Library and Information Science: Other Resources

Career Resources

• ALA Library Education and Employment Page

  Quick and easy access to the latest job postings from American Libraries and College & Research Library News.

• ARL Career Resources

  Vacancy announcements from The Association of Research Libraries member libraries, organized by category and by geographical region.

• Canadian Librarians in America

  Employment information, legal issue information, tips, and a message board for Canadian natives now working and living in the U.S.

• Chronicle of Higher Education

  Academic job openings for librarians.

• HigherEdJobs.com

  Job postings for faculty and staff positions at colleges and universities throughout the United States and Canada. Searchable by category, location, or keyword.

• The Librarian's Job Search Sources

  This site has information on positions within the library science field. It lists sites to look at and job postings are on this particular site at no cost.

• Library Job Postings on the Internet

  Extensive collection of links to sites with library job postings - organized by region and by library type. Also includes a service for employers to submit postings directly to the site.

• Library Support Staff

  This website provides access to useful resources for library staff both professional and paraprofessional. These resources include links to employment websites, citations and online journals, current news, and other sites that would be of interest to librarians and library support staff.

• Michigan Association for Media in Education (MAME) Job Postings and Information

  MAME is a Michigan-based professional association of more than 1400 school library media professionals most of whom work in K-12 school situations. This site has monthly job postings, and links to other job posting sites.

Useful Library and Information Science Websites

• Caldecott Award

  Prestigious Children’s Book award.

• Classification Web

  Searchable LC subject headings, juvenile subject headings and conversion system between Library of Congress and Dewey Decimal classification.

• Educational Media Reviews Online

  A database of video, DVD, audio CD and CD-ROM reviews of materials from major educational and documentary distributors and independent filmmakers.

• Electronic Frontier Foundation Archive: Defending Freedom in the Digital World

  Addresses hot topics in digital freedom such as intellectual property rights, innovations, fair use and free speech. Covers current events in the digital rights frontier.

• Institute of Museum and Library Services

  Mission is to support and empower institutes of learning such as libraries and museums. They offer information about grants and national initiatives.

• Library of Congress Cataloging

  Lists information about current events, the library of congress bibliographic access division, cataloging policy and practice, as well as cataloging programs and services.

• Library of Congress Preservation

  Preservation at the library, preservation of materials, and some special topics and presentations are given coverage.

• LIBWEB

  Lists 7500 pages from libraries in 135 countries.

• LibrarySpot

  Encyclopedias, maps, online libraries, quotations, dictionaries and other useful resources.

• MARC Standards

  Provides general information, MARC formats, development, records, systems, and tools as well as tutorials for understanding MARC Bibliographic & Authority.

• The Mortimore-Singh Guide to Publication in Library and Information Science

  Collection of resources to assist in professional writing in the field of library and information science.

• Newbery Award

  Prestigious Children’s book award.

• OCLC (Online Computer Library Center)
• OCLC: Bibliographic Formats and Standards

  An in depth guide to OCLC’s bibliographic formats and standards.

• ODLIS: Online Dictionary of Library and Information Science

  Free online dictionary.

Send comments and questions to Ann O'Bryan, Subject Librarian for the School of Library and Information Science