CURRENT LIBRARY NEWS and LIBRARY INFORMATION
  Association of College & Research Libraries ACRLog - Information Today, Inc.
Library Journal - LibWorm - LISNews - LISZEN LIS Search Engine - ResearchBuzz
ResourceShelf - Scout Report - The Library Quarterly - Weblogs LISWiki: Library Stuff

ACADEMIC EDUCATION LEARNING RESOURCES: EDUCATORS
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.
* AccessMyLibrary - Promoting Library Advocacy
  News, research and information that libraries trust; free access to
  millions of articles from top publications available through your library.
* Alphabetic History of Civilization: Ancient and Modern Genealogies
  Cultural, religious and family tradition, (their stated facts and viewpoints),
  are surveyed within given ancient contexts of primary and secondary
  record sources, as handed down for the benefit of our modern generation.
  Modern claims of genealogical attachment to biblical records are noted,
  with remarks.
  - Family Chronicle - History of Genealogy
* Books - Publications: Genealogical Materials
  Genealogy and family history products and services
  needed for the preparation, publication, distribution
  of compiled records and related family materials.
* Guide to Reference: Guide to Reference
  Selective guide to the best reference sources,
  organized by academic discipline.
* ipl2: Information You Can Trust: Members and Membership Information
  Public service organization and a learning/teaching environment.
  - ipl2 Genealogy Pathfinder
  - ipl2 Resources by Subject 
* 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.

ASSOCIATIONS (MULTINATIONAL - REGIONAL - SPECIALTY): Librarian
* American Library Association: American Library Association - Library Fact Sheets
  - ALA Publications & Products: American Libraries Magazine (AL Direct)
  - Best Free Reference Web Sites Combined Index
    - Annual List: 2010
    - Google™ Search: Best Free Reference Web Sites
  - Guidelines for Cooperative Reference Services
  - Genealogy: Genealogical Research
    - Guidelines for a Unit or Course of Instruction
      Genealogical research at schools of library and information science.
    - Guidelines for Developing Beginning Genealogical Collections and Services
    - Guidelines for Editors of Historical and Genealogical Bulletins and Family Newsletters
    - Guidelines for Establishing Local History Collections
    - Guidelines for Preservation, Conservation, and Restoration
      Local history and local genealogical materials.
  - Guidelines for Writing Local Library Histories
    - American Library History Bibliography
      - Library History Bibliographies
      - Links of Interest
  - Links to Library Web Resources
  - RUSABlog
    Official Blog of ALA’s Reference
    and User Services Division.
* Association of Research Libraries
  Non-profit membership organization
  consisting of key research libraries.
* International Coalition of Library Consortia - ICOLC
  Facilitates discussion among consortia on issues of common interest.
* International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions
  - Genealogy and Local History Section: Archive
  - Serving the Genealogical & Historical Research Communities (pdf)
    Overview of records access and data privacy issues.
* 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.
* 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.
* Gale - Power to the User
  K12: Market Your Library.
* Interlibrary Loan
  Obtain material not available in user's local library.
  - Interlibrary Loans
    United States, Canada and international interlibrary borrowing.
* 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.
* Online Programming for All Libraries (OPAL)
  OPAL is an international collaborative effort
  by libraries and other organizations to provide
  web-based programs and training for library
  users and library staff members.
  - Online Programming for All Libraries: Events and Programs
    - Archive of History and Genealogy Programs

ONLINE COMPUTER LIBRARY CENTER: OCLC: Online Computer Library Center
Computer network and services link thousands of libraries worldwide.
* Global Library Statistics
  These statistics that represent the total global library universe include data,
  if available, for the total number of libraries, librarians, volumes, expenditures,
  and users for every country and territory in the world broken down into the major
  library types: academic, public, school, special and national.  It is important to
  remember that these figures do not represent OCLC membership.  The statistics
  also include available data for languages used, and the number of library schools,
  publishers, and museums.  The three regions represent those used by the OCLC
  Global and Regional Councils: the Americas (North and South America), EMEA
  (Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and India), and Asia Pacific (Asia, Australia and Oceania).
* Interlibrary Loan Services
  Borrow books or receive photocopies
  of documents owned by another library.
* OCLC Abstracts
  Current and past versions of OCLC Abstracts.
* 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 WorldCat.org
    interface, to find and evaluate materials, browse
    available collections and perform research.
* WorldCat®
  Over 1.5 billion items, from more
  than 10,000 libraries worldwide.
  - FirstSearch®: Online Reference
    - FirstSearch® Databases in Detail
    - FirstSearch® Glossary
  - WorldCat® for Genealogy
    - Tutorial - How to research genealogy with WorldCat® via FirstSearch®
      - Genealogy and Family History Internet Web Directory
        Subjects: Genealogy -- Computer Network Resources -- Directories.
        Genealogy -- Internet Resources. - Genealogy -- Databases -- Directories.
  - WorldCat® Registry
    Web-based directory of libraries.  Registry profiles contain
    details about the physical and electronic location of institutions,
    the relationships between them and the services they provide.

