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This Web page provides links to Canadian and BC-related library organizations as well as links to significant collections of links on a particular library topic.

For access to online library catalogues, jump to the VTN Library and Information Services menu. Some catalogues may require telnet software.

Contents

BC and National Library Associations | Canadian Library Networks | Reality Check | General Resources | The Blogosphere (Blogging the Information Universe with Librarians and One Archivist) | These Are A Few Of Our Digital Things

British Columbia and National Library Associations

NOTE: As of September 2001, this section lists only BC-based and national library associations. Selected international library associations are also included.

• Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA)
• Association for Teacher-Librarianship in Canada (ATLC) see Canadian Association for School Libraries
• Association of Canadian Map Libraries and Archives (ACMLA)
• Association of Part-Time Librarians: An International Virtual Organization for Part-Time Librarians (APTL)
• British Columbia Library Association (BCLA) and Sections, Committees and Interest Groups
• British Columbia Library Trustees Association ( BCLTA)
• British Columbia Teacher-Librarians' Association (BCTLA, a specialist organization of the BC Teachers' Federation)
• Canadian Association for School Libraries (CASL, a division of CLA)
• Canadian Association of College and University Libraries(CACUL, a division of the CLA)
• Canadian Association of Law Libraries
• Canadian Association of Public Libraries(CAPL, a division of the CLA)
• Canadian Association of Children's Librarians(CACL, a section of CAPL, a division of the CLA)
• Canadian Association of Special Libriaries and Information Services (CASLIS, a division of the CLA)
• Canadian Coalition for School Libraries
• Canadian Health Libraries Association (CHLA)
• Canadian Libraries and Librarianship: Library Associations in Canada (Library and Archives Canada)
• Canadian Library Association (CLA)
• Canadian Library Trustees' Association (CLTA, a division of CLA)
• Canadian Provincial and Regional Library Associations (Ann E. Robinson)
• Canadian School Library Association see Canadian Association for School Libraries
• Ex Libris Association (National association for librarians and archivists based in Toronto, Ontario)
• Government Libraries Association of British Columbia (members only; user ID and password required for access)
• International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions maintains IFLANET with a huge repository of knowledge pertaining to traditional and digital libraries.
• North American Serials Interest Group, Inc.
• Pacific Northwest Chapter, Medical Library Association includes BC
• Pacific Northwest Library Association includes Alberta and BC
• Special Libraries Association, Western Canada Chapter
• Vancouver Teacher-Librarian Association (VTLA, a chapter of the BCTLA, a specialist organization of the BC Teachers' Federation)
• Victoria Librarians Association(VLA)

Canadian Library Networks

• Canada: LibraryNet (Government of Canada program under SchoolNet that was discontinued April 2004)
• Alberta: The Alberta Library (TAL) Online includes a union list of Alberta library catalogues
• British Columbia: BC Electronic Library Network
• Ontario: Northern Ontario Virtual Library (health and medical resources)
• Saskatchewan: Saskatchewan Libraries: Library Catalogues (successor[?] to PLEIS, this page contains links to Saskatchewan libraries' union catalogues)

Reality Check

• The Adventures of Conan the Librarian (Richland College Library, TX)
• Bibliomysteries by Marsha McCurley (1951-2004)
• CLA Career Opportunities ~ for even more employment options, local, national and international, visit The Job Market (VTN)
• Conan the Librarian by Hadley V. Baxendale
• The Fictional World of Archives, Art Galleries and Museums compiled by David Mattison reviews fictional representations of cultural artifact repositories and may include the odd library or two
• Film Librarian compiled by Steven J. Schmidt, IUPUI University Library, Indianapolis, IN. Formerly titled: Top Ten Films featuring Libraries, Librarians and the Book Arts.
• Image of Libraries in Popular Cultureby Heather Acerro and others
• Internet Librarian Hall of Fame (Richland College Library, TX; site not found, 2004-10-05)
• The Laughing Librarian by Brian Smith
• Librarians in the Movies: An Annotated Bibliography by Martin Raish, David O. McKay Library, Brigham Young University - Idaho
• Libraries in Science Fiction by James Gunn (science-fiction author and University of Kansas English Department professor)
• Library Cartoons: An Annotated Bibliography by Denise Plourde
• The Lipstick Librarian by Linda Absher will help you look and feel your best
• LISCareer.com provides library career guidance and tips on getting library employment. Atom subscription feed: http://liscareer.blogspot.com/atom.xml
• Unshelved by Gene Ambaum and Bill Barnes "the world's only daily comic strip set in a public library" (Overdue Media LLC; ISSN ). Started in 2002 as Overdue, and renamed Unshelved in 2003. RSS subscription feed: http://www.overduemedia.com/rss.aspx
• Warrior Librarian Weekly by Biblia (aka Amanda B. Credaro) is a lively zine of humor and horror (ISSN 1445-9124)

General Resources

• Ariadne: The Web Version (UK) is a newsletter of Web/Internet resources aimed at librarians and information specialists
• Bowker Library Support (R.R. Bowker)
• Council on Library and Information Resources (Washington, DC) was established in 1997 through the merger of the Commission on Preservation and Access and the Council on Library Resources.
• Gabriel, the offical information server for Europe's National Libraries (Conference of European National Librarians). English, German and French language services are available.
• Google Directory: Reference: Libraries. See also: Yahoo!: Reference: Libraries.
• How Libraries and Librarians Help: Context-Centered Methods for Evaluating Public Library Efforts at Bridging the Digital Divide and Building Community (University of Michigan School of Information and University of Washington Information School). Research project established in October 2000 and Web site decommissioned on August 1, 2004 (URL: http://www.si.umich.edu/libhelp/). Continued by: Information Behavior in Everyday Contexts.
• Information Behavior in Everyday Contexts. "IEBC is a joint research effort of The Information School of the University of Washington and the University of Michigan School of Information." Continues: How Libraries and Librarians Help (2000-2004).
• International Directory of Art Libraries (IFLA)
• Internet Library for Librarians, created by Vianne Tang Sha, is intended "to provide a one-stop shopping center for librarians to locate Internet resources related to their profession.
• Internet Public Library
• LibDex: The Library Index (Peter Scott, Northern Lights Internet Solutions Ltd.)
• Librarians' Index to the Internet (Library of California and Washington State Library; directed by Karen G. Schneider). RSS subscription feed: http://lii.org/ntw.rss
• The Librarian's Yellow Pages (Published by Raissa Fomerand, MLS, Larchmont, NY)
• Libraries and the Internet Toolkit: Tips and Guidance for Managing and Communicating about the Internet (American Library Association)
• Library and Archival Exhibitions on the Web: A Project of the Smithsonian Institution Libraries (Compiled by Diane Shaw).
• Library Link of the Day by John Hubbard, a librarian at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. RSS subscription feed: http://www.tk421.net/librarylink/rss.xml
• Library-Oriented Lists & Electronic Serials (currently maintained by Wei Wu, Washington Research Library Consortium (WRLC))
• LibraryHQ.com : Resources for the Wired Librarian (Developed and managed by Katharine Garstka, MLS).
• LibrarySpot.com. Evanston, IL: StartSpot Mediaworks, Inc. Information portal or subject gateway for the library community, and part of the StartSpot Network.
• Libweb: Library Servers via WWW (Compiled by Thomas Dowling)
• Onion Patch{sm}: New Age Public Access Systems (Compiled and maintained by Gerry McKiernan and Peter J. Wasilko)
• Technical Services Home Page (Queen's University, Kingston, ON). Also known as Q Tech Web. As of 2004-10, some of the internal links are broken. See also Central Technical Services > Polices and Procedures.
• Technical Services Unlimited. Started in 1995 by Barbara Stewart and formerly known as Top 200 Technical Services Benefits of Home Page Development, this site is hosted by Technical Processing Online Tools at the University of California, San Diego.
• Virtual Reference Desk (VRD, BC Public Libraries)
• webCATS: Library OPACs on the World Wide Web (Peter Scott) see LibDex: The Library Index
• Writing for the Web: A Primer for Librarians by Eric H. Schnell, MLS, Ohio State University (hosted in Germany as an archived publication)
• WWW Development Resources (HTML Writers Guild)
• Yahoo!: Reference: Libraries. See also: Google Directory: Reference: Libraries.
• Yukon Information Resources (Yukia Office Services, Whitehorse, YT)

The Blogosphere (Blogging the Information Universe with Librarians and One Archivist)

This is only a sampling of what librarians are doing with Weblogs (blogs). For a complete list see Peter Scott's Library Weblogs, who also links to a free library-blog hosting service at library-blogs.net

• Bibliolatry by Amanda Etches-Johnson. RSS 1.0 subscription feed: http://www.bibliolatry.net/feed.xml
• Library News Daily by Peter Scott (ISSN 1499-7363; December 4, 2001-March 6, 2003). Continued by: Peter Scott's Library Blog.
• Library Weblogs by Peter Scott. Where they exist, he also provides a link to the RSS or Atom subscription feed.
• LibraryPlanet.com by Michael Pate, Heartland Library Cooperative, Florida. RSS 0.92 subscription feed: http://www.libraryplanet.com/?rss=1
• LISNews.com: Librarian and Information Science News by Blake Carver et al. RSS 0.91 subscription feed: http://www.lisnews.com/lisnews.rss
• Peter Scott's Library Blog. (February 6, 2003-). Continues: Library News Daily (2001-2003). Atom subscription feed: http://xrefer.blogspot.com/atom.xml
• ResourceShelf: Resources and News for Information Professionals by Gary Price et al. Formerly known as The Virtual Acquisition Shelf & News Desk. Atom subscription feed: http://www.resourceshelf.com/resourceshelf.xml
• The Shifted Librarian by Jennifer Levine, your information maven. RSS 2.0 subscription feed: http://www.theshiftedlibrarian.com/rss.xml
• The Ten Thousand Year Blog (June 02003-) by David Mattison, archivist, librarian, historian, Webhead. RSS 2.0 subscription feed: http://www.davidmattison.ca/wordpress/wp-rss2.php

These Are A Few Of Our Digital Things

Please visit The British Columbia Digital Library by David Mattison, a guide and potential digital content service provider to digital publications (ebooks and ejournals) of interest to British Columbians.

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