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Index - Professional Organizations in the Information Sciences - (dead link)

World List of Departments and Schools of Information Studies, Information Management, Information Systems, etc.
"The aim of this list is to cover Departments, Schools and courses in the 'information sector' in general."
Maintained by [Retired] Professor Tom Wilson, Department of Information Studies, University of Sheffield

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Adventist Library Information Cooperative (ALICE)

American Indian Library Association

American Library Association

• Association of College & Research Libraries (see below)
• Government Documents Roundtable
• Library & Information Technology Association (LITA)
• Library History Round Table
• Library Instruction Round Table
• Legislative Action Center - (dead link)
• Office for Intellectual Freedom
  • Children's Internet Protection Act - (dead link) [.pdf]

  • USA Patriot Act Resolutions of State Library Associations

• Social Responsibilities Round Table
  • International Responsibilities Task Force
    • Alternative Resources on the U.S. "War Against Terrorism"
      Sections include: Alternative News ; Petitions ; Demonstrations ; Additional Links.
    • Libraries and the World Trade Organization
• Washington Office
  • Libraries and the Patriot Legislation
    To provide guidance to libraries ALA provides the following materials to offer guidance and suggestions how libraries should respond if law enforcement 'knocks at the door.'"

American Society for Information Science (ASIS)

American Theological Library Association

Anglican Library Society

Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America

AssociaÁ„o Portuguesa de Bibliotec·rios Arquivistas e Documentalistas - (dead link)

Associationof Canadian Map Libraries and Archives

Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL)
A Division of the American Library Association

• African American Studies Librarians Section (AFAS) - (dead link)
• Western European Studies Section

Association of Part-Time Librarians - (dead link)

Association of Research Libraries - (dead link)

Association of UK Media Librarians (AUKML)

Association professionnelle des informaticiens et informaticiennes du Quebec (APIIQ)

Australian Council of Libraries and Information Services (ACLIS)

Australian Law Librarians Group

Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA)

Australian Society of Archivists

Bibliographical Center for Research

Britain and Ireland Association of Aquatic Sciences Libraries and Information Centres (BIASLIC)

California Library Association

California Library Association, Information Technology Section

Canadian Institute for Historical Microreprographics (CIHM)

Canadian Association of Law Libraries (CALL)

Canadian Library Association (CLA)

Canadian School Library Association - (dead link)

Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS)
The Center is a consortium of four University of California campuses: UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UC Merced, and UC Santa Cruz.

Classification Society of North America

Collaborative Digital Reference Service (CDRS)

Consortium of University Research Libraries (CURL)

Council on East Asian Libraries Homepage (CEAL)

Council on Library and Information Resources

Digital Preservation Coalition (DPC)
"...was established in 2001 to foster joint action to address the urgent challenges of securing the preservation of digital resources in the UK and to work with others internationally to secure our global digital memory and knowledge base."

EARL: The Consortium for Public Library Networking (UK)

European Association of Sinological Librarians (EASL)

European Information Association (EIA)
"...is an international body of information specialists whose aim is to develop, co-ordinate and improve access to EU information."

Indiana University - Center for Social Informatics (CSI)

Information for Social Change

Information Society Technologies

Institute of Museum and Library Services

International Association of Labour History Institutions (IALHI)

International Coalition of Library Consortia (ICOLC)

International Consortium for the Advancement of Academic Publication (ICAAP)

International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)

• Libraries Completely Missing - Tsunami and Sri Lanka's East Coast

Israel Society of Special Libraries and Information Centers (English or Hebrew)

Librarians' Christian Fellowship - (dead link)

Library & Information Services Council Northern Ireland

Library & Information Technology Association

London Libraries Development Agency (LLDA)

MALMAD - Israel Center for Digital Information Services - (dead link) "Its purpose is to serve as a joint framework (consortium) for the acquisition, licensing and operation of information services to all the Israeli universities."

Medical Library Association - MLANET

National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC)

National Information Standards Organization

National Patent Association

New England Library & Information Network

Nippon Association for Librarianship (NAL)

North American Serials Interest Group

Northeast Document Conservation Center - (dead link)

Progressive Librarians Around the World

The Queen's University of Belfast - The Centre for Data Digitisation and Analysis

Research Council Libraries & Information Consortium (RESCOLINC) - (dead link)
"...the focal point of the Library and Information Services (LIS) of the UK Research Councils...Its aim is to obtain optimum information service supply benefits in support of researchers across the entire research council sector."

Research Support Libraries Programme (RSLP)
"The Higher Education Funding Council for England, the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales, the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council and the Department of Education for Northern Ireland are funding this UK-wide initiative."

Research Society for American Periodicals (RSAP)

Scottish Library and Information Council - (dead link)

Scottish Library Association - (dead link)

• Cataloguing and Indexing Group in Scotland - (dead link)

SIBMAS - SociÈtÈ Internationale des BibliothËques et des MusÈes des Arts du Spectacle (International Association of Libraries and Museums of the Performing Arts)

Society of Indexers - (dead link)
The British and Irish professional body for indexing

Special Libraries Association

Union of Associations of Slovene Librarians - (dead link) (Slovensko or English)

UK Library Association

• Industrial & Commercial Libraries Group (ICLG)
• Multimedia and Information Technology Group (LAMIT)

UKOLN
"A centre of expertise in digital information management, providing advice and services to the library, information, education and cultural heritage communities."

UKOLUG
"the UK eInformation Group"

United Nations - UNESCO Communication and Information
"UNESCO encourages international debate about the impact of globalisation upon access to information and the process of communication."

• Observatory on the Information Society: An International Gateway

U.S. National Commission on Libraries and Information Science (NCLIS)

University of Maryland, Baltimore County - Center for Women & Information Technology

University of Northumbia (UK) - Information Management Research Institute (IMRI) - (dead link)

University of Strathclyde (UK) - Centre for Digital Library Research (CDLR)

Urban Libraries Council - (dead link)

Western Education & Library Board (UK)

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