School of Library and Information Science

LIS Professional Resource Links

There are thousands of useful websites related to the information professions. The following categories are suggestive of the range of sites. Some organizations and individuals have gathered many sites together in efficient forms.

Associations and Organizations

American Association of School Librarians
American Library Association
American Society for Indexers
American Society for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T)
Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE)
Association of College and Research Libraries
Association of Research Libraries
Directory of Associations and Organizations
International Federation of Library Associations
International Standard Book Number (ISBN) Information
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN) International Centre
Library and Information Technology Association (LITA)
OCLC Worldwide Library Cooperative
Society of American Archivists
Special Libraries Association
Texas Library Association

Cataloging Resources

AACR2 Abbreviation and US Postal Codes
AACR2 Abbreviations for Certain Countries' Names
Cataloging Internet Resources
Dewey Decimal Classification
Cataloger's Reference Shelf
LC Cutter Table
Library of Congress Classification System
MARC Code Lists
OCLC Bibliographic Formats

Conference Information

American Association of Law Libraries (AALL)
American Library Association Conferences (ALA)
American Society of Indexers Conferences (ASI)
American Society for Information Science Conferences (ASIST)
Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE)
International Federation of Library Associations
Medical Library Association (MLA)
Special Library Association Conferences (SLA)

Library-Related Resources

Employment Resources
Internet Libraries for Librarians
Library Schools in the United States and Canada
LibWeb
Lyrasis
School Libraries on the Web

Online Journals

Against The Grain
The Ariadne Newsletter
AUTOCAT
Biblio Tech Review
BookList
Cataloging & Classification Quarterly
Current Cites
D-lib Magazine
Digital Librarian
Issues in Science & Technology Librarianship
Library Journal
Library Quarterly

National Libraries

British Library
Library of Congress
National Library of Australia
National Agricultural Library
Library and Archives Canada
National Library of Medicine
National Library of Spain

Public Libraries

Public Libraries in the United States

Student Associations and Organizations

LISSA
Alumni - Beta Phi Mu

Vendors and Publishers

ALA Editions
Amazon
Barnes and Noble
EBSCO Information Services
AcqWeb's Directory of Publishers and Vendors
Library Video Company
Music Books Plus
OCLC
Publishers' Catalogues
ReadMore
SilverPlatter
SIRSI
UMI Home Page
WWW Virtual Library

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