SJCPL's List of Public Libraries
with
Gopher/WWW Services
Below you will find our first attempts (since November 12, 1994) to list all the public libraries
world-wide that either have their own gopher or WWW server, or are serving up
documents or information about their library on someone else's gopher or WWW server. This
list is by no means complete. Could you please help us out?
If you know of any other public libraries with a gopher or WWW server; or, if
you know of a public library that is serving documents on someone else's gopher or WWW server, please go to our NEW Public
Library Server Registration Page and fill in the registration form.
We will be sure to add it to this page. If you would rather let us know by e-mail (with more details, perhaps), then send your e-mail message to: donald.napoli@gomail.sjcpl.lib.in.us (Don Napoli). Thanks!
If you wish to see these public libraries in a different way, then use our
Public Library Servers Database
Search Form .This form will allow you to view only those
public library servers, for example, which are in a particular County, State, or City. It will also allow
you to search for a particular library to see what type(s) of servers that public library has.
- Allen County Public Library Gopher (Ft. Wayne, IN)
- Boston Public Library Gopher (Boston, MA)
- British Columbia Library Services Branch Gopher (with addresses &
telephone numbers of 74 British Columbia public libraries)
- Chester County Library and District Center (Chester County, PA)
- Cleveland Public Library Gopher (Cleveland, OH)
- Delaware's Public Library Gopher (Dover, DE)
- Denver Public Library (Denver, CO)
- Kitsap Regional Library
Gopher (Bremerton, WA)
- Metro Net Library Consortium Gopher (a virtual Consortium of eight Detroit suburban public
libraries at ten sites in Wayne and Oakland Counties, Michigan.
- Pasadena Public Library Gopher (Pasadena, CA)
- Pikes Peak Library's MaggNet (Colorado Springs, CO)
- Queensborough Public Library Gopher (Jamaica, NY)
- Salt Lake City Public Library Gopher (Salt Lake City,
UT)
- Seattle Public Library Gopher (Seattle, WA)
- Sonoma County Library Gopher (Santa Rosa, CA)
- Southern Adirondack Library Systems Gopher (SALS) (Saratoga Springs, NY) (The Southern Adirondack Library System (SALS) and the Mohawk Valley
Library Association (MVLA) are two of the 23 public library systems in New York State.
- SuffolkNet (Bellport, NY) - a cooperative project of the 54 public libraries in Suffolk County, New York.
- Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County (Youngstown, OH)
- Oeffentliche Bibliothek der Stadt Aachen
(Public Library of Aachen, Germany)
- Abbot Public Library (Marblehead, MA)
- Aberdeen City Libraries (Aberdeen, UK)
- Ålesund bibliotek (Ålesund, Norway)
- Alachua County Library District (Gainesville, FL)
- Alameda County Libraries (Alameda County, CA)
- Biblioteca Civica Cittˆ di Albenga (Albenga, Italy)
- Alexandria Library (Alexandria, VA)
- Algonquin Area Public Library District (Algonquin, IL)
- Allen County Public Library (Ft. Wayne, IN) (under construction)
- Altadena Public Library (Altadena, CA)
- City of Anacortes Public Library (Anacortes, WA)
- Ann Arbor Public Library (Ann Arbor, MI)
- Apache Junction Public Library (Apache Junction, AZ)
- Appleton Public Library (Appleton, WI) 1st public library in Wisconsin
to put up a WWW Server!
- Asker bibliotek (Asker,
Norway)
- Athenaeum of Photography (Marblehead, Massachusetts)
- Atlanta/Fulton Public Library (Atlanta, Georgia)
- Austin Public Library (Austin, TX)
National Library of the Year Award Recipient!
