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Local/Regional
Bowling Green Public Library
	The newly renovated Bowling Green Public Library is a pleasant learning and educational center for the community. Come to enhance your lifelong learning in this user friendly environment.
Kentucky Libraries & Archives
	A list of Kentucky libraries and archives compiled by the WKU Library faculty, including Kentucky Commonwealth Virtual Library, the Kentucky Historical Society and the Kentucky Department of Libraries and Archives.
Kentucky Library Association
	KLA is a chapter of the American Library Association and an affiliate of the Southeastern Library Association.
Tennessee State Library & Archives
	This library of the Tennessee State Department has collections of the state's history, genealogy, archives, and manuscripts. Its Web site links to the Tennessee Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped and the state's Regional Library System. It also provides a Virtual Reference Desk and quick reference links.
WKU Libraries
	Get library information such as hours, services, collections and contacts apart from access to its online catalog and databases. Available also is information on the Kentucky museum, including its open hours, exhibits and collections. Some exhibits are accessible on the web.
WKU Libraries' Blog
	The blog provides you with timely information such as events, new collections and more. You can interact with us by submitting your comments.
WKU Libraries's Podcasts
	We periodically record our community outreach events such as Black History Month, One Campus-One Community-One Book, Faraway Places, and Kentucky Live! You may listen to the events using your computer or you can even download the audio files to your MP3 players like iPods to listen to them on your go.
National/International
Abraham Lincoln Historical Digitization Project
	"Lincoln/Net presents historical materials from Abraham Lincoln's Illinois years (1830-1861), including Lincoln's writings and speeches, as well as other materials illuminating antebellum Illinois. "
American Association of Museums (AAM)
	This site provides links to other regional associations, though not individual museum sites. It has a list of conservators and links to them. Aso visit its affiliate member Association for Living History, Farm and Agricultural Museums.
American Association for State and Local History
	The American Association for State and Local History provides leadership, service, and support for its members, who preserve and interpret state and local history in order to make the past more meaningful in American Society.
American Library Association
	This ALA official site provides up-to-date information about the organization and its divisions, book lists and awards, events and conferences. If you are a member, use its Online Customer Service Center (OCSC) to view and update your member information or register for conferences.
Blogging in Libraries
	This includes three presentations: Blogging 101, Subject Librarian 2.0? - The Song Remains the Same, It's Just a Cover Song Using New Instruments and Blog Applications At a Small Academic Library.
Blogging Librarians
	Information Wants to Be Free (This is the blog of Meredith Farkas, "a librarian, writer and tech geek reflecting on the profession and the tools we use to serve our patrons") Taming the Web: Libraries and Technology (Follow the trend of technology in library application with Michael Stephens.)
Blogging Libraries Wiki
	This is set up by Amanda Etches-Johnson who also runs her famous Blogwithoutalibrary blog. You may find WKU Libraries in the Academic Libraries of her Wiki.
Blogging Library Associations
	ACRLog (American College and Research Libraries Blog) KLA Academic Librarians Blog LITA Blog (Library Information & Technology Blog) PLA Blog (Public Library Association Blog)
The Center for Research Libraries
	The Center for Research Libraries (CRL) is an international not-for-profit consortium of colleges, universities, and libraries that makes available scholarly research resources to users everywhere.
Fathom
	Fathom is the first interactive knowledge site. Partners of this online university/library include Columbia University, London School of Economics and Political Science, Cambridge University Press, the British Library, Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History, and the New York Public Library.
The Field Museum's Online Exhibits
	See Sue, the world's largest and most complete Tyrannosaurus rex on the Web! Enter the cave of the man-eating lions of Tsavo! Play one of The Field Museum’s musical instruments through the magic of digital technology, and more....
The International Council of Museums
	ICOM is devoted to the promotion and development of museums and the museum profession at an international level.
Library 2.0
	Do Libraries Matter? The Rise of Library 2.0 Library 2.0 in the Real World Web 2.0: Building the New Library Web 2.0, Library 2.0, and Librarian 2.0: Preparing for the 2.0 World
Library of Congress
	Visit its online Exhibitions.
The Library Index
	Libdex is a worldwide directory of library homepages, web-based OPACs, Friends of the Library pages, and library e-commerce affiliate links.
LibrarySpot
	LibrarySpot.com is a virtual library resource center for educators and students, librarians and their patrons, families, businesses and just about anyone exploring the Web for valuable research information.
Midwest Open Air Museums Coordinating Council
	The purpose of Midwest Open Air Museums Coordinating Council (MOAMCC) is to further promote excellence and to provide a forum for the interchange of materials, information, ideas and consideration of professional issues within the open air, interactive and historical museum professions.
My Space Library Profiles
	This blog posts a list of libraries, public and academic that use MySpace.
National Association for Museum Exhibition
	National Association for Museum Exhibition (NAME) is recognized by the American Association of Museums as the Standing Professional Committee on Exhibition.
National Archives and Records Administration
	It has some wonderful pages on FAQ's about preservation/conservation and a list of regional preservation/conservation/archival groups. Also a good link to genealogical resources on the WWW. Has links to all the NARA regional centers and the presidential libraries that fall under their aegis.
Participatory Networks: The Library as Conversation
	"The American Library Associations Office for Information Technology Policy commissioned the Information Institute of Syracuse to write a technology brief about the growing use of social networks and new web technologies for the library community.The Institute produced an initial draft and posted it to the web for feedback from the library community," as you see here.
Podcasting in Libraries
	This includes Podcasting 101 and Learning to Speak: Creating a Library Podcast With a Unique Voice.
The Researching Librarian
	Intended as a supplement to the print and electronic resources available in library collections, this site gathers links to selected web resources useful for research: freely searchable citation and full-text databases, funding information, relevant journals, statistics and statistical methods, useful research tools, current awareness sources, and conference papers and proceedings.
SEMC
	The SEMCdirect Web site contains information on member services, products, membership and upcoming conferences.
Smithsonian Institution
	A site with lots of information related to their various museums and research facilities. The index to American artists is one of the useful databases and catalogs besides just information about the places themselves.
Western Museum Association
	WMA is a nonprofit association, which encourages paid and unpaid museum professionals to create strong institutions by providing them with professional growth opportunities, forums for interaction, and fresh ideas.
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