American Antiquarian Society. An independent research library whose collections document the life of America's people from the colonial era through the Civil War and Reconstruction.

Hibolire: The Nordic-Baltic-Russian Network on the History of Books, Libraries and Reading.A network of scholars in the fields of book history, history of libraries and history of reading.

History of Literacy. A special interest group of the History of Reading Special Interest Group of the International Reading Association, its website serves as a resource for this researach area.

Library History Group (Great Britain). One of the oldest special interest groups of the Chartered Institute for Library and Information Professionals and the only group in the UK specifically devoted to the history of libraries and librarianship.

IFLA Library History Special Interest Group. Part of the international body representing the interests of library and information servicesand their users, this group concentrates on themes of library history, and experience of general significance, and theoretical foundations of the field.

Library History Roundtable. Part of the ALA, to encourage research and publication on library history and promote awareness and discussion of historical issues in librarianship.

Historic Libraries Forum (UK). Assists libraries in historical settings.

SHARP-L. The discussion group of the Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing

Database of American Libraries before 1876. Davies Project, Princeton

PLRE Project. Creates a searchabledatabase from book-lists and private libraries between the beginning of the 16th C. and the mid-17th C.

Library History Database: British Isles to 1850. Robin Alston. Offline. Transferred to the Institute of English Studies in the School of Advanced Study at the University of London.

Book History Online: An International Bibliography (Koninklijke Bibliotheek). Searchable database

The Bookdealer Interviews. Sheila Markham

Libraries Today. Canadian library history. Lorne Bruce

Il libro antico. Angela Nuovo, Aldo Coletto and Graziano Ruffini

Private Libraries in Renaissance England (PLRE) Folger database

American Library Association. Archives. University of Illinois. Documents the history of the American Library Association and Librarianship