- Baldwin Public Library (Birmingham, MI)
- Baltimore County Public Library (Towson, Maryland)
- Bancroft Memorial Library (Hopedale, MA)
- Barrington Area Library (Barrington, IL)
- Bedford Free Public Library (Bedford, MA)
- Bedfordshire Libraries (Bedfordshire, UK)
- Bergen offentlige bibliotek
(Bergen, Norway)
- The Berkeley Public Library (Berkeley, CA)
- Berkshire Library and Information Services
(Reading, UK)
- Birmingham Public Library (Birmingham, AL)
- Birmingham Libraries (Birminghan,
UK)
- Bloomfield Township Public Library (Bloomfield Hills, MI)
- Boston Public Library (Boston, MA)
- Biblioteken i Botkyrka (Botkyrka, Sweden)
- Boulder Public Library (Boulder, CO)
- Stadtbuecherei Bochum (Public Library of Bochum, Germany)
- London Borough of Brent (Brent, UK)
- Box Hill - Doncaster Regional Library
Authority (Box Hill, Australia)
- Bridgeport Public Library (Bridgeport, CT)
- Brookston-Prairie Township Public Library (Brookston, IN)
- Brønnøy folkebibliotek
(Brønnøysund, Norway)
- Buckinghamshire County Library (Aylesbury, UK)
- Burlington County Library (Westampton, NJ) 1st public library in New Jersey to provide
WWW access to its customers!
- Cambridge Public Library (Cambridge, MA)
- Cambridgeshire County Libraries
(Cambridge, UK)
- Camden County Library (Voorhees, New Jersey)
- Camden Public Library (Camden, Maine)
- National Library of Canada (Ottawa, Canada)
- Canterbury Public Library (Christchurch, New Zealand ) 1st public library system in
New Zealand and in Australasia to put up a WWW Server!
- Canton Public Library (Canton, MI)
- Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, PA)
- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque, Iowa)
- Carroll County Public Library (Westminster, MD)
- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls, Iowa)
- Champaign Public Library (Champaign, IL)
- Charleston County Library (Charleston, NC)
- Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County (Charlotte, North Carolina) "1995 Library of the
Year"
- Chicago Public Library (Chicago, IL)
- Clark Public Library (Clark, New Jersey) 1st public library system in New Jersey to put up a
WWW Server!
- Cleveland Public Library (Cleveland, OH)
- Collingwood Public Library (Collingwood, Ontario,
Canada)
- Connecticut Libraries (links located in and/or relating to Connecticut, USA)
- Cook Memorial Library District (Libertyville,
IL)
- Coralville Public Library (Coralville, IA)
- Croydon Libraries Internet Project (CLIP) (British Public Libraries Project, UK)
- Dandenong Valley Regional Library Service
(Springvale, Australia)
- Dayton & Montgomery County Public Library (Dayton, OH)
- Delaware Public Library (Dover, DE)
- Royal Library Copenhagen (Copenhagen, Denmark)
- Denver Public Library (Denver, CO)
- Public Library of Des Moines (Des Moines, Iowa)
- Davidson County Public Library System (Lexington, NC)
- Dixon Public Library (Dixon, CA)
- Douglas Public Library District (Castle Rock, CO)
- Drammen folkebibliotek (Drammen, Norway)
- Stadtbuechereien Duesseldorf (Public Library of Duesseldorf, Germany)
1st public library in Germany to put up a WWW Server!
- Duxbury Free Library (Duxbury, Massachusetts)
- Project EARL (United Kingdom) (Project EARL is a consortium of UK public libraries. Its WWW server currently hosts
the following UK public libraries: Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Birmingham, Buckinghamshire, Corporation of London,
Essex, Gloucestershire, Gwent, Hertfordshire, Hillingdon, Lancashire,The Library and Information Commission, Richmond, Staffordshire,
Suffolk, Walsall, Warwickshire and Westminster)
- El Dorado County Library (Placerville, CA)
- Ela Area Public Library District (Lake Zurich, IL)
- Ellsworth Public Library (Ellsworth, Maine)
- Espanola Public Library (Espanola, Ontario )
- Essex Libraries (Essex, UK)
- Eugene Public Library (Eugene, OR)
- Evanston Public Library (Evanston, IL)
- Evansville-Vanderburgh County Public Library (Evansville, IN)
- Falmouth Public Library (Falmouth, MA)
- Farmingham Community Library (Farminghan, MI)
- Farmington Hills Library by Gillian Goldsmith, Betty Rozum and Madelyn Ryan. (MI)
- Fayetteville Public Library (Ozark Regional Library, Fayetteville, AR)
- The Ferguson Library (Stamford, CT) -- 1st public library web page in Connecticut!
