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As well as articles and book reviews, the Web site also houses the Bar where researchers post Internet-related questions and comment.

The Association of UK Media Librarians, AUKML, was formed in 1986 to create links between librarians and information workers in all areas of the media industry. Our members come from newspaper and magazine publishing, broadcasting organisations and academic institutions. Despite our name, we are happy to welcome overseas members.

We aim to improve the professional standing of information workers through exchanging knowledge and experience and by organising meetings, events and conferences to keep members up-to-date with emerging techniques in information management.

The City Information Group (CiG) was set up in October 1989, as the IIS Finance and Business Special Interest Group.
Its objectives are to stimulate the exchange of knowledge, experience and ideas between specialists in the financial and business information sector, and to represent members' interests on important issues.
The Committee organises monthly evening meetings on topical subjects, usually with a panel of speakers, and regular social events. These normally include a Summer party, a dinner following the Annual General Meeting, and a prestigious Christmas event which coincides each year with the major Online Information exhibition at Olympia (at which CiG has a stand). 

Aslib, The Association for Information Management, founded in 1924, is a world wide corporate membership organisation with over 2000 members in some 70 countries. Aslib actively promotes best practice in the management of information resources, represents its members and lobbies on all aspects of the management of and legislation concerning information at local, national and international levels.
Aslib provides consultancy and information services, professional development training, conferences, specialist recruitment, Internet products, and publishes primary and secondary journals, conference proceedings, directories and monographs.

IRM is a coherent framework for managing information resources strategically alongside human, financial and material resources.
The mission of the IRM Network is to explore and define that framework, to identify the skills required, and to discover and develop appropriate tools to support IRM.
Since information pervades all domains of an organisation, we invite all interested parties - information practitioners, knowledge workers, managers and technologists alike - to explore our site and to join us on our voyage of discovery.

The Library Association is the leading professional body for Librarians and Information Managers.
We have over 25,000 members who work in all sectors, including business and industry, further and higher education, schools, local and central government departments and agencies, the health service, the voluntary sector and national public libraries.
We have members throughout the UK and in more than 100 countries overseas.

The Need for Competitive Intelligence
From fierce new competitors to changing technologies, the competitive environment is never the same from day to day. In the cutthroat global marketplace, companies need more than one tool to succeed. And while strategy and planning can tell you which direction to head and where your journey should end, only competitive intelligence (CI) can show you the storms on the horizon and allow you to benefit from the strongest winds.
We all know that information is not enough anymore. Managers need skilled professionals to turn a sea of data into actionable intelligence that will provide the company with a competitive edge. 

The Society has more than 50 chapters in locations all over the world. Chapters provide grassroots networking opportunities for SCIP members and others interested in CI. SCIP also has several affiliate and partner organizations. You'll find information about SCIP chapters, affiliates, and partners in this area of the site.

The Institute of Information Scientists

The Institute of Information Scientists is the professional association for people involved in creating, retrieving, organising or disseminating information.
Information Science is concerned with the production, organisation and provision of information. It includes the study of information from its creation to its use, and its transmission in a variety of forms through a variety of channels. The Institute of Information Scientists is the professional association for people involved in all parts of this information chain.
Members of the Institute work in the public and private sectors, in the commercial, legal, financial, academic, scientific and technical fields, in a variety of functions ranging from information service provision to electronic publishing, information broking, systems specification and consultancy.
The IIS, which represents them, works to promote excellence in the field of information management.

ICLG is the Industrial & Commercial Libraries Group of the Library Association. It supports and promotes the professional interests of all members involved in special libraries, especially those practising in the workplace sector. It has an active programme designed to facilitate professional development, encourages and supports activity in the regions, and provides a voice for the workplace sector by offering comment on national and topical issues.

Information Bridges International, Inc. was founded by Judith A. Siess in 1996 to facilitate exchanges of ideas among librarians and information professionals around the world.

What is a SOLO librarian?
A SOLO librarian is "an isolated librarian or information collector/provider who has no professional peers within the immediate organization." 

The EBLIDA (European Bureau of Library, Information and Documentation Associations) is an independent non-governmental and non-commercial umbrella association of national library, information, documentation and archive associations and institutions in Europe. 

Subjects on which EBLIDA concentrates are copyright, culture, telematics, Central and Eastern Europe, information society related matters and information technology.

The Nutshell, the new FREE site for everyone working with information. 

The Nutshell is packed with interesting and relevant news and useful links; in fact, a range of tools, services and information that make 
The Nutshell the first place to come for information about information. If you are already a professional knowledge worker, or are interested in a career in information work, there are also links to relevant sites.

Researcha is a global Internet community for information professionals. 

These are individuals whose primary responsibility is the collection, management and dissemination of information. Researcha welcomes members from all types of organisations, private and public, and from all geographies.

Google returns relevant results because it responds to your query using an automated method that ranks relevant websites based on the link structure of the Internet itself.
Without a powerful search tool, finding a specific website can be as difficult as finding a book in a library that has no card catalogue and a completely random method of storing its books.
Google has revolutionized searching on the web with its patent-pending PageRank^TM technology. PageRank leverages the structural nature of the web, which is defined by the way in which any web page can link to any other web page, instantly, directly, and without an intermediary.