24 Hour Museum

abebooks.com
A commercial network of nearly 9000 independent booksellers, abebooks.com is an excellent source for those users looking for out-of-print, rare, or used books. With a database that offers over 30 million books, the site provides advanced search capabilities, full e-commerce options, and a user-friendly interface. abelibrary.com: The Source for Savvy Librarians
abelibrary.com/
Librarians should also take special interest in this site -- a service tailored specifically to the needs of librarians (requires free registration). Both sites facilitate the sometimes difficult process of locating hard-to-find books.

Accesses to Major English-Language Libraries On-Line

Acetate

• Assessment Guidelines for Managing Cellulose Acetate Collections
  Provides assistance in identification of cellulose acetate (vs. other similar materials) and establishes criteria to assess condition, cultural importance, and use within the library or storage context. The document guides readers through the first step in a strategy for preserving these collections.
• Storage of Cellulose Acetate Collections: A Preliminary Survey of Issues and Options
  Draws upon recent "literature discussing preservation and storage of cellulose acetate based film" to guide librarians and collection managers in choosing storage options (lower temperatures and humidity slow the deterioration process).

ALIA

ALiNUS

American Library Association

America's Story From America's Library

American Museum of Natural History,The Division of Paleontology at the
A real find for anyone interested in prehistoric life, the American Museum of Natural History's Division of Paleontology site brings the ancient to life. Easily accessible, the site presents numerous materials, from images of the fossil record to artists' representations of the prehistoric world and its wilder inhabitants, the dinosaurs.

Archives in Australia,Directory of

Art History Virtual Library of, World Wide Web
From the WWW Virtual Library a collection of on-line resources to do with art history.

Art Resources on the Web

Artefacts Canada

AskERIC Virtual Library

Association of Australasian International Baccalaureate Librarians (AAIBL)
The AAIBL works to develop a collegiate of IB resource people in the Australasian Pacific region in order to facilitate communication between IB librarians, develop mechanisms to enable interchange of resource material, and identify ways in which the more established IB schools and librarians can assist IB school with developing collections and resource links.

Australia's Councils of Social Service (COSS) - Library
The COSS Library gateway offers access to the COSS Library Catalogue containing all social policy publications held in the COSS library, ABS Documents and journal articles.

Australia's Cultural Network

Australian Journal of Educational Technology
Australian Journals Online

Australia ,National Library of

The Australian Libraries Gateway (ALG)

Australian Literary Resources

Australian Literature Database

Australian Museum Online

Australian Research Library Network (ARLIN)
The aim of the ARLIN project is to develop an academic libraries network to facilitate resource sharing among Australian university libraries, by improving access to electronic resources and facilitating document delivery requests.

Australian School Library Association

AVEL - Australasian Virtual Engineering Library

Babel: A data browser by Simon Biggs
This Website is a site-specific work of art commissioned by a group of UK libraries, Focal Point Gallery, and the Arts Council of England.

Banned Books Week

Beyond Information Gathering

BLPES Pamphlet Collection

British Library Newspaper Library Catalogue
British Library Public Catalogue
Manuscripts Catalogue
National Sound Archive Catalogue (Cadensa)
The British Library's Twenty-ninth Annual Report and Accounts 2001-02
The British Library's Twenty-ninth Annual Report has recently been made available for the Internet community. Highlighting the library's performance and achievements of the year. Also included are the library's performance statistics, advisory and support bodies, and organizational structure.

Books On-line, Listed by Author

BUBL Information Service Web Server (UK)

Building Digital Collections: Technical Information and Background Papers

National Library of Canada, Directory of Special Collections

Canadian Subject Headings (CSH) on the Web
Canadian Agriculture Library
Canadian Aviation Museum
Canadian Museum of Civilization
Canadian Museum of Nature
Canadian Science and Technology Museum

Canadian Heritage Information Network: Creating and Managing Digital Content
The site now offers a section entitled Creating and Managing Digital Content, which, among other things, gives information on the planning and implementation of digitization projects.

