See Also: Librariana

Archives Hub - A national gateway to descriptions of archives in UK universities and colleges.

Association des bibliothecaires français

Les bibliothèques sur Internet

en France

dans le monde

Association des Directers de Bibliotheques Departmentals de Pret.

Association of International Librarians and Information Specialists (AILIS) - Links to libraries and professional organizations.

Association of Research Libraries (ARL) - Has a list of member libraries

Associazione italiana biblioteche (AIB) - The Italian Library Association provides links to Library Resources in Italy including:

University Libraries

Italian Internet library catalogues (OPACs)

Special Libraries

Government Libraries

Australian Libraries Gateway - National Library of Australia. Has a Find a Library database and links to Online Exhibitions.

Belgian Library Catalogues

Bibliographieren weltweit - Links to libraries around the world, organized alphabetically by country. FernUniversität in Hagen.

Biblioteche Europee - Sistema Bibliotecario del Politecnico di Torino. Links to libraries worldwide.

Bibliotheken in Europa

Bibliographischer Werkzeugkasten: Bibliotheks-OPACS - Hans-Dieter Hartges. See also Bibliotheks-OPACs und Informationsseiten in Deutschland.

Bibliothèques médicales francophones - Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Rouen

Les Bibliothèques Publiques - Régions de Québec et Chaudières- Appalaches

BIBSYS - Norwegian University Libraries catalog. Links to participating libraries are provided.

British Association of Picture Libraires and Agencies - “UK trade association for picture libraries and the largest organisation of its kind in the world.” Has a members list. The Image Search option does not locate actual images, but rather libraries and companies which have picture collections.

BUBL LINK 5:15 Catalogue of Internet Resources: Library Catalogues Worldwide

Canadian Library Index - Peter Scott, Northern Lights Internet Solutions

Canadian Library Web Sites - National Library of Canada.

Catalogue Collectif de France - “Description détaillée de bibliothèques françaises de tous types et de toutes tailles, soit plus de 3 900 établissements, ainsi que la description de leurs fonds spécifiques...Le catalogue des fonds des bibliothèques municipales rétroconvertis permet de localiser plus de 2 millions de documents conservés dans les plus importantes bibliothèques municipales.”

Catalogue commun des Bibliotheques des Services Publics Federaux - Belgium

Consortium of European Research Libraries (CERL) - With member list.

Consortium of University Research Libraries (CURL) - Group of research libraries in the British Isles, whose COPAC provides "unified access to the online catalogues of some of the largest university research libraries in the UK and Ireland," includes a list of members.

Depository Library Web Sites - Depository Services Program, Government of Canada

Deutsche Bibliotheken Online - German Libraries Online. Comprehensive listing of German libraries and their OPACs. Also available in English. (Klaus Schmitz)

Digital Library for International Research (DLIR) - Created by the Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC), an organization with 19 participating libraries. There is online access to the library catalogue.

Directorio de consultores, recursos, y sitios de Internet relacionados con bibliotecas mexicanas - Bilingual directory to Mexican libraries and librarianship compiled by librarian William S. Abrams. This PDF document has 146 pages with a hyperlinked index and nearly 1,400 links.

Directory of Belgian libraries and documentation centers - National Centre for Scientific and Technical Documentation.

Directory of Electronic Text Centers - Center for Electronic Texts in the Humanities (CETH)

Directory of History of Medicine Collections - Database contains location and descriptive information about a wide variety of health and biomedical resources. Provided by the History of Medicine Division of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

Directory of New York State Library Systems and Members

Directory of Special Collections of Research Value in Canadian Libraries - National Library of Canada

Directory of Special Libraries in the Toronto Area

European Association of Sinological Librarians (EASL) - Has a Membership Directory.

European Commission Library Catalogue (ECLAS)

The European Library - Portal to

The European Library

British Library integrated catalogue,

Biblioteca Nacional (Portugal),

BN-OPALE PLUS,

Online-Katalog Der Deutschen Bibliothek,

Helsingin Yliopiston Kirjasto (main catalogue),

SBN OPAC (Italy),

Koninklijke Bibliotheek (main catalogue),

OPAC HELVETICAT (SNL), and

Slovenian National Bibliography.

Guide to libraries and documentation services - Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Netherlands. Has a good selection of links to libraries and related organizations in the Netherlands, Europe and worldwide.

HERO: Higher Education and Research Opportunities in the United Kingdom - Official gateway to universities, colleges and research organisations in the UK. Has links to Library OPACS by region and by name, as well as to libraries in Britain and Ireland

Index of Public Libraries in Southern Ontario - See also Web Sites of Southern Ontario Public Libraries.

International Association of Libraries and Museums of the Performing Arts (SIBMAS) - Has links to Members by country and by region:

Africa

Asia

Australasia

Caribbean

Central America

Europe

Middle East

North America

South America

Institutions

Collections

Research Sites

National Collections

LIBER: Ligue des Bibliothèques Europeennes de Recherche - Association of European Research Libraries.

