International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions
  - Genealogy and Local History Section
* List of Library Associations (Worldwide)

Libraries and Museums
Reference Shelf for The Genealogist and Family Historian:
Information for the amateur to professional researcher, including the
Library of Congress, Harvard, public, private, college, local, university,
international, worldwide library links and classification systems.
* Gale:- Free Resources - Market Your Library
* Interlibrary Loan Codes: Interlibrary Loan
  Obtain material not available in the user's local library.
  - Interlibrary Loans - U.S. and Canada
  - International Interlibrary Borrowing
* The Library History Buff
  Includes Library History", "Librariana" (the collecting of library memorabilia and
  artifacts) and "Postal Librariana" (collecting of postal artifacts related to libraries).
* Links to Methods on the Study of Library History
  International efforts to preserve, collect, organize,
  and produce historical information about libraries.
* Reference Shelves on the Internet [refdesk.com]

Online Computer Library Center: OCLC: Online Computer Library Center
Computer network and services link thousands of libraries worldwide.
* Interlibrary Loan Services
* Web Scale Discovery and Delivery of OCLC - WorldCat®
  - Partnerships with key search engines such as Google™,
    Yahoo!® and Windows Live Search.
  - Toolset functionality embedded in the WorldCat.org interface,
    to find and evaluate materials, browse collections and perform research.
* WorldCat®
  Over 1 billion items, from more than 60,000 libraries worldwide.
  - FirstSearch®: Online Reference
    - FirstSearch® Databases in Detail
    - FirstSearch® Glossary
  - WorldCat® for Genealogy
    - Tutorial - How to research genealogy with WorldCat® via FirstSearch®
      - Genealogy & Family History Internet Web Directory [WorldCat.org]
        Subjects: Genealogy -- Computer Network Resources -- Directories.
        Genealogy -- Internet Resources. - Genealogy -- Databases -- Directories.

Professional Internet Resources: libSite.org
Library Science - Portal:Library and Information Science
* AcqWeb
  Acquisitions and collection development links.
* Awesome Library - Education Directory for Librarians
* Best Information on the Net - Resources for Librarians
* BCK2SKOL Lessons
  Class on the net for librarians with little or no net experience.
* BUBL LINK Catalogue of Internet Resources
  [020] Library and information sciences.
* citationonline.net
  Citation bibliographic and research note software
  and libraries and online databases on the Internet.
* Conservation OnLine
  Stanford University Libraries has a full text library of conservation
  information, covering a wide spectrum of topics of interest to those
  involved with the conservation of library, archives and museum materials.
* DeskRef: Sources for Quick Answers and Quick Reference / Research [refdesk.com]
* DLIST: Digital Library of Information Science and Technology
* EBSCO Publishing
  Integrated service that combines reference databases, subscription management,
  online journals, books, linking services and A-to-Z solutions.
* Information and Library Science
* Internet Library for Librarians
  Portal designed for librarians to locate Internet resources related to their profession.
* ISBN Database: International Standard Book Number
  Database of books in different languages providing on-line and remote research tools.
  - ISBN Application Process
  - ISBN Tools
  - xISBN
  - WorldCat® Web service: xISBN [OCLC - WorldCat® Affiliate tools]: API
* Libraries Unlimited: Library Resource Links
  Quality publications for LIS students and faculty, practicing librarians,
  media specialists, and teachers.
* Library Information Services [refdesk.com]
* Library Resource Guide
  Directory of library services and suppliers.
  - Library Buyer's Guide
    Purchasing directory for library and information professionals.
* Library Success: A Best Practices Wiki
* LibrarySupportStaff.com
* Library Technology Guides and D-Lib Magazine
  Key resources and content related to library automation.
  - Analytic cataloging of genealogical and local history material (cache)
  - Cataloging Resources -- Harvard College Library Technical Services
  - Cataloguer's Toolbox
* LIS Schools on the Net
* Multimedia Librarian - a Wikia wiki
* ODLIS: Online Dictionary for Library and Information Science
  Designed as a hypertext reference resource for library and information science
  professionals, university students and faculty, and users of all types of libraries.
  The primary criterion for including a term is whether a librarian or other
  information professional might reasonably be expected to know its meaning
  in the course of his or her work.
  - A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
  - Bibliotheks-Glossar / Library Glossary
  - English - Spanish Dictionary with IFLA Glossary
* PUBLIB Electronic Discussion List
* ResearchGuide
  Open-source software application that helps librarians make subject guides
  and information pages about themselves using web forms.
* Thomson Gale Databases and EBSCO Publishing
  Database resources available in most major library centers.
* TLC: Solutions that Deliver
  - CARL Web information management and public library systems customers.
* Web4Lib
  Web systems in libraries mailing list.
* WebJunction
  Online community where library staff meet to share ideas,
  solve problems, take online courses - and have fun.

Professional Library Sources
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