Library Science: Websites

The American Library Association (ALA) is the oldest and largest library association in the world, providing association information, news, events, and advocacy resources for members, librarians, and library users. The ALA Library responds to inquiries from staff and members, plus others interested in, or doing research about, libraries.

This is a directory of all internal & external ALA sites ( e.g. American Association of School Librarians, Association for Library Service to Children, Association of College and Research Libraries, Freedom to Read Foundation, etc )

The New York Library Association (NYLA) is the voice of the library community in New York.

"The Library of Congress is the largest library in the world, with millions of books, recordings, photographs, newspapers, maps and manuscripts in its collections. The Library is the main research arm of the U.S. Congress and the home of the U.S. Copyright Office. - Provided by loc.gov

"OCLC is a global library cooperative that provides shared technology services, original research and community programs for its membership and the library community at large. We are librarians, technologists, researchers, pioneers, leaders and learners. With thousands of library members in more than 100 countries, we come together as OCLC to make information more accessible and more useful." - Provided by OCLC

This page provides links to Internet sites maintained by various professional associations in the library and information sciences.

Stanford University Libraries site emphasizing copyright issues especially relevant to the education and library community.