LibDex: the Library Index - Peter Scott's database of over 18,000 libraries. Browse libraries by country or OPAC vendor.

Library and Archival Exhibitions on the Web - Project of the Smithsonian Institution Libraries, "“his site features links to online exhibitions that have been created by libraries, archives, and historical societies, as well as to museum online exhibitions with a significant focus on library and archival materials.”

Library and Archives Canada - National Library of Canada

Library and Research Services for Parliaments Section - Internet Homepage Addresses for Parliaments - Section on Library and Research Services for Parliaments

Library of Congress WWW-Z39.50 Gateway

Library.ie - Portal Site to Ireland's Libraries

Libweb: Directory of USA Academic Libraries - Thomas Dowling's list is updated daily and currently lists over 7500 pages from libraries in over 135 countries.

Lib-web-cats: Library Web Pages, Online Catalogs, and System Profiles - Over 4,000 libraries worldwide. Maintained by Marshall Breeding, Technology Analyst for the Heard Library at Vanderbilt University.

LIS Schools on the Net - Includes schools in the U.S. Canada, Europe and Australia. Created by Elizabeth Lane Lawley, No longer being maintained. Instead see

LIS Studies

Directory of Institutions Offering ALA-Accredited Master's Programs in Library and Information Studies

World List of Departments and Schools of Information Studies, Information Management, Information Systems, etc.

Lista de Bibliotecas - Ministerio de Educació\ón y Cultura (Spain)

Maine Library Directories - Maine State Library

Medical/Health Sciences Libraries on the Web - Eric Rumsey, Hardin Library for the Health Sciences, University of Iowa.

Military Education and Research Library Network - “MERLN offers the combined resources of the largest and most comprehensive collections of military information resources in the world by providing access to the library holdings and electronic information resources of the following libraries.”

NASA Center Libraries

National Association of Government Archives and Records Administrators (NAGARA) - Has a directory of Member Web Sites.

National Libraries of the World Address List - Provided by the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA).

National Library Catalogues Worldwide - John W. East, University of Queensland Library.

National Library of Medicine - Provides access to Network of Medical Libraries.

Nationalbibliotek - Links to National Libraries collected by the Royal Library, the National Library of Sweden (Kungliga biblioteket Sveriges nationalbibliotek).

Nordic Libraries: Information Servers - NetLab, Lund University Library

OCLC - Dublin, Ohio.

Worldcat Registry - Contains over 100,000 institutions.

Find an OCLC Library

Asia and the Pacific

Europe - See also Europe

Middle East and Africa

Presidential Libraries - National Archives and Records Administration.

Professional Organizations in the Information Sciences - School of Library and Information Science at San Jose State University.

PublicLibraries.com

Répertoire des bibliothèques “Adresses des Bibliothè\èques Publiques, bibliothèques départementales de prê\êt bibliothèques municipales.”

Repositories of Primary Sources - Terry Abraham's listing of over 5000 websites describing holdings of manuscripts, archives, rare books, historical photographs, and other primary sources for the research scholar.

Research Libraries Group: Member Web List - Links to the web pages of nearly all of RLG's 158 members.

Resources for School Librarians - Maintained by Linda Bertland, retired school librarian, Philadelphia.

Run Run Shaw Library - City University of Hong Kong - Provides links to Other Academic Libraries in Hong Kong.

School-Libraries.Net - Created by Peter Milbury, Chico Senior High School, Chico, California and sponsored by the School of Library and Information Science at San Jose State University.

Smithsonian Institution Libraries - Provides links to libraries

State Library Web Sites - Bob Bocher, Library Technology Consultant, Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, State Division for Libraries.

SUNY Library Web Sites - Provided by the State University of New York Librarians Association

SUNY Union Catalog - Searches all (or nearly all) State University of New York libraries

Swiss Libraries - Swiss Education & Research Network

UK Higher Education and Research Libraries - Ian Tilsed's collection of links to over 150 libraries and information services , including those of universities, university colleges, and institutes and colleges of higher education.

UK Public Libraries Page - Sheila and Robert Harden

UK Universities - Clickable map of links to UK Universities and Colleges of Higher Education maintained by the University of Wolverhampton's School of Computing and Information Technology. You can limit your search to libraries.

UNESCO Archives Portal

UNESCO Libraries Portal

Western European Library Catalogs on the Internet - Western European Studies Section (WESS) (part of the Association of College and Research Libraries, a division of the American Library Association).

World Directory of National Parliamentary Libraries - Based on the World Directory of National Parliamentary Libraries (6th edition, Bonn 1995). German Bundestag provides descriptions and addresses (but not links) by country name and by clickable map.

World List of Departments and Schools of Information Studies, Information Management, Information Systems - Tom Wilson, Professor Emeritus in Information Management, University of Sheffield

WWW Library Directory - Michael Sauers. Currently indexing over 8800 libraries and library-related Web sites in 130 countries.

Yahoo! - Public Libraries