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Websites of professional associations and special interest groups

All professional associations have websites. These usually comprise pages which can be accessed by anyone plus further sections which are available only to members who use a password to access them. The main professional association in the library field is the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP) at: http://www.cilip.org.uk/

You will find details of organisations which are in liaison with CILIP at http://www.cilip.org.uk/specialinterestgroups/organisationsinliaison/list.htm

Many relevant special interest groups have websites. These can be particularly useful as they often act as portal sites, collecting links to other websites based on the same or similar topics. Examples are:

CILIP Multimedia Information and Technology Group http://www.mmit.org.uk/mmit/online.html
The Historic Libraries Forum http://www.historiclibrariesforum.org.uk/
International Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres www.iaml-uk-irl.org/


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