Collections
The Library and Information Science (LIS) print and electronic collections, comprising legal deposit, purchased and donated material, focus on both current practice and the history of libraries internationally. Information retrieval, digital libraries, library management, reference services and cataloguing are a few of the many topics covered in depth. Stock from the British Library Information Sciences Service-BLISS, formerly the Library Association Library, was incorporated in 1997. Recently acquired open access material, on display in the Humanities Reading Room – floor 2, is detailed in a quarterly accessions list.
Reading Room and enquiry services
In the Humanities Reading Room - floor 2 users can consult LIS reference material, recent monographs and latest journal issues and held on open access as well as collection items ordered via Explore the British Library. The latest journal issues are listed in the librarianship and information science journals locator (PDF format, 202 KB).
Registered users of the British Library have also access onsite to a number of LIS databases, electronic journals and eJournal collections.
CILIP members are entitled to a Reader Pass upon proof of membership, and subject to the identification and other requirements for reader registration.
In addition to the onsite enquiry service offered in the Humanities Reading Rooms, users can submit more complex enquiries via Ask the Reference Team.
The librarianship and information science reader guide (PDF format, 87 KB) gives further information about using our onsite services and key sources of information.
Current awareness
CILIP Calendar - branch and Group events
Current Cites - information technology in libraries
Information science conferences worldwide
InformationR.net - Prof Tom Wilson's list of freely accessible journals and newsletters
Library and Information Science Research Coalition
LIBDEX - journals and newsletters
LIS News.com - news and current events
Lisjobnet - appointments online from CILIP
The Researching Librarian
ZETOC - journal contents pages from the British Library
Digital libraries
Center for Digital Research and Scholarship, Columbia University Libraries
DELOS - European Union funded research
Digital Curation Centre
Digital Preservation Coalition - preservation of digital resources in the UK
Digital Public Library of America
PADI - National Library of Australia's gateway to digital preservation resources
Library resources
European Bureau of Library, Information and Documentation Associations (EBLIDA)
IFLA - "The global voice of the library and information profession"
Internet Library for Librarians - Wide range of profession-related links, U.S. orientated
UKOLN
Library Associations - World listing from IFLA, coordinated by ALA
Library of Congress - Tools and resources for information professionals
Library schools - Prof Tom Wilson's world list
InforM25 - M25 consortium of academic libraries
UK Public Libraries - compiled by Sheila and Robert Harden
UNESCO libraries portal
Further information
Librarianship and Information Sciences Service
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7412 7831
Fax: +44 (0)20 7412 7691
E-mail: Ask the Reference Team
