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Amnesty International Library  
URL:http://www.amnesty.org/
Category:International Libraries  Other Libraries & Documentation Centres 

The Amnesty International library contains an archive of most reports, news releases and urgent actions published from 1996 to date. Documents are available in English, French, Spanish and Arabic. Users can navigate the whole library in any of these languages. Amnesty International (AI) is a worldwide movement of people who campaign for internationally recognized human rights.

British Library  
URL:http://www.bl.uk/
Category:International Libraries 

The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom and one of the World's greatest libraries. Facilities for the public include Exhibition Galleries, Events Programme, Services for Schools and Colleges, Tours of the building, Bookshop and Catering facilities.

British Library Portico  
URL:http://portico.bl.uk/
Category:International Libraries 

The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom and one of the world's greatest libraries with a vision to make the world's intellectual, scientific and cultural heritage accessible, and to bring the collections of the British Library to everyone - at work, school, college or home. Portico is The British Library's Online Information Server. Portico provides access to information about all aspects of the services and collections of the United Kingdom's national library.

BUBL Information Service  
URL:http://bubl.ac.uk/
Category:International Libraries 

The BUBL Information Service originated in the BUlletin Board for Libraries, an information service for librarians on JANET, the Joint Academic Network. As it has developed the Service has broadened its scope substantially, and now, through the BUBL Subject Tree, provides access to Internet resources and services across all major subject areas. At the same time BUBL has retained a specialist service for the library and information science community. This specialist service includes weekly updates of what's new within library and information science on BUBL, opportunites to be involved in library networking projects, and a table of contents and abstracts service. BUBL is funded by the Joint zInformation Systems Committee (JISC).

Changing Roles of Academic and Research Libraries  
URL:hhttp://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/issues/value/changingroles.cfm
Category:International Libraries 

Essay derived from a Roundtable on Technology and Change in Academic Libraries, convened by the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) on November 2-3, 2006 in Chicago.

Digital Library Building Blocks: Glossary  
URL:http://www.cdlib.org/inside/diglib/glossary/
Category:Library Standards & Tools  International Libraries 

This glossary can be searched or browsed under the following categories: CDL and UC terms, crawling and harvesting, digital objects, Interface Customization Tools, Library and Technology, Linking Services, Metasearching, Preservation and XML.

European Library  
URL:http://www.theeuropeanlibrary.org/portal/index.html
Category:International Libraries 

The European Library webservice is a portal which offers access to the combined resources (books, magazines and journals - both digital and non-digital) of the 43 national libraries of Europe. It offers free searching and delivers digital objects - some free, some priced.

The European Library (TEL)  
URL:http://www.theeuropeanlibrary.org/portal/index.html
Category:International Libraries 

The project is aimed at developing a pan-European library that will allow users to find and download books and other collections from various European libraries. TEL is largely being funded by the European Commission as an 'accompanying measure' under the cultural heritage applications area of Key Action 3 of the Information Society Technologies (IST) research programme.

Frick Collection and Frick Art Reference Library  
URL:http://www.frick.org/
Category:Art  Visual Arts & Craft  International Libraries 

Sixteen galleries of masterpieces by Holbein, Titian, El Greco, Piero della Francesca, Bellini, Degas, Goya, Turner, Van Dyck, and others. The site offers a virtual tour, listing of the artworks, and bibliographic and historical information.

GALILEO - Georgia Library Learning Online  
URL:http://galfe1.gsu.edu/cgi-bin/homepage.cgi?style=&_id=96656175-1279961273-2043&_cc=1
Category:International Libraries 

GALILEO is a virtual collection of digitized books, images, manuscripts and media with the emphasis on material important to the history and culture of the state of Georgia created by the Digital Library of Georgia, the University of Georgia Libraries, and the University of Tennessee at Knoxville Library. There are 2 methods of access: either through a password and public databases. The public databases contain resources on the full range of academic subjects as GALILEO attempts to provide a full range of library services online.