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Special library

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A special library is a library that provides specialized information resources on a particular subject, serves a specialized and limited clientele, and delivers specialized services to that clientele. [1]

47 relations: Association for Information Management, Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History, Center for Transportation Research UT Austin, Central Massachusetts Regional Library System, Corporate library, D'Annunzio University of Chieti–Pescara, ETH Library, Feminist Library, Gustav Landauer Library Witten, Herbert S. White, Indian Association of Special Libraries and Information Centres, Information centre, Inmagic, Innovative Interfaces, J. McRee Elrod, John Cotton Dana Award, Koha (software), Law library, Librarian, Library, Library Associates Companies, Library of Contemporary History, Library science, Liechtenstein Institute, Linda Hall Library, Massachusetts Library System, National Police Library, Ninoy Aquino Library and Learning Resources Center, Outline of books, Outline of education, Outline of library science, Pennsylvania Library Association, Phillips Library (Salem, Massachusetts), Prince Consort's Library, Private library, Project MUSE, Public Law Libraries (U.S.), Public library, Pustakanch Gaav, Quatrefoil Library, Special Libraries Association, SydneyPLUS International, Tampa Bay Library Consortium, The Library Corporation, The Spencer Art Reference Library, Transportation libraries, Trout and Salmonid Collection at Montana State University.

Association for Information Management

ASLIB, the Association for Information Management is a defunct British association of special libraries and information centers.

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Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History

The Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History is a special library within the Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System, located in Atlanta's Sweet Auburn Historic District.

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Center for Transportation Research UT Austin

The Center for Transportation Research (CTR) is a research center affiliated with the Cockrell School of Engineering's Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin in Austin, Texas.

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Central Massachusetts Regional Library System

Central Massachusetts Regional Library System (CMRLS) was a multitype library system serving 244 academic, public, school and special libraries in 72 central Massachusetts communities.

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Corporate library

A corporate library is a special library serving the staff at a corporation.

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D'Annunzio University of Chieti–Pescara

D'Annunzio University (Università degli Studi "Gabriele d'Annunzio", Ud'A) is a public research university located in Chieti and Pescara, neighbouring cities in the region of Abruzzo, Italy.

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ETH Library

ETH Library is the largest public scientific and technical library in Switzerland.

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Feminist Library

The Feminist Library was founded as the Women’s Research and Resources Centre in 1975 by a group of women concerned about the future of the Fawcett Library to ensure that the history of the women's liberation movement survived.

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Gustav Landauer Library Witten

The Gustav Landauer Library Witten (Gustav-Landauer-Bibliothek Witten, GLBW) is a special library in Witten, Germany.

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Herbert S. White

Herbert S. White (born 1927) is Dean Emeritus and Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the School of Library & Information Science at Indiana University, and Adjunct Professor, University of Arizona, Tucson.

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Indian Association of Special Libraries and Information Centres

The Indian Association of Special Libraries and Information Centres (IASLIC) is a non-profit organisation based in India that supports development in the entire field of special librarianship in India.

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Information centre

An information centre is a "center designed specifically for storing, processing, and retrieving information for dissemination at regular intervals, on demand or selectively, according to express needs of users.".

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Inmagic

Inmagic, Inc. is a company based in Woburn, Massachusetts that sells information management and library services software.

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Innovative Interfaces

Innovative Interfaces, Inc. (abbreviated III) is a software company specializing in integrated systems for library management.

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J. McRee Elrod

Jefferson McRee Elrod (23 March 1932 – 16 June 2016) was a prominent librarian/cataloguer, who also served as a Methodist and Unitarian minister.

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John Cotton Dana Award

The John Cotton Dana Library Public Relations Award, usually referred to as the John Cotton Dana Award, is an annual award given by the Library Leadership and Management Association, American Library Association for excellence in library public relations.

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Koha (software)

Koha is an open source Integrated Library System (ILS), used world-wide by public, school and special libraries.

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Law library

A law library is a special library used by law students, lawyers, judges and their law clerks, historians and other scholars of legal history in order to research the law.

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Librarian

A librarian is a person who works professionally in a library, providing access to information and sometimes social or technical programming.

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Library

A library is a collection of sources of information and similar resources, made accessible to a defined community for reference or borrowing.

