Public Libraries

• Blogs@

• ALA Office for Literacy and Outreach Services  - Contains professional tools, education and careers, awards and scholarships, products and publications, outreach services and other library related programs.
• Booklend  - A lending library that sends books out by the mail.
• Hennen's American Public Library Ratings  - Site rates public libraries in the United States, relying on the latest data from over 9,000 U.S. libraries to the Federal State Cooperative Service.
• Internet Public Library  - Public service organization and learning and teaching environment. Offers an abundance of information from its reference center, reading room, youth resources, and subject collections.
• LibraryBug.org  - Offers profiles of public libraries in the United States sorted by state.
• Public Libraries  - Directory of public libraries sorted by state.
• Public Library Association  - Works to enhance the development and effectiveness of public library staff and public library services.
• The Role of Libraries in Literacy Education  - Provides library instruction, articles, links to resources, bibliography of library instruction papers and other related information.
• Search for Public Libraries  - Allows users to locate libraries in their area.
• Security Issues in Ohio Public Libraries  - Details of the results of a study made in Ohio, showing the perception of library security issues in the public libraries.
• Starting a Book Club in a Mid-sized Public Library: A Practical Guide  - Facts about a practical guide that provides tips for creating and running book clubs in public libraries.
• State Library Web Sites  - Directory of public library websites.
• Urban Libraries Council  - Details the events, publications, research and innovations of this council, which works to promote urban libraries.
• Wowbrary  - Sends users email or allows them to subscribe to an RSS feed to be notified when their local library has received new books, CDs, and DVDs.