An indeendant federal agency that fosters leadership, innovation, and a lifetime of learning. Supports all types of museums, from art and history to science and zoos, and all types of libraries and archives from public and academic to research and school.

Provides free user friendly access to selected Internet Resources Covering all subject areas, with a special focus on library and information science

A learned society and national research library of pre-twentieth century American history and culture. Our mission is to collect, preserve, and make available for study the printed record of what is now the United States of America from first European settlement through the year 1876.

Americans for Libraries Council (ALC) is a national nonprofit that advocates for libraries at the national level and develops and promotes programs aimed at realizing the potential of libraries in the 21st century. The Council is the parent organization of Libraries for the Future, a leader in library development for more than a decade.

an independent research library concentrating in the humanities with an active educational and cultural presence in Chicago. Free and open to the public, it houses an extensive non-circulating collection of rare books, maps, and manuscripts.