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Africa Research Central - California State University, San Bernardino. A search for library as a repository type retrieves 87 results.
Archives Hub - A national gateway to descriptions of archives in UK universities and colleges.
Association des bibliothécaires francais - Has links to Les bibliothèques sur Internet, en France and dans le monde.
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 and
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) - With links to
Members (by country) and region
(Africa,
Asia,
Australasia,
Caribbean,
Central America,
Europe,
Middle East,
North America and
South America).
Institutions
Collections
Research Sites
National Collections.
LIBER: Ligue des Bibliotheques Europeennes de Recherche - With List of Members.
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, "this 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 Educación 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 Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) - Provides selected list of libraries in
Latin America and the Caribbean,
Asia and the Pacific Libraries,
Europe and Canada.
They also have a Participating Institutions Search.
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
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