CARL Web (Colorado Association of Research Libraries Web)
The CARL UNCOVER database which is part of CARL Web, offers you the latest citations in every subject area including education, from a vast range of academic and professional journals. You can search CARL by keyword, however, be aware that the information returned is only title and citation. Because CARL does the minimum indexing and no abstracting, the citations are very current, but minimal. It is still, however, a very useful research resource.

CathLINK Australia - Catholic Library and Information Network Australia

CHILDE - Children's Historical Literature Disseminated throughout Europe
At this Website, the CHILDE project presents well over 1,000 images from children's books from six collections in England, Ireland, the Netherlands, and Germany. Most of the books were published before 1890.

Citing Internet Addresses A how-to guide for referencing on-line sources in student bibliographies.

City Space A virtual environment built by kids

ClassicBookshelf.com

The Collaborative Digital Reference Service (CDRS) -- LOC
The CDRS provides professional "library to library" reference service to researchers any time, anywhere, through an international network of libraries and related institutions. Cooperative Partners include the Library of Congress, OCLC, Reference and Users Services Association of the American Libraries Association, Library Systems and Services (LSSI), and Virtual Reference Desk (VRD) with over 100 participating member libraries.

The Corporate Library

Council of Australian State Libraries (CASL)
The Council is the peak body representing State and Territory libraries and the National Library throughout Australia.

Council of Australian University Librarians (CAUL)

Cunningham Library - ACER

Curtis Botanical Magazine : Botanical Illustration and Descriptions

CUSI (configurable unified search index)
You can search a number of databases directly from this page.

D-lib Forum

Managing the Digital Future of Libraries: Proceedings
Moving Theory into Practice: Digital Imaging Tutorial
Preservation Management of Digital Materials
Digitisation Forum Online
Directory of Digitized Collections

Digital Asia Library
The Digital Asia Library (DAL), a joint offering from The Ohio State University Libraries, the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Libraries, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries, consists of a catalog of Internet resources related to Asian studies.

Digital Librarian

Digital Library of Georgia
Part of the University of Georgia Libraries, the Digital Library of Georgia works with state libraries, museums, and archives to provide online access to state and regional historical and cultural materials.

Digital-Preservation Announcement and Information List

Dime Novels and Penny Dreadfuls

Directory of Electronic Health Sciences Journals

Documents in Information Science

EdNA Online's 'Electronic Publications and Journals' Category

Education Network Australia (EdNA) EdNA is the national educational network and offers collections of resources, community and training information, school and tertiary education links as well as resources and links to organisations.

The Dwight D. Eisenhower Library and Museum
The Dwight D. Eisenhower Library and Museum Web site presents a host of materials relating the life and accomplishments of the late President Dwight D. Eisenhower.

EINet Galaxy
A huge database of information collected from the Internet and added to by the folks at EINet. There is a subject-oriented index and you can also query the database by keyword.

E-Library of Literature
E-Library of Literature, a part of the Arts and Letters Web site, contains a modest selection of e-book essays, poetry, dramas, and translations. Selections are arranged in seven categories --- English, French, Portuguese, Romanian, Serbo-Croatian, Spanish, and Multi-languages --- and primarily pertain to literary criticism and theory. Available in either Adobe Acrobat (.pdf), or html formats, the materials on this site would be of value to certain literature students, educators, and/or researchers.

Electronic Journal Access

Encyclopedia of Music in Canada -- National Library of Canada
The Encyclopedia of Music in Canada offers instant access to a complete reference of everything musical in Canada.

Epact: Scientific Instruments of Medieval and Renaissance Europe

ERIC Database On-line
The ERIC database is the main journal index in education. Search results are by abstract and citation. HINT! Don't use education as one of your keywords

Europe's National Libraries, Treasures from

Exploratorium Home Page
(A "hands on" science museum in San Francisco)

EXPO: a starting point for hypermedia expositions on the Internet

FictionDB
This site contains a searchable database of authors and titles of romance, western and mystery fiction. Also included are reviews, links to authors' websites, pseudonym directories, information on spin-off titles and much more.