- Flint Public Library (Flint, MI)
- Farmington Community Library
- Fredrikstad bibliotek (Fredrikstad, Norway)
- Garfield County Public Library (New Castle, CO)
- Glendale Public Library (Glendale,
AZ)
- Glenview Public Library (Glenview, IL)
- Gloucestershire County Library (Gloucestershire, UK)
- Greenville County Library (Greenville, SC)
- Gwent County Library (Gwent, UK)
- Halton Hills Public Library (Georgetown, Ontario)
- Stadtbuecherei Hamm (Public Library of Hamm, Germany)
- Hankasalmi Library (Hankasalmi, Finland)
- Harmsworth Public Library (Grand Falls-Windsor, Newfoundland)
- Hawaii State Public Library System (links to Hawaii's 49 public libraries)
- Helsinki City Library (Helsinki, Finland) - 1st public library in the world to put up a WWW Server!
- Hereford and Worcester County Libraries
(Worcester, UK)
- Hertfordshire County Library (Hertfordshire, UK)
- London Borough of Hillingdon (Uxbridge, UK)
- Hollis Social Library (Hollis, NH)
- Horten bibliotek (Horten, Norway)
- Houston Public Library (Houston, TX)
- ILANET New South Wales (Australia) State Library
network provides a Public Libraries
Internet Gateway for its public libraries.
- Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library (Indianapolis, IN)
- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City, IA)
- Islington Library and Information Service (Islington, UK)
- Jackson County Public Library (Seymour, IN)
- Jefferson-Madison Regional Library (Charlottesville, VA)
- Juneau Public Libraries (Juneau, Alaska)
- Jyvaskyla City Library (Jyvaskyla, Finland)
- Jyvaskyla-Maalaiskunnan City Library (Jyvaskyla-Maalaiskunnan,
Finland)
- Kaarinan Library (Kaarinan, Finland)
- Kansas City Public Library (Kansas City, MO)
- Kansas Regional Library Systems
- Kauhajoen Library (Kauhajoen, Finland)
- Kempeleen Library (Kempeleen, Finland)
- Kiimingin Library (Kiimingin, Finland)
- Kinderhook Regional Library (Lebanon, Missouri)
- Kokomo-Howard County Public Library (Kokomo, IN)
- Kristianstads stadsbibliotek (Kristianstad, Sweden)
- Laitilan Library (Laitilan, Finland)
- Lancashire County Library (Lancashire County, UK)
- Latah County Library District (Moscow, Idaho)
- Lawrence Public Library
(Lawrence, Kansas)
- LISWA (Perth, Autralia) (The Library and
Information Service of Western Australia)
- Lincoln County Public Library (Libby, MT)
- Linköpings Stadsbibliotek
(Linköpings, Sweden)
- Livermore Public Library (Livermore, CA)
- Corporation
of London Libraries (London, UK) (Includes the Barbican, Camomile
Street, Shoe Lane Lending Libraries, and the Guildhall,
City Business, and St. Bride Printing Reference Libraries
- London Public Library (London, Ontario)
- Long Beach Public Library (Long Beach, CA)
- Longmont Public Library (Boulder, CO)
- La Bibliothque de Longueuil (Longueuil, Quebec, Canada)
- Los Angeles Public Library (Los Angeles, CA)
- Bibliotek i Luleå (Luleå ,
Sweden)
- Mahopac Public Library (Mahopac, NY)
- Manchester Central Library
(Manchester, UK)
- Manhattan Public Library (Manhattan, Kansas)
- Mariehamns stadsbibliotek (Mariehamn, Finland)
- Mead Public Library (Sheboygan, WI)
- Metro Net Library Consortium, Inc. (a virtual Consortium of eight Detroit suburban public
libraries at ten sites in Wayne and Oakland Counties, Michigan)
- Miami-Dade Public Library System (Miami, FL)
- Mid-Continent Public Library (Independence, MO)
- Mideastern Michigan Library Cooperative (MI)
- Millicent Library (Fairhaven. MA)
- Milton Public Library (Milton, MA)
- Mississauga Library System (Ontario, Canada)
- Missoula Public Library (Missoula, MT)
- Mobile Public Library (Mobile, AL)
- Stadtbibliothek Moenchengladbach (Public Library of Moenchengladbach, Germany)
- Mölndal Public Library (Mölndal, Sweden)
- Monroe County Public Library (Bloomington, IN)
- Monroe County Public Library (Rochester, New York)
