Middletown Thrall Library: Libraries and Librarians: Home
Websites and information about libraries, library services, and librarians.
Local Libraries
Digital Libraries and Online Texts
- Digital Public Library of America (DPLA)
- "Millions of materials from libraries, archives, museums, and other cultural institutions across the country."
- Library of Congress: Digital Collections
- Featuring select items from LOC's extensive collections.
- Middletown Thrall Library: Digital History
- Select photos and texts that have been digitized and made available online. See also our Local History Department.
- National Archives: Online Exhibits
- Explore online editions of historic documents, including The Constitution, The Bill of Rights, The Declaration of Independence, Posters from World War II, The Watergate Files, and more.
- Project Gutenberg
- An online archive of downloadable e-texts (electronic/digitized texts). Includes classics, historical works, biographies/memoirs, letters, essays, novels, poetry, and much more.
Other Libraries and Library-Related Websites
- American Library Association (ALA)
- Advocacy, library news, ALA statements and policies, and more.
- Archives.gov: Presidential Libraries
- I Love Libraries
- From the American Library Association (ALA).
- International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)
- "An independent, international, non-governmental, not-for-profit, public benefit organisation which advances the interests of library and information associations, libraries and information services, librarians and the communities they serve throughout the world."
- Libraries and Library Systems in New York State
- From New York State Library.
- Library Bill of Rights
- From the American Library Association (ALA).
- Library of Congress
- National Archives
- "The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is the nation's record keeper."
- National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS)
- Information on services and more.
- New York Public Library (NYPL)
- New York State Library
- New York State Library Association (NYLA)
- Orange Library Association (OLA)
- Smithsonian Libraries
- Why Libraries Matter (PDF)
- An overview of what public libraries do and contribute to the world.
- WorldCat
- Search the collections of libraries around the world. Note: not all libraries are included.