Special libraries and S Guide - Resources and Review

Free library service for visually impaired readers who want books in accessible formats. Provides online monthly and yearly additions lists, a quarterly bulletin, and some electronic texts in ASCII braille grade 2 fomat.
 
Extensive list of links to over 2800 sites describing holdings of manuscripts, archives, rare books, historical photographs, and other primary sources for the research scholar.
 
Worldwide list of philatelic (stamps) museums and libraries. Provides contact details, description and Web link where possible.
 
Quarterly journal for librarians in government and international agencies, universities and research institutions. Primarily publishes research by members of IFLA Division of Special Libraries. Articles in PDF.
 
Offers information about collections and activities which take place at the library of anarchist material in London. Features a quarterly bulletin, details of publications, and details of works sought by the library.
 
Report from a project investigating the impact of digital libraries and the Internet on special libraries. The project also addressed the extent to which practitioners working in local government or voluntary social service agencies are being prevented from accessing digital library developments through lack of access to the UK Higher Education network, the digital resources academic libraries provide themselves and various collaborative schemes which offer access to digital resources across the academic network as a whole.
 
Report from a project investigating the impact of digital libraries and the Internet on special libraries. The project also addressed the extent to which practitioners working in local government or voluntary social service agencies are being prevented from accessing digital library developments through lack of access to the UK Higher Education network, the digital resources academic libraries provide themselves and various collaborative schemes which offer access to digital resources across the academic network as a whole.
 
Promotes high quality library and information services and through a broad
based program of legislative advocacy, public awareness and professional education, the association provides leadership and support in more than 100,000 school, public, academic and special libraries across the US.
 
Information centre which presents statistical information about libraries and for librarians. Covers public, academic and special libraries and involves the collection, analysis, interpretation and dissemination of all types of statistics which are relevant to library and information work.
 
Subscription library, founded in 1841, which serves the needs of scholars by lending books for use at home. Contains about a million books in all European languages and a subject range across the humanities, with particular emphasis on literature, history, and related subjects. Offers information on library history, news, membership, and services.
 
Results of a survey into cataloguing methods in special libraries. Concludes that the cataloguing needs of the special libraries surveyed in this study are characterised by their diversity as shown by the predominant use of locally developed codes and the perceived lack of utility of cooperative schemes. The majority of librarians create quite brief records, in most cases shorter than the simplest level of description in AACR2.
 
Research library concerned with the activities, expression and enquiries of the labour movement since the late eighteenth century.
 
Resource to help librarians, researchers and scholars locate special collection materials in Canada. The directory is browsable by general subject, primary subject, collection or institution, and searchable by keyword, title or subject. Contains bibliographic details, description, physical access details and inter
library loan availability. French and English language options are available.
 
Research library of the Royal National Institute for the Blind, with details of services and facilities, an online catalogue, and links to electronic resources for researchers in the field of visual impairment and blindness.
 
Journal dealing with management issues in libraries. Features articles on marketing, resource sharing, performance indicators, training, strategic planning, impact of information, library security, organisational culture, and different types of libraries such as children's and mobile libraries.
 
Annual collection of statistics aiming to present a broad overall perspective of the library and information scene in the UK. Includes coverage of public, national, academic and special libraries.
 
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