Foster Business Library: Business Resources on the Web

French-Canadian Libraries

The Franklin Institute

Sigmund Freud Museum
The father of psychoanalysis receives an excellent and authoritative treatment about his life and activities at this Web site, sponsored by the Sigmund Freud Museum that is located in Vienna.

Gabriel: Gateway to Europe's National Libraries
Covering 41 European national libraries from the 39 countries represented in the Conference of European National Librarians (CENL), Gabriel offers information on their services, online exhibitions, and printed and electronic collections, as well as instructions on how to gain access to their online catalogues and services.

GALILEO - Georgia Library Learning Online
Gems and Minerals

Guide to Museums and Other Cultural Resources (University of Southern California)

Hazards and Risks Virtual Library

The State Hermitage Museum

H-HistBibl: Study & Practice of History Librarianship

Historic Government Publications from World War II - a Digital Library
This site from Southern Methodist University (SMU) features American government documents from World War II.

The Hockliffe Project

Honolulu Community College dinosaur exhibit

IASL - School Libraries Online

International Association of Technological University Libraries (IATUL)
IATUL Down Under - Virtual Libraries, Virtual Communities

Icon Browser

Icon Collection
A collection icons including the extensive AIcons collection.

IFLA -International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions

IMAGES 1

Impact on New Technologies on the Role of Teacher-librarians

Imperial War Museum
Online Exhibitions

INFOKOORI - An Index to Australian Indigenous Information

Integrated Library System Reports
This electronic newsletter maintained by an information management firm specializing in information management and integrated library systems services. The newsletter has been designed to assist information professionals by providing up-to-date reference database, and track new industry developments and trends.

The Internet Archive - Building an 'Internet Library'
Compare the Web Over Six Years! This non-profit site, developed collaboratively by a number of institutions including  the Library of Congress and the Smithsonian, has a stored archive of the entire Internet from 1996. The site provides free access to researchers, historians, scholars, and the general public. The aim of the project is to prevent the Internet and other "born-digital" materials from disappearing into the past.

Internet Library for Librarians
An information resource site for librarians and library support staff.

Internet Public Library Online Literary Criticism Collection

Internet Public Library - Services For Librarians
Internet Public Library (IPL) - Youth Division
This section of the IPL contains resources specific to young people, their parents and teachers.

International Children's Digital Library (ICDL)
A 5-year research project to develop innovative software and a collection of books that specifically addresses the needs of children as readers. Interdisciplinary researchers from computer science, library studies, education, art, and psychology are working together with children to design this new library.

Inter-Links
Internet navigator, resource locator, and tutorial

Israel National Museum of Science

 

Kinetica

Kilmartin House Trust

Kiosk: Journal of Geo-Politics

Kyoto National Museum

Law Library of Congress Home Page
The largest legal library in the world, the Law Library was established in 1832 as a separate branch of the Library of Congress, serving as the library of record and official repository of the Congress of the United States. Both historically and practically valuable, the Law Library site offers information on the library's vast holdings and a wealth of information about the great edifice constructed to house them.

Law Library Resource Exchange (LLRX)

Legal Information Access Centre (LIAC)

The London Science Museum

Librarian's guide to the best information on the Net

Library and Archival Exhibitions on the Web -- Smithsonian Institution Libraries

Library of Congress

Library of Congress Authorities
A handy tool for librarians, Library of Congress (LC) Authorities is a new feature that allows users the opportunity to better access LC authority data via the Internet.

Library of Congress Finding Aids

Library of Congress World Wide Web Home Page

Library Journal Digital (LJDigital)

Library-Related Electronic Serials and Discussion Lists

LUII: Library User Interface Issues

Internet Public Library

Libdex

Libraries and the E-Learning Agenda - a Role to Play?
Written by Maureen Sullivan, Steve Fisher and Kay Gardner of North Point Institute of TAFE, this paper describes the role of librarians as part of the institute's online learning program.

