Communities include professional associations, standards organizations, initiatives, and LIS schools that those interested can join and participate in various categories: Archivists, Catalogers, Classifiers and Classificationists, Dublin Core Metadata Initiative, Indexers, Information Architects, Information Scientists and Librarians, specialized communities, LIS schools, Human Computer Interaction/Usability, and Semantic Web aficionados..

Archivists:
Type of Resource: Community (website)
Author: The Society of American Archivists (SAA)
Title: The Society of American Archivists
Location/Identifier: URL: http://www.archivists.org/
Subject: Information organization
Keyword: Archives, Training, Education, Career
Description: The Society of American Archivists is North America's oldest and largest national archival professional association. SAA's mission is to serve the educational and informational needs of more than 3,200 individual and institutional members and to provide leadership to ensure the identification, preservation, and use of records of historical value.
Rights:
Copyright: ©2003 SAA
Access: Freely available.
Date of creation and last modification: Unknown
Format of Resource: text/html
Educational Level: Metadata Catalogers

Information Architects:
Type of Resource: Community (website)
Author: Argus Associates
Title: Argus Center for Information Architecture (ACIA)
Location/Identifier: http://argus-acia.com/
Subject: Information organization
Keyword: Synonyms, Taxonomies, Information Architecture, Software,
Description: This is an inactive community. Argus Associates was the first company in the area of Information Architecture; the company unfortunately closed in 2001, but their website for the Argus Center for Information Architecture is still a good source for excellent resources in this area. Resources range from papers about the design of thesauri for information architects to pointers to listservs of interest and professional associations for this group.
Rights:
Copyright: ©2000 Argus Association
Access: Freely available.
Date of creation and last modification: Unknown
Format of Resource: text/html
Educational Level: All LIS Graduates

Dublin Core Metadata:
Type of Resource: Community
Author: DCMI
Title: Dublin Core Metadata Initiative
Location/Identifier: URL: http://dublincore.org/
Subject: Metadata; Dublin Core
Keyword: electronci resources cataloging; digital resources organization
Description: This is an open forum engaged in the development of interoperable online metadata standards, primarily the DC, to support a broad range of purposes and business models.
Rights:
Copyright: ©1995-2004 DCMI
Access: Freely available.
Date of creation and last modification: Unknown
Format of Resource: text/html
Educational Level: Metadata Catalogers

Information Scientists, Librarians:
Type of Resource: Community
Author: NIST
Title: The Text REtrieval Conference (TREC),
Location/Identifier: URL: http://trec.nist.gov/
Subject: Information retrieval , Information storage and retrieval systems , Data structures (Computer science)
Keyword: Accuracy Retrieval, Structural Information
Description: This site is to support research within the information retrieval community by providing the infrastructure necessary for large-scale evaluation of text retrieval methodologies. It can be used for teaching information retrieval as it provides access to large text collections.
Rights:
Copyright: Unknown
Access: Freely available.
Date of creation: 2000-08-01
Date of last modification: 2004-05-28
Format of Resource: text/html
Educational Level: Metadata Architects

Catalogers, Classifiers and Classificationists:
Type of Resource: Documentation
Author: The Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS)
Title: ALCTS
Location/Identifier: URL: http://www.ala.org/alcts/
Subject: Technical Services
Keyword: Library collections, Technical services, Activities, Acquisition, Cataloging, Classification, Preservation
Description: The Association for Library Collections & Technical Services is responsible for the following activities: acquisition, identification, cataloging, classification, and preservation of library materials; the development and coordination of the country's library resources; and those areas of selection and evaluation involved in the acquisition of library materials and pertinent to the development of library resources.
Rights:
Copyright: ©2004, American Library Association.
Access: Freely available.
Date of creation: Unknown)
Date of and last modification: 11/1/2004
Format of Resource: text/html
Educational Level: All LIS Graduates