PROFESSIONAL INTERNET RESOURCES: libSite.org
Information Science - Library Science
Portal:Library & Information Science - Topic Outline of Library Science
* ABC-CLIO
  Publisher of reference, contemporary thought
  and professional development content.  Helps
  students, educators, librarians and general readers.
  - Big6 Workshop Handbook
    Today's students need information literacy skills
    more that ever before.  While essential skills did
    include reading, writing, and arithmetic, there is
    now an essential fourth "R"--Research. "Research"
    means "information literacy".
  - Related Sites
    - ARBAOnline
      Quality reviews of electronic
      and print reference works.
    - Book Companion Sites
    - Children's Magazine Guide
      Subject index for elementary
      and middle school students.
    - Library Media Connection
      Magazine for school library media
      and technology specialists.
    - ODLIS
      Online Dictionary for Library and Information Science.
    - Reader's Advisor Online
      Tool for reader's advisor practitioners.
    - School Library Monthly
      K-12 school librarians collaborating with teachers.
    - Teacher Ideas Press
      Books written by educators for educators.
* AcqWeb
  Acquisitions and collection development links.
* Awesome Library - Education Directory for Librarians
  Provides useful resources that have been reviewed
  and found to meet standards representing high quality.
* 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: AIC - Resource Center
  CoOL is 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.
* DE GRUYTER - Library & Information Science
  World guide to library, archive and information science education.
* Digital Library of Information Science & Technology (DLIST)
  Cross-institutional, subject-based, open access digital archive
  for the Information Sciences, including Archives and Records
  Management, Library and Information Science, Information Systems,
  Museum Informatics, and other critical information infrastructures.
* EBSCO Information Services and EBSCO Publishing
  Consultative services and cutting-edge technology for managing
  and accessing quality content, including print and e-journals,
  e-packages, research databases, e-books, etc.
  - Complete Discovery Solution | EBSCOhost
  - EBSCO A-to-Z®
  - Electronic and Print Subscription Management
  - Electronic Book Collections
  - LinkSource®
  - Services for E-journal Package Management
* Emerald | Collection Building
  - Tracing Their Roots
    Genealogical sources for Chinese immigrants to the United States.
* Gale - Cengage Learning: Site Map
  Delivers highly-customized learning solutions for colleges,
  universities, instructors, students, libraries, government
  agencies, corporations and professionals around the world.
* Information and Library Science | University Libraries
  Databases. electronic resources and research guides.
* International Standard Book Number: ISBN Database
  Database of books in different languages
  providing on-line and remote research tools.
  - FamilySearch Wiki:Book Sources - FamilySearch Wiki
    Links to catalogs of libraries, booksellers, and other
    book sources where you will be able to search for
    the book with ISBN MAGICNUMBER.
  - ISBN Tools
  - U.S. ISBN Application Process
  - WorldCat Web Service: API
    xISBN [OCLC - WorldCat Affiliate tools].
* Internet Library for Librarians
  Portal designed for librarians to locate
  Internet resources related to their profession.
* Library and Information Science
  Library of Congress (Virtual Programs
  & Services) guide to online resources.
* Library & Information Science Guide
  Nanyang Technological University Library.
* Library Information Services [refdesk.com]
  - Alpha List of Useful Reference Sites - UT Library Online
  - Quick Reference / Research [refdesk.com]
  - Reference Shelves on the Internet [refdesk.com]
  - Teaching Librarian
    - Digital Reference or Virtual Reference - LISWiki
* Library Resource Guide
  Directory of library  services and suppliers.
  - LibraryWorks: LYP Online
    Purchasing and yellow pages directories
    for library and information professionals.
* Library Success: A Best Practices Wiki
  One-stop shop for great ideas and information
  for all types of librarians, all over the world.
* LibrarySupportStaff.com
  This website is about access; or, finding and accessing
  those "links" that will benefit, educate and illuminate.
* Library Technology Guides and D-Lib Magazine
  Key resources and content related to library automation.
  - Analytic Cataloging of Genealogical and Local History Material
  - Cataloging Resources -- Harvard College Library Technical Services
  - Cataloguer's Toolbox
  - LITA: ALA | ITAL: Information Technology and Libraries
* LOCKSS
  Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe, based at Stanford University Libraries,
  is an international community initiative that provides libraries with digital
  preservation tools and support so that they can easily and inexpensively
  collect and preserve their own copies of authorized e-content.
* Multimedia Librarian - a Wikia wiki
  Forum for collecting resources relevant to the library and information science
  profession as it relates to audio-visual materials.  These include, but are not
  limited to, digital media (Web-delivered formats, DVDs, CDs, etc.), and
  instructional technologies comprised of more than solely print content.
* 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
  - Multilingual Glossary for Art Librarians (Art Libraries Section | IFLA)
* PUBLIB Electronic Discussion List
  List for public librarians and those
  interested in public libraries.
* ResearchGuide
  Open-source software application that helps
  librarians make subject guides and information
  pages about themselves using web forms.
* Web4Lib
  Web systems in
  libraries mailing list.
* WebJunction: Site Map
  Where librarians and library
  staff connect, create and learn.
  - History & Genealogy: Genealogy
    Material dealing with history and
    genealogy in the United States.
* World list of Schools and Departments of Information Science
  Information science, management and related disciplines.
  - Library of the Royal School of Library and Information Science
    Guider to other LIS schools worldwide.
  - Danmarks Biblioteksskoles Bibliotek - BDI Vejviser
    (Organisationer, institutioner og virksomheder):
    The Internet Directory Guides to general and LIS relevant
    Internet resources, with focus primarily on LIS resources.

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