Library Information Servers via WWW

Library Resources on the Internet

LIBRO: The Library of Iberian Resources Online

LibrarySpot.com

SJCPL's List of Public Libraries with Gopher/WWW Services

Library Studies Subject Springboards

Yahoo Libraries Section

ListNews

MagPortal

Managing Information
Managing Information is published online and in print by ASLIB (The Association for Information Management). The online version is augmented with a news service divided in areas of interest, such as intellectual property, knowledge management, data protection, and freedom of information. Access to the current issue is available by subscription.

MARLC - Melbourne Asian Research Libraries Consortium

Matthew Flinders Electronic Archive
The Matthew Flinders electronic archive is intended as the companion site to the exhibition curated by the State Library of NSW. It presents a digitised collection of manuscripts, transcripts, maps and artefacts belonging to Matthew Flinders and held at the Library.

Medieval Music Database,La Trobe University Library

Military Education and Research Library Network (MERLN)

Montreal Museum of Fine Arts

Moreover - Top Stories

The Moscow Manifesto

Museums and the Web 2001 Homepage

Museum of Natural History, History at the

Museums and Exhibits

Museumjobs.com

MuseumSpot.com

The Museum of Musical Instruments

 

National Archives of Australia

National Archives of Canada

The National Agricultural Library

National Air and Space Museum

National Libraries

• Biblioteca Nacional - The National Library of Spain.
• Biblioteca Nacional de la República Argentina
• Bibliothèque Nationale de France
• British Library
  The British Library: Turning the Pages
  The online exhibits and digitization projects of the British Library are some of the finest in the world, and the Turning the Pages exhibit may be one of their best thus far.
  
• National Library of Australia
• Koninklijke Bibliotheek - the National Library of the Netherlands
• Kungliga Biblioteket - National Library of Sweden.
• National Library of Canada
  • The Role of the National Archives of Canada and the National Library of Canada
    
• Milli Kutuphane - National Library of Turkey
• National Library of Latvia
• National Library of Scotland - services and collections.
• National Library of the Czech Republic
• National Library of Wales - Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru
• Nordic Libraries: Information Servers
• Perpustakaan Negara Malaysia - the National Library of Malaysia.
• Royal Library / Bibliotheque Royale / Koninklijke Bibliotheek National Library of Belgium
• Russian State Library Information Project
  
• Schweizerische Landesbibliothek - National Library of Switzerland.

 

National Museum of American Indian studies

National Museum of Chinese History

National Museum of Women in the Arts

NetLibrary

Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD)

NewPages - Alternatives in Print and Media

The New Zealand Digital Library

NISS Information Gateway (UK)

Northern Territory Library Cyclone Tracy Website

NSW State Library

OAIster
OAIster is a Mellon-funded project of the University of Michigan Digital Library Production Services. The goal of the project is to create a wide-ranging collection of free, useful, previously difficult-to-access digital resources that are easily searchable by anyone.

OCLC Online Computer Library Center

On-Line Books Page

Online Digital Special Collections -- DOT
The US Department of Transportation (DOT) offers this Website giving access to digitized versions of a number of their special collections, such as Civil Aeronautic Manuals, Civil Air Regulations, Superseded Advisory Circulars, Historical Aircraft Accident Reports (1934-1965), FAA and CAA Research Reports, and more

Online museums at YAHOO

Online Technologies for Library and Information Services

Our Digital Island

Overland Express
Overland Express is an online literary journal published twice a year. It publishes fiction, poetry and multimedia. Prose and fiction can also be downloaded as pdf documents. Readings by the authors are presented in RealAudio.

Oxford University, Early Manuscripts at

Parliamentary Library

Perseus New Greek Coin Collection at

Periodicals.net

Petersburg Public Library - Newspaper Index

Photography on the Web

Pinakes

Planning Digital Projects for Historical Collections

Poe, The Works of Edgar Allen
In this site, visitors will see complete text versions of almost all of Mr. Poe's poems and short stories.

Pooh on the Web
Good site to introduce small children to Winnie the Pool. An interactive map lets kids explore 20 different domains frequented by Pooh characters.