Catalogers, Information Scientists, Librarians:
Type of Resource: Community (website)
Author: IFLA
Title: IFLA: Cataloguing Section
Location/Identifier: URL: http://www.ifla.org/VII/s13/index.htm
Subject: Cataloging
Keyword: FRBR, ISBD, Bibliography, Classification and Indexing, Information Technology
Description: The Cataloguing Section analyzes the function of cataloguing activities for all types of material and media, including both bibliographic and authority information, for the benefit of all users. It proposes and develops cataloguing rules, guidelines and standards for bibliographic information in an electronic and networked environment to promote universal access to and exchange of bibliographic and authority information. The Section has close relationships with many organizations and institutions including national cataloguing and standardization committees, various multinational organizations, various committees of ISO, especially with TC46, with the Sections on Bibliography, Classification and Indexing, and Information Technology, and in particular with ICABS (IFLA-CDNL Alliance for Bibliographic Standards).  IFLA is the leading international body representing the interests of library and information services and their users. It is the global voice of the library and information profession and is at http://www.ifla.org/.  Many publications are available for free download at this website on topics such as FRBR and ISBD.
Rights:
Copyright: © International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions
Access: Freely available.
Date of creation: Unknown
Date of last modification: 2004-08-13
Format of Resource: text/html
Educational Level: Metadata Architects

Type of Resource: Community (website)
Author: ASI
Title: American Society of Indexers
Location/Identifier: URL: http://www.asindexing.org/site/index.html
Subject: Indexing
Keyword: Classification, Information Technology
Description: ASI bills itself as the only professional organization in the United States devoted solely to the advancement of indexing, abstracting, and database building. The website has lots of information such as a faq on What is Indexing? and sample indexing agreement that free-lance indexers can use with clients.
Rights:
Copyright: ©ASI
Access: Freely available.
Date of creation and last modification: Unknown
Format of Resource: text/html
Educational Level: Metadta Architects

Specialized communities:
Type of Resource: Community (website)
Author: Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE)
Title: ALISE
Location/Identifier: URL: http://www.alise.org
Subject: Education for Library and Information Science
Keyword: Archives, Museums, Libraries, Professional Education, Doctoral Education
Description: .The Association now known as the Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) was founded as the Association of American Library Schools. The original association grew out of a series of informal meetings of library school faculty at American Library Association conferences which was known as the Round Table of Library School Instructors. The Round Table voted in 1915 to form a permanent organization and to be identified as the Association of American Library Schools. The Association has provided a forum for library educators to share ideas, to discuss issues, and to seek solutions to common problems. In 1983, the Association changed its name to its present form to reflect more accurately the mission, goals, and membership of the Association.
Rights:
Copyright: © ALISE
Access: Freely available.
Date of creation and last modification: Unknown
Format of Resource: text/html
Educational Level: All LIS Graduates

Type of Resource: Community (website)
Author: Unknown
Title: Art Museum Image Consortium (AMICO)
Location/Identifier: http://www.amico.org/join/members.html
Subject: Associations, institutions, etc. Art museums--Collection management, Art museums--Educational aspects, Multimedia (Art)
Keyword: Online multimedia, Collections of art, Art galleries and museums
Description: A not-for-profit organization of institutions with collections of art and they collaborate to enable the educational use of online multimedia. The collections of AMICO members (art galleries and museums) are searchable through the AMICO library. Try searching their Thumbnail Catalog, http://search.amico.org/amico/apw/search/. If you prefer to go to the individual galleries listed above, you will notice that art galleries/museums' "collections" are searchable. Try searching the collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, http://americanart.si.edu/search/search_artworks.cfm.
Rights:
Copyright: ©Art Museum Image Consortium
Access: Restricted to Members only, some resources freely available.
Date of creation and last modification: Unknown
Format of Resource: text/html
Educational Level: All LIS Graduates

Type of Resource: Community (website)
Author: Music Library Association
Title: Music Library Association
Location/Identifier: URL: http://www.musiclibraryassoc.org/
Subject: Special libraries
Keyword: Music librarianship, Music materials
Description: Founded in 1931, MLA is the professional organization in the United States devoted to music librarianship and all aspects of music materials in libraries.
Rights:
Copyright: © 1998-2004 Music Library Association
Access: Freely available.
Date of creation and last modification: Unknown
Format of Resource: text/html
Educational Level: All LIS Graduates

