South Dakota State Library: For Librarians - Professional Development: Directories/Associations

FOR LIBRARIANS: Professional Development - Directories and Associations

South Dakota
- SD Library Directory: organized by city or library name. Includes websites if available. Compiled by the South Dakota State Library.
- South Dakota Library Association (SDLA) statewide organization representing libraries, library employees, library trustees, and library supporters.
- South Dakota Library Network (SDLN)

Regional
- Bibliographical Center for Research (BCR) multi-state library cooperative serving mountain/plains states
- Minnesota Library Information Network (MnLINK) statewide virtual library that electronically links to Minnesota's rich library resources.
- MINITEX Library Information Network (MINITEX) publicly supported network of academic, public, state government, and special libraries working cooperatively to improve library service for their users in Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota.
  - MINITEX Union List of Serials (MULS) major interlibrary loan location and verification tool for SD, ND, & MN libraries
- Mountain Plains Library Association (MPLA) twelve state association of librarians, library paraprofessionals and friends of libraries in Arizona, Colorado, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Utah and Wyoming.
- North Dakota State University Library (NDSU)
- Online Dakota Information Network (ODIN) operated by the North Dakota University System
- PALS provides information technology services to the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities and the Consortium of MnPALS Libraries.
  - MnPALS Union Catalog
- Traverse des Sioux Library System (TdS) provides a single catalog for 45 public libraries in 9 counties of southcentral Minnesota.
- University of Minnesota Libraries

National/International
- American Library Association (ALA)
- American Indian Library Association (AILA) addresses the library-related needs of American Indians and Alaska Natives
- Freedom Forum: nonpartisan foundation dedicated to free press, free speech and free spirit for all people. The foundation focuses on three priorities: the Newseum, First Amendment freedoms and newsroom diversity.
- LibDex the Library Index keyword search a directory of 13,368 libraries
- Reading is Fundamental: nation's largest children's literacy organization
- State Library Web Sites: list compiled by the Wisconsin Department of Public Institution