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Libraries and Library Organizations
This page lists links to organizations of particular interest to
public libraries in Ontario. SOLS also maintains an
Index to Public Libraries in Southern Ontario providing contact, staff, and service information for these
libraries as well as a list of
Websites
of Ontario Public Libraries. Our
Glossary of
Library Related Terms and Acronyms (as developed for our EXCEL
courses) may also provide information on library organizations.
Other Topics:
Library Consortia /
Ontario Municipalities Information /
Public Library Services across Canada
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In Ontario
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Federation of Ontario Public Libraries An
agency of Ontario Public Libraries whose mandate is: Advocacy, Research and Development, Marketing, Consortia Purchasing.
Library owned and driven.
- INFO-GO
The Government of Ontario is no longer producing a printed Government
Telephone book, its online directory is now the principal access point
- Knowledge Ontario
(formerly the Ontario Digital Library) is a
province-wide collaboration of libraries (public, school, college and
university), archives, museums, heritage organizations, educational
institutions, and community groups to create an integrated, and interactive
digital environment about, and for, Ontarians
- Ontario Association
of Library Technicians / Association des bibliotechniciens de l'Ontario (OALT/ABO)
is a professional, non-profit organization of Library and Information Technician
graduates, students, associate and institutional members.
- Ontario Council of University Libraries (OCUL)
- Ontario Library Association
- Ontario Library Service - North / Service des
bibliothèques de l'Ontario du Nord
- Ontario Ministry of Culture. Programs and Services Branch
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In Canada
- ASTED. Association pour l'avancement des sciences et des techniques de la
documentation. Based in Québec, its goal is to promote library and information science in French in
North America. It works in cooperation with CLA
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Bibliothèque
et Archives nationale du Québec (BANQ)
- Canadian Directory of First Nations, Métis and Inuit Library Collections
/ Répertoire canadien des ressources documentaires des Premières nations, des
Métis et des Inuits (Univ. of Sask.)
- Canadian Institute for Scientific and Technical Information (CISTI )
- Canadian Library Association The Canadian
Library Association is the national English language association which
represents 57,000 library workers across the country. It also speaks for the
interests of the 21 million Canadians who are members of libraries. CLA members work in college, university, public, special (corporate,
non-profit and government) and school libraries. Others sit on boards of public libraries, work for companies
that provide goods and services to libraries, or are students in graduate level or community college programs.
- Canadian
Library Gateway (Library
and Archives Canada)
- Library and Archives
Canada
- LibDex (The Library Index) This is an index of Canadian
Library Home Pages and connections to telnet/web based OPACS. LibDex Worldwide
index of library catalogues, web sites, and Friends of Libraries pages
- The Alberta Library (TAL)
The Alberta Library (TAL) is a province-wide library consortium that works with
its members to promote universal, barrier-free access to the materials and
resources in Alberta's diverse libraries. TAL's membership includes public,
university, college, technical institute and special libraries. Together these
organizations collaborate to promote and facilitate resource sharing, continuing
education, and library advocacy.
- BC Electronic Library Network (ELN)
Working with post-secondary libraries to provide equitable, expanded and
cost-effective access to information for learners and educators throughout
British Columbia
- Consortia Canada
A coalition of Canadian library consortia working
together to licence electronic information resources of national interest and
relevance
- Council of Prairie & Pacific University Libraries (COPPUL)
The Council of Prairie and Pacific University Libraries (COPPUL) is a consortium
of 20 university libraries located in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and
British Columbia.
- International Coalition of Library Consortia (ICOLC)
Coalition continues to be an informal, self-organized group comprising (as
of September 2000) nearly 150 library consortia from around the world. The
Coalition serves primarily higher education institutions by facilitating
discussion among consortia on issues of common interest.
- Library Services Centre (LSC) The Library Services Centre (LSC) is a central purchasing and
processing centre for Canadian libraries. It provides services to over 200 libraries across Canada. LSC is a Canadian, non-profit
corporation owned by libraries. LSC is based in Kitchener, Ontario
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Manitoba Library Consortium
(MLC) The mission of the Manitoba Library Consortium Inc. is to
facilitate effective resource sharing among the libraries in Manitoba in
order to strengthen the library services provided to the residents of
the province
- NEOS Library Consortium
NEOS is a central Alberta library consortium which has collaborated to create
and maintain a shared online
catalogue, as well as provide user services to its clients. NEOS offers its
collective primary clients access to collections, reference assistance,
interlibrary loan privileges and a document delivery service.
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Public Library Services across Canada
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