ALA Library Fact Sheet 9 - Library Products, Services, and Consultants
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ALA Library Fact Sheet which names print and online directories of library vendors as well as library consultants, such as the Librarian's Yellow Pages and ALA's Directory of Peer Consultants and Speakers.
Library Products, Services and Consultants
ALA Library Fact Sheet 9
The American Library Association (ALA) is often asked for the names, addresses, and phone numbers of companies that sell products and services to libraries. The ALA does
not endorse products or companies. Neither can the ALA refer anyone to a specific company, as this would necessarily preclude naming other companies whose products are as good (or better) than the one named. The resources
listed below will help you locate companies best suited to your needs and geographic limitations.
Library Products and Services
The guide can be searched by category or by keyword. The search can be
limited by state or narrowed down by proximity to a specific zip code.
Download
a free application that makes the directory accessible from your computer
desktop.
Use the Request
For Information (RFI) page to contact library vendors and suppliers with
your questions directly.
Feel free to contact
the American Libraries Buyers Guide directly with any questions.
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The Librarian's Yellow Pages (LYP) is a print catalog that is published every year,
which appears online as part of LibraryWorks, at:
LYPonline.com
- Listings of products, services, and companies appear as a special supplement to the
August issue of the magazine, Library Journal, called the Gold Book, which can be accessed online, at:
http://goldbook.libraryjournal.com
- The Library Resource Guide is a listing of library products and services compiled by Information Today (as a supplement to
its American Library Directory publication). An online version appears at:
http://www.libraryresource.com
- Information Today also publishes the magazine, Computers in Libraries, which includes with
its July/August issue an annual "Buyer's Guide," a directory of computer hardware and software suppliers and
services--which is now available on its own web site, at:
http://bg.computersinlibraries.com
- A similar "Buyer's Guide" is available via the Information Today magazine for school libraries, Multimedia & Internet@Schools, at:
http://buyersguide.mmischools.com
Library Consultants Lists
The "services" listings in the general guides listed above include entries for individual library consultants. The resources listed below will direct you to consultants best suited to your needs and geographic limitations.
Note that inclusion in these lists does not constitute or imply endorsement or certification by either the American Library Association (ALA) or the organization sponsoring the list.
Directories by Specialty - Serials Vendors
The Association of Subscription Agents and Intermediaries (ASA, <http://www.subscription-agents.org>) is an international organization open to all companies
(including those in the United States) whose main occupation or a substantial part of it is that of a subscription agent, or other organizations interested in the work of the ASA and the subscription industry.
See the ASA Members
Directory for further assistance.
Last updated: July 2009
For more information on this or other fact sheets,
contact the ALA Library Reference Desk by telephone: 800-545-2433, extension 2153; fax: 312-280-3255;
e-mail: library@ala.org; or regular mail: ALA Library, American Library Association, 50 East Huron Street, Chicago, IL 60611-2795.