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Popular LIS-Related Professional Associations

  • American Library Association (ALA)  
    The largest national organization dedicated to the promotion of library service and librarianship. It is also home to 11 membership divisions, each with a type-of-library or type-of-library-function specialization.
  • Special Libraries Association (SLA)  
    An international association representing the interests of information professionals in in corporate, academic, and government settings.
  • Medical Library Association (MLA)  
    An international organization of health information professionals that supports health information research and access.
  • American Association of Law Libraries (AALL)  
    An association that represents law librarians and related professionals who are affiliated with a wide range of institutions, including law firms, law schools, corporate legal departments, courts, and government agencies.
  • Washington LIbrary Association (WLA)  
    A state library association, WLA is designed to help develop, improve, and promote library services to all Washington residents.

Top LIS News Blogs

As a field, LIS has embraced the Web 2.0 movement. The following are links to popular LIS-related news blogs, incliduing one list of popular LIS-related blogs.

  • "The Top 50 Librarian Blogs"  
    A recent article from GetDegrees.com, which gives a useful if subjective list of the top 50 LIS-related blogs, broken down by topic of interest.
  • LISNews: Library and Information Science News  
    A frequently-updated, collaborativly authored blog that is devoted to current events and news in the world of Library and Information Science.
  • Stephen's Lighthouse  
    This blog is run by Stephen Abrams, the vice-president of SirsiDynex. It covers a broad range of information technology topics, including library software.
  • Virtual Dave ... Real Blog  
    Run by David Lankes, an Associate Professor at Syracuse University's School of Information Studies, this blog is written in a more academic fashion than many LIS blogs.
  • Tame the Web  
    Michael Stephens, an Assistant Professor at Dominican University’s Graduate School of Library and Information Science, writes on a variety of LIS-related issues, including information and social technologies.
  • Library of Congress Blog  
    The official blog of the Library of Congress, authored by Matt Raymond.
 

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