Web Tools for Librarians

Web Tools for Librarians

Professional Associations

Organization	Link
American Library Association (ALA)	www.ala.org
International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA)	www.ifla.org
Library and Information Association (CILIP)	www.cilip.org.uk
Canadian Library Association (CLA)	www.cla.ca

Resources & Databases

Resource	Link
Directory of Open Access Journals	doaj.org
WorldCat	www.worldcat.org
Library of Congress	www.loc.gov
ERIC (Education Resources Information Center)	eric.ed.gov
PubMed	pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Continuing Education

Program	Link
WebJunction	www.webjunction.org
ALCTS eLearning	www.ala.org/alcts/confevents/upcoming/webinars
Coursera	www.coursera.org
edX	www.edx.org
American Libraries Magazine	americanlibrariesmagazine.org

Library Tools

Tool	Link
LibGuides	www.springshare.com/libguides
Zotero	www.zotero.org
Mendeley	www.mendeley.com
EndNote	endnote.com
OverDrive	www.overdrive.com

Research and Reference

Resource	Link
Google Scholar	scholar.google.com
JSTOR	www.jstor.org
Project MUSE	muse.jhu.edu
ScienceDirect	www.sciencedirect.com
Open Library	openlibrary.org

Library Management Systems

Resource	Link
Koha (Open Source ILS)	koha-community.org
Evergreen (Open Source ILS)	evergreen-ils.org
Alma (Library Management System)	www.exlibrisgroup.com/alma
Libsys (Library Management Software)	www.libsys.in
Smart Library (Library Management Solution)	www.smartlibrary.com
OpenBiblio (Open Source ILS)	openbiblio.org

Cataloging & Metadata

Resource	Link
MARCEdit (MARC Record Editing)	marcedit.reed.edu
OpenRefine (Data Cleaning Tool)	openrefine.org
RDA Toolkit (Resource Description and Access)	www.rdaregistry.org
CatalogIt (Cataloging Software)	www.catalogit.com
Metadata 101 (Educational Resource)	www.loc.gov/standards/metadata/101.html
VRA Core (Visual Resources Metadata)	vracore.org
Schema.org (Structured Data for Libraries)	schema.org

Digital Libraries & Repositories

Resource	Link
HathiTrust Digital Library	www.hathitrust.org
Digital Public Library of America (DPLA)	dp.la
Europeana (Digital Cultural Heritage)	www.europeana.eu
Internet Archive	archive.org
CORE (Open Access Research Papers)	core.ac.uk
ResearchGate (Academic Networking)	www.researchgate.net

AI & Innovation in Libraries

Resource	Link
AI in Libraries (Various Applications)	www.ifla.org/publications/ai-in-libraries
ChatGPT (AI for Information Retrieval)	www.openai.com/chatgpt
Bibliometrics (Analysis of Academic Literature)	www.scopus.com
Data Mining and Analysis Tools	rapidminer.com
Sentiment Analysis Tools	monkeylearn.com
Library Automation with AI	www.libraryjournal.com/story/ai-in-libraries
Text Mining Tools	www.text-mining.com

Collaboration & Project Management

Resource	Link
Google Drive (Collaboration and Storage)	www.google.com/drive
Trello (Project Management)	trello.com
Slack (Team Communication)	slack.com
Asana (Task Management)	asana.com
Notion (All-in-One Workspace)	www.notion.so
Miro (Collaborative Whiteboard)	miro.com
Basecamp (Project Management Tool)	basecamp.com

Training & Professional Development

Resource	Link
ALA (American Library Association)	www.ala.org
Coursera (Library Science Courses)	www.coursera.org
edX (Library Science Courses)	www.edx.org
Library Juice Academy (Continuing Education)	libraryjuiceacademy.com
WebJunction (Online Learning)	www.webjunction.org
OCLC (Online Courses and Resources)	www.oclc.org/en/training.html
ALISE (Association for Library and Information Science Education)	www.alise.org

Open Access & Scholarly Communication

Resource	Link
SPARC (Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition)	sparcopen.org
Open Access Scholarly Publishers Association (OASPA)	oaspa.org
Creative Commons (Licensing Resources)	creativecommons.org
Open Research (Open Access Research Outputs)	openresearch.org
ROARMAP (Registry of Open Access Repository Mandates and Policies)	roarmap.eprints.org

Digital Literacy & Information Literacy

Resource	Link
Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education	alair.ala.org/handle/11213/7655
Digital Literacy Framework	literacyworldwide.org
Media Literacy Now (Advocacy and Resources)	medialiteracynow.org
American Association of School Librarians (AASL) Standards	standards.aasl.org