USEFUL LINKS

GOVERNMENT

International & UK Government
European Union
The Department for Communities and Local Government
Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS)

DCMS Sixth Report 1999-2000 Public Libraries

Framework for the Future: Libraries, Learning and Information in the Next Decade, DCMS, 2003

Freedom of Information

DCMS 2005 Report into Libraries

The Department for Education & Skills
Directory of MPs & Peers
National Audit Office

Parliamentary & Official Documents

Public Libraries and Museums Act,1964
UK Parliament

United Nations
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Org.

Local Government
The Local Government Association
The Local Government Ombudsman
The London Assembly
London Borough Directory
London Councils ( formerly The Association of London Government)
London's Political Map
The New Performance Framework for Local Authorities & Local Authority Partnerships

Unison, the public sector trade union

Gov. Research Organisations
Research Councils UK

Policy Research Organisations
The Adam Smith Institute
The Bow Group
Catalyst
The Campaign for the Freedom of Information

The Centre for Policy Studies
CentreForum
Chatham House
The Constitution Unit
Civitas
Demos
BEUC, (the European Consumers' Organisation)
The Fabian Society
The Future of the Book
The Henry Jackson Society
Institute of Economic Affairs
Institute for Fiscal Studies
The Institute for the Future of the Book
The Institute for Public Policy Research
The Joseph Rountree Foundation
Localis
New Economics Foundation
New Local Government Network
New Policy Institute
Policy Exchange
Politeia
Reform
The Smith Institute
Social Market Foundation


HERITAGE

The Arms of London
The British Council
Charles Darwin's Complete Works
Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE)
English Heritage
A Guide to History Libraries & Collections in London
Institute for Cultural Heritage

The Multilingual Inventory of Cultural Heritage
Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA)
Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA), London
National Literacy Trust
The National Trust

The Reading Agency

Archives
Archive of Internet sites
Archives & Manuscript Collections of the M25 Group
The British Cartoon Archive

British Film Institute National Archive
Crace Collection of Maps of London
Crossword Archive
Census Records, England and Wales 1841-1911
Family History
The Family Records Consortium
History Map of UK
Institute of Historical Research (IHR)

London Metropolitan Archives
Mass Observation Archive
Medieval Lands
National Archives
On Line Newspapers & Magazines
Out of Print Books
Oxford Dictionaries Online
The Poetry Archive
Post Code Information
Royal College of Music Archive
The Royal Mail Archive
Sound Archive (BL)
Times Digital Archive
Unlimited UK Telephone Number Searches - 1

Unlimited UK Telephone Number Searches - 2
Wordia Online Dictionary
World-wide Telephone Links

Art
African Art Museums
The Arts Council of England
Asian Art Museums
Canadian Art Museums
European Art Museums

Film London
Government Art Collection
Grove Art Online
Grove Music Online
Middle Eastern Art Museums
Multi-part Choral Sets in Public Libraries
Royal Society of Arts
US Art Museums

Sciences
Biology
Geography & Earth Sciences
Hubble Telescope
Mathematics
New Scientist
Physical Sciences Gateway
Science Museum

Libraries
Andrew Carnegie and Public Libraries
British Architectural Library, Royal Inst. of British Architects *
The British Library *
The History of Rate-Supported Public Libraries in London

John Passmore Edwards and Public Libraries

The International Children's Digital Library
The Library of Congress

London's First Public Library
London's Specialist Libraries
Merged Catalogues of University and National Libraries in the UK and Ireland *
The M25 Group of Higher Education Libraries *
The National Electronic Library for Health
The National Libraries of Europe
Newspaper Library
The Open University Library
Public Lending Rights Information
UK Higher Education & Research Libraries
The UK Public Libraries Page
UNESCO Libraries Portal
* Use Selected Specialist or Academic Libraries

Library Organisations
Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals
The Library Association
The Library Association Links
Library Campaign logo

London Libraries Development Agency (LLDA)
London Libraries (LLDA run site detailing London's libraries)

The People's Network Online
The Public Library Association (American Library Association)
The Society of Chief Librarians

Literary Criticism
dovegreyreader scribbles
The Guardian
Ready Steady Book

 

READING LISTS

Book Army
Bookslut.com

Google Books

Reader2Reader.net

WhichBook.net
WhatShallIRead.com

RESOURCES

Atlapedia Online (maps and statistics on countries of the world)
Calibre e-book management software
CIA - The World Factbook
Crace Collection of Maps of London
Copyright & Fair Use (Stanford University Libraries)
Librarians' Index to the Internet
Poetry Hunter

Questia (books and journal articles in the humanities and social sciences)
RNIB Talking Books
Wikipedia
Wordia Online Dictionary

E-book & E-manuscript Sources
Adobe Sample PDF eBook Library
Bartleby.com
Baen Free Library
Bloomsbury Open Access
Books.google.com (Google Book Search)
Cornell University historical monographs
DailyLit.com
Flat World Knowledge free textbooks
FreeBookSpot.com
Free E-Books.net
Free E-Cards from B.L.
Free Mobipocket E-books

Gutenberg Project (Main Site)
Gutenberg Project (UK Mirror Site)
Kobobooks

Latin E-Books
LibriVox.org (free audio books)
Online Books (List of Free E-books on the Internet)
Open Content Text Books
Open Library
Overdrive (Library ebook aggregator)
RareBookRoom.org
Science E-books
Shakespeare’s Complete Works

Wikibooks Open-content Textbooks Collection

STATISTICS

The Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy
DC
LG Statistics
EU Statistics
Government Statistics
International Library Statistics (ISO 2789 2006)
Key Facts about London
Key Statistics About England's Public Libraries
Library Performance Indicators (ISO 11620 1998)
London Statistics
Loughborough University Library Statistics Unit
Neighbourhood Statistics

WRITERS ORGANISATIONS

The Poetry Society
The Crime Writers Association