Other Useful Resources

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Useful Collections of Library Related Links

• UK Public Libraries Page- Sheila and Robert Harden's excellent collection of links to all things UK public library related - well worth a visit - includes a list of all UK public libraries with WWW pages.
• The Library Resource List - lists and lists of WWW resources of interest to librarians - very heavily USA biased though.
• Public Libraries on the WWW - a WWW accessible database of public libraries around the world who have WWW pages and/or their catalogues available on the Internet.
• Libweb - Libraries on the WWW - covers academic, public and national libraries.
• Fun Facts From Public Libraries - information from USA public libraries about their annual reports, collection development policies etc.
• The Public Service Librarian's Professional Guide to Internet Resources - another excellent collection of links.
• Library and Information Science Resources - another collection of general links.
• AQCWEB - Collection of resources related to book acquisition issues.
• Library Land - another extensive collection of library related resources.

Library Associations of the World

• The Library Association - the UK library association
• The American Library Association - see what the Americans are up to - this site is always incredibly slow to load no matter what time of day you visit.
• International Federation of Library Associations - a very comprehensive site offering all sorts of interesting information - again very slow to load.
• Hawaii Library Association
• Canadian Library Association
• Australian Library and Information Association
• Scottish Library Association
• Welsh Library Association
• Italian Library Association
• Danish National Library Authority

Other Official Library Related Organisations

• Department of Culture, Media and Sport - several public library related documents are available here.
• Libraries for the Future An American charity that exists to promote libraries - very impressive.

UK Newspapers

• The Times - The Times and Sunday Times are here in all their glory - well worth making the effort to register.
• The Guardian Online - not the whole paper just the weekly Online section.
• The Telegraph - another excellent site.

Children's Resources

• Things for and about Kids.
• Kids and The Internet - a useful set of resources

Miscellaneous Things

• Library Acronyms - over 880 acronyms explained here.

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Content by Sarah Ormes of UKOLN
Last updated on 24-Apr-1998