- Montclair Public Library (Montclair, NJ)
- Monterey County Free Libraries (Monterey, CA)
- Montgomery-Floyd Regional Library (Christiansburg, VA)
- Moorestown Public Library (Moorestown, NJ)
- Morgan County Public Library (Martinsville, IN)
- Morton Grove Public Library (Morton Grove, IL)
- Mount Arlington Public Library (Mount Arlington, NJ)
- Mount Prospect Public Library (Mount Prospect, IL)
- Mountain View Library
(Mountain View, CA)
- Moscow Free Library (Moscow, Idaho)
- Moscow-Latah County Library District (Latah County, Idaho)
- Stadtbuecherei Muenster (Public
Library of Muenster, Germany)
- Multnomah County Library (Portland, OR)
- Public Library of Nashville and Davidson County (Nashville, TN)
- National Library of the Netherlands (Koninklijke Bibliotheek)
- New Castle - Henry County Public Library (New castle, IN)
- New Orleans Public Library (New Orleans, LA) (WWW)
- New South Wales Public Libraries Internet Gateway (Sydney, Australia)
- New York Public Library (New York, NY)
- Niagara-on-the-Lake Public Library (Niagra Falls, Canada)
- Norfolk Public Library (Norfolk, VA)
- Norrköpings Stadsbibliotek
(Norrköpings, Sweden)
- Nova Scotia Provincial Library (Nova Scotia, Canada) 1st public library system in Canada to put up a WWW Server!
- Nova Scotia Regional Libraries (Nova Scotia, Canada)
(Includes links to Annapolis Valley, Cape Breton, Colchester-East Hants, Cumberland, Dartmough, Eastern
Counties, Halifax City, Halifax County, Pictou-Antigonish, South Shore, and Western Counties Regional
Libraries of Nova Scotia, Canada)
- Novi Public Library by Michele Buberniak, Yan Fu, Suzann Jude (MI)
- Ocean City Free Public Library (Ocean City, NJ)
- Ontario Public Libraries Web Pages (Ontario, Canada) (includes Ajax, Collingwood, Dundas, Espanola,
Hamilton, London, Stratford, St. Thomas, Wentworth, Gloucester, Kanata, Ottawa, and Nepean Public
Libraries of Ontario, Canada)
- Oslo Public Library (Oslo, Norway) - the largest public library in Norway - founded 1785!
- Ottawa Public Library (Ottawa, Canada)
- Oulun City - Regional Library (Oulun, Finland)
- City of Palo Alto Libraries (Palo Alto, CA)
- Bibliotheque publique d'information (BIP) - public
information library (Paris, France) (WWW)
- Pasadena Public Library (Pasadena, CA) (WWW)
- The Free Public Library of Philadelphia (Philadelphia, PA)
- Pinellas Park Public Library (Pinellas Park, FL)
- Pori City Public Library (Pori, Finland)
- Port Moody Public Library (Port Moody, BC, Canada)
- Provincetown Public Library (Provincetown, MA)
- Provo City Library (Provo, Utah)
- Stadtbuecherei Recklinghausen (Public Libray of Recklinghausen, Germany)
- Regina Public Library (Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada)
- Richardson Public Library (Richardson, TX)
- Richmond Public Library (Richmond, British Columbia, Canada)
- London Borough of Richmond Upon Thames (Richmond, UK)
- Riverside City and County Public Library ( Riverside, CA)
- Riverside Regional Public Library (Jackson, Missouri)
- Rochester Hills Public Library (Rochester, MI)
- Ronneby Framtidsbiblioteket (Ronneby, Sweden)
- Round Rock Public Library (Round Rock, TX)
- Sacramento Public Library (Sacramento, CA)
- St. Charles City-County Library District (Saint Peters, MO)
- St. Joseph County Public Library (South Bend, IN) -- 1st public library in the U.S
and 2nd in the world to put up a WWW Server!
- Saint Paul Public Library (St. Paul, MN)
- St. Petersburg Public Library System (St. Petersburg, FL)
- St. Thomas Public Library (St. Thomas, Ontario)
- Saline District Library (Saline, MI)
- San Antonio Public Library (San Antonio, TX)
- San Diego Public Library (San Diego, CA)
- San Francisco Public Library (San Francisco, CA)
- San Jose Public Library (San Jose, CA)
- San Luis Obispo City-County Library (San