Professional Organizations in the Information Sciences

Public Health Image Library
An extensive collection of still images, image sets, and multimedia files related to public health. Created by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the site offers a universal electronic gateway to CDC's pictures.

Public Libraries Automated Information Network (PLAIN)

Publisher's Catalogues

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QldWeb Quiz 2000

Question Point
The service will provide library patrons with access to reference librarians worldwide, by referring questions submitted through a library Web site to librarians who can offer help. Libraries that subscribe to QuestionPoint can choose either or both of two levels of service. The first works with a library's own staff or that of regional consortia to route questions. The other level of service sends questions through the Global Reference Network, an international group of libraries.

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RABooks -- Oriental Institute

George Raper Collection - National Library of Australia

Register of Australian Archives and Manuscripts (RAAM)

References

Register of Australian Archives and Manuscripts (RAAM)

The Researching Librarian

Royal Ontario Museum

Saganet
The National and University Library of Iceland has partnered with Cornell University to bring Saganet to the Web. This impressive digitization project will feature 380,000 manuscript pages and 145,000 printed pages of Old Icelandic literature and critical works published before 1900.

Samuel F.B. Morse Papers
The latest release from the Library of Congress' American Memory site is the Samuel F.B. Morse papers. The online collection is comprised of 50,000 digital images (available in two resolutions), 6,500 items, searchable (by keyword) and browseable (by series). The holdings span diaries, drawings, clippings, correspondence, maps, and more.

Scholarly Work in the Humanities and the Evolving Information Environment [.pdf]
Viewable online or as a downloadable Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) file, the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) report "Scholarly Work in the Humanities and the Evolving Information Environment" is essential reading for anyone involved with or interested in academic librarianship as it moves forward into a more fully automated era.

The School Library

School Libraries in Australia

Search Systems

Shoalhaven City Library

School Library Association of Victoria (SLAV)

School Librarianship (IASL),International Association of

The Smithsonian Institution
root server for several SI museums.

The Smithsonian Natural History Museum web

Smithsonian Online Collections

Social Progress Web Gallery -- CMC

The South Asian Literary Recordings Project
Undertaken by the Library of Congress' New Delhi Office, this impressive project was designed to create an audio archive of South Asian authors reading their own work in the original language of its publication.

Student Advantage: Academic Research Engine

SunSITE Library SuperSearch

Tate Modern

Tazewell County Public Library - Photograph Collection

Charles H. Templeton Sheet Music Collection
Charles H. Templeton, an alumnus of Mississippi State University and music lover, gave his entire collection of sheet music (some 22,000 titles) to the school's library several years ago, and they have recently begun putting some of the scanned sheet music online.

T.H.E. Journal Online - Technological Horizons in Education

The Textile Museum

TheseNet

UK Higher Education & Research Libraries

UNESCO Library Portal

UK Office of Library and Information Networking

US Internet Government Periodicals

U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM) Hyper-Doc

The University of California Press: Electronic Editions

University of Washington Digital Library Initiatives

Victoria & Albert Museum

Victoria's Virtual Library

Virtual Cultural Library -- UNESCO

Virtual Reference Library (VRL)

Visual Resource Imaging,Guides to Quality in

Volcano World exhibit

Warrior Librarian Weekly
An e-zine for teacher librarians. Contains commentary on issues of concern to information professionals. In an attempt to bring a little humour into the librarian's day, Biblia, the Warrior Librarian brings visitors Librarian's Diversions, Librarianship Journals, Fun Stuff and Controversy Corner.

Wirtz Labor Library -- DOL

WordNet - a Lexical Database for English

WorldCat Top 100 Books in Libraries

World Map with hyperlinks

World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Subject Catalogue

WWW Virtual Library: International Affairs Resources

The WWW Virtual Library museums page

Wright American Fiction (1851-1875)
The Indiana University Digital Library Program recently unveiled this collection of American fiction that attempts to include every novel published in the United States from 1851 to 1875. This collection currently has 1752 texts (1602 unedited, 155 fully edited and encoded) by 845 authors.

 

Yarra-Melbourne Regional Library Corporation