Type of Resource: Community (website)
Author: NISO
Title: National Information Standards Organization (NISO)
Location/Identifier: URL: http://www.niso.org/
Subject: Associations, institutions, etc. Standards
Keyword: Information Retrieval, National standards, Z39.19, Z39.50, Z39.85
Description: NISO, a non-profit association accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), identifies, develops, maintains, and publishes technical standards to manage information in our changing and ever-more digital environment. NISO standards apply both traditional and new technologies to the full range of information-related needs, including retrieval, re-purposing, storage, metadata, and preservation. NISO has developed and approved 32 national standards; 8 standards are in the development pipeline. All NISO standards undergo a review and maintenance cycle. The full-text of standards such as Z39.19, Z39.50, and Z39.85 can be downloaded from the website (see index of standards for complete list of standards).
Rights:
Copyright: © 2004 National Information Standards Organization
Access: Freely available.
Date of creation and last modification: Unknown
Format of Resource: text/html

Type of Resource: Community (website)
Author: None
Title: International organization for Standardization (ISO)
Location/Identifier: URL: http://www.iso.ch/iso/en/ISOOnline.openerpage
Subject: Standards
Keyword: international standards
Description: ISO. A network of national standards institutes from 146 countries working in partnership with international organizations, governments, industry, business and consumer representatives. A bridge between public and private sectors. The source of ISO 9000, ISO 14000 and more than 14 000 International Standards for business, government and society.
Rights:
Copyright: © ISO
Access: Freely available.
Date of creation: Unknown
Date of last modification: 2004-02-16
Format of Resource: text/html
Educational Level: All LIS Graduates

Type of Resource: Community (website)
Author: none
Title: Universal Decimal Classification Consortium
Location/Identifier: http://www.udcc.org/
Subject: Classification
Keyword: Classification in Europe
Description: The Universal Decimal Classification (UDC) is the world's foremost multilingual classification scheme for all fields of knowledge, a sophisticated indexing and retrieval tool. It is a highly flexible and effective system for organizing bibliographic records for all kinds of information in any medium (it is well suited to multi-media information collections).
Rights:
Copyright: © UDC Consortium
Access: Freely available
Date of creation and last modification: Unknown
Format of Resource: text/html
Educational Level: All LIS Graduates

LIS Schools
Type of Resource: Community (website)
Author: Lis.OCLC.org
Title: Schools in the OCLC LIS Education Program
Location/Identifier: http://lis.oclc.org/learning/schools/index.htm
Subject: Library schools
Keyword: LIS schools, Distance learning, OCLC institute. Learning program
Description: A complete list of LIS institutions participating in the OCLC education program.
Rights:
Copyright: Unknown
Access: Freely available
Date of creation and last modification: Unknown
Format of Resource: text/html
Educational Level: N/A

Human Computer Interaction
Type of Resource: Community
Author: Unknown
Title: ACM SIGCHI
Location/Identifier: URL: http://www.acm.org/sigchi/
Subject: Human Computer Interaction
Keyword: human factors in system design
Description: ACM SIGCHI, the Association for Computing Machinery's Special Interest Group on Computer-Human Interaction, brings together people working on the design, evaluation, implementation, and study of interactive computing systems for human use. ACM SIGCHI provides an international, interdisciplinary forum for the exchange of ideas about the field of human-computer interaction (HCI).
Rights:
Copyright: Unknown
Access: Freely available.
Date of creation and last modification: Unknown
Format of Resource: text/html
Educational Level: All LIS Graduates

Semantic Web
Type of Resource: Community
Author: None
Title: The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
Location/Identifier: URL: http://www.w3.org/
Subject: Semantic web; Document markup languages, Computer software
Keyword: web usability;
Description: The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) develops interoperable technologies (specifications, guidelines, software, and tools) to lead the Web to its full potential. W3C is a forum for information, commerce, communication, and collective understanding. On this page, you'll find W3C news, links to W3C technologies and ways to get involved. New visitors can find help in Finding Your Way at W3C. It is also a good source for standards such as HTML, XML, RDF, and new web-related standards coinciding with Tim Berners-Lee's vision of the next generation of the web, called the Semantic Web.
Rights:
Copyright: © 1994-2004 W3C
Access: Freely available.
Date of creation: 1994-10-00
Date of last modification: Unknown
Format of Resource: text/html
Educational Level: All LIS Graduates

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