LIS 610 Online Resources

Library Associations

American Association of Law Libraries (AALL)
http://www.aallnet.org/

American Association of School Librarians (AASL)
http://www.ala.org/ala/aasl/aaslindex.htm

American Library Association
http://www.ala.org/

American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T)
http://www.asis.org/

Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies (ASCLA)
http://www.ala.org/ASCLAMAINTemplate.cfm?Section=ascla

Hawai'i Library Association
http://www.hlaweb.org/

Hawai`i Association of School Librarians (HASL)
http://www.k12.hi.us/~hasl/

International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions
http://www.ifla.org/

Special Libraries Association (SLA)
http://www.sla.org/

The Internet and the Library

• PEW Internet & American Life Project Report:
  Internet Penetration and impact, April 2006
• PEW Internet & American Life Project Report:
  Finding Answers Online in Sickness and in Health, May 2006
• Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Report:
  Toward Equality of Access: The Role of Public Libraries in Addressing the Digital Divide
  "...finds public libraries have helped close the digital divide by providing free, public access to computers and the Internet, particularly for people without access at home or work. Yet despite widespread awareness of and support for library-based public access computing, libraries face significant challenges in sustaining and improving this service."

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National Libraries and the Library of Congress

Biblioteca nacionale de España
http://www.bne.es/

Bibliothèque nationale (France)
http://www.bnf.fr/

British Library
http://www.bl.uk/

Library and Archives Canada/Bibliothèque et Archives Canada
http://www.collectionscanada.ca/

Library of Congress
http://www.loc.gov/

National Library of Australia
http://www.nla.gov.au/