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Library Associates Companies

LAC Group, formerly known as Library Associates Companies (LAC), is a library services vendor, providing staffing, recruiting, consulting, and other services, to academic, public, special, medical, and law libraries.

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Library of Contemporary History

The Library of Contemporary History (German: Bibliothek für Zeitgeschichte, abbreviated BfZ) is one of Europe's largest special libraries for contemporary history, situated in Stuttgart, Germany.

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Library science

Library science (often termed library studies, library and information science, bibliothecography, library economy) is an interdisciplinary or multidisciplinary field that applies the practices, perspectives, and tools of management, information technology, education, and other areas to libraries; the collection, organization, preservation, and dissemination of information resources; and the political economy of information.

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Liechtenstein Institute

The Liechtenstein Institute (German: Liechtenstein-Institut) is a scientific research center and academic institution in Bendern, Gamprin, Liechtenstein.

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Linda Hall Library

The Linda Hall Library is a privately endowed American library of science, engineering and technology located in Kansas City, Missouri, sitting "majestically on a urban arboretum." It is the "largest independently funded public library of science, engineering and technology in North America" and "among the largest science libraries in the world.".

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Massachusetts Library System

The Massachusetts Library System was established in 2010 with the mission: "The Massachusetts Library System, a state-supported collaborative, fosters cooperation, communication, innovation, and sharing among member libraries of all types.

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National Police Library

The National Police Library in the United Kingdom is classed as a special library and research library.

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Ninoy Aquino Library and Learning Resources Center

The Ninoy Aquino Library and Learning Resources Center (NALLRC) is the library system of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines composed of libraries providing services to the PUP System.

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Outline of books

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to books: Book – set of written, printed, illustrated, or blank sheets, made of ink, paper, parchment, or other materials, usually fastened together to hinge at one side.

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Outline of education

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to education: Education – in the general sense is any act or experience that has a formative effect on the mind, character, or physical ability of an individual.

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Outline of library science

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to library science: Library science – study of issues related to libraries and the information fields.

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Pennsylvania Library Association

The Pennsylvania Library Association (PaLA) is the professional association for librarians in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.

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Phillips Library (Salem, Massachusetts)

The Phillips Library of the Peabody Essex Museum is a rare books and special collections library in the Essex Institute Historic District of Salem, Massachusetts.

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Prince Consort's Library

The Prince Consort's Library in Aldershot Military Town in the English county of Hampshire was founded by Prince Albert to contribute to the education of soldiers in the British Army.

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Private library

A private library is a library under the care of private ownership, as compared to that of a public institution, and is usually only established for the use of a small number of people, or even a single person.

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Project MUSE

Project MUSE, a non-profit collaboration between libraries and publishers, is an online database of peer-reviewed academic journals and electronic books.

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Public Law Libraries (U.S.)

Public law libraries provide access to primary legal sources (statutes, cases, and regulations) and secondary sources (professional reference books, form books, and self-help books) used in legal matters.

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Public library

A public library is a library that is accessible by the general public and is generally funded from public sources, such as taxes.

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Pustakanch Gaav

Pustakanch Gaav (English: Village of Books) is a special library in Bhilar, Maharashtra that opened on May 04, 2017.

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Quatrefoil Library

Quatrefoil Library is a member-supported, 501 (c)(3) non-profit library for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community.

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Special Libraries Association

Special Libraries Association (SLA) is an international professional association for library and information professionals working in business, government, law, finance, non-profit, and academic organizations and institutions.

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SydneyPLUS International

SydneyPLUS International, now known as Lucidea Corporation, is a Canadian computer company based in Richmond, British Columbia.

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Tampa Bay Library Consortium

The Tampa Bay Library Consortium, Inc.

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The Library Corporation

The Library Corporation (TLC) creates and distributes automation and cataloging software to public, school, academic, and special library systems worldwide.

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The Spencer Art Reference Library

The Spencer Art Reference Library (SARL) is a library housed in the Bloch Building of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City, Missouri in the United States.

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Transportation libraries

A transportation library is a type of library designed to support the study, research, and dissemination of information related to transportation.

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Trout and Salmonid Collection at Montana State University

The Trout and Salmonid Collection is a special collection of literature and archives in the Montana State University Library's Merrill G. Burlingame Special Collections Library.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_library

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