Library Science Resources List

1.     American Library Association Home Page
The ALA home page provides information on all divisions of the Association. It includes information on conferences, elections, publications, and other ALA activities.

2.     Association for Research Libraries
ARL's web server includes links to its member libraries, information on ARL publications and activities, and library-related statistics.

3.     Berkeley Public Library's Index to the Internet
A good WWW reference guide covering many subject areas that one might research at a public library. The site is maintained by Carole Leita of BPL.

4.     Clearinghouse of Subject-Oriented Internet Resource Guides
The Clearinghouse has a wide collection of guides to Internet resources. Some of these guides are available elsewhere on the Internet, while others have been developed by students at Michigan's library school, and are available here alone. An excellent collection of finding aids.

5.     Computer and Library Survival Guide
A comprehensive resource for information about computers in libraries. Included are policies, instructions, and other guides. If you are setting up computing resources or need help with ones you have, take a look at how Babson College is doing it.

6.     Library of Congress
The LC Web page provides access to a number of LC exhibits, including the American Memory Project, the Vatican Library exhibit, and the Dead Sea Scrolls exhibit. It also has links to the LC's Online Catalog, to the Thomas legislative information server, and to the LC Marvel gopher server.

7.     LIS Schools on the Net
A list of gopher and web sites at schools of library and information science/studies throughout the world. Maintained by ITCS.

8.     LITA/ALA Internet Room Home Page
At every ALA conference for the past 3 years, LITA (the Library & Information Technology Association) has organized and staffed a public-access Internet room for all conference participants. It includes both Windows and Macintosh workstations with direct network connectivity, and allows conference attendees to telnet back to their home systems to check mail, or to "surf the net" with a variety of Internet software programs. The home page is used as a navigational aid in the room, and has links to a wide variety of Internet training and exploration resources.

9.     Online Catalogs with 'Webbed' Interfaces
Looking for libraries that have their OPACs (online public access catalogs) on the Web? This page lists such sites by name and type of availability.

10. U.S. Copyright Issues Home Page
In today's library, copyright issues are involved in almost everything we do. The Copyright Office at the Library of Congress maintains this valuable page with links to copyright forms, circulars, and related information.