Library Science

Gateway Sites

• LibraryLand
  No longer being updated.

Acquisitions and Booksellers

• AcqNet a listserv for acquisitions
• Bibliofind
  Searchable database of 4 million out-of-print books. Bibliofind will forward your request for a book onto a seller.
• Internet Library for Librarians
• What’s Next: a Reference for Works of Fiction in series
• American Library Association
• Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL)
• ACRL Guidelines and Standards

Book Awards

• Batchelder (for a children’s book translated from a foreign language)
• Belpre (for a children’s Latino book)
• Best Books for Young Adults
• Caldecott (best children’s picture book)
• Coretta Scott King Award
• Newbery (most outstanding contribution to children’s literature)
• Outstanding Reference Sources
• Sibert Medal (for the best informational book)

Cataloging

• Autocat A discussion list for catalogers.
• Book Cataloger’s Cheat Sheet
• LC Cataloging Directorate
• LC Cataloging Policy and Support Office
• MARC Standards Home Page

Instruction

• ACRL Instruction Section

Journals

• Ex Libris: An E-Zine for Librarians and Information Junkies
  An excellent publication for librarians, published weekly by Marylaine Block, the originator of Best Information on the Web. Great features and annotated lists of web sites.
• LLRX
  Provides resources for legal professionals and law librarians on research and information technology.

Library Humor

• IFLA Library Humour
• Library Cartoons
• Lipstick Librarian

News

• Library Juice Blog

Serials

• CONSER (Cooperative Online Serials)
• North American Serials Interest Group
• Serials in Cyberspace: Collections, Resources and Services
• Serialst
  Serials in Libraries Discussion forum–a forum for discussion among serials librarians.
• Tools for Serials Catalogers

Terminology

• Online Dictionary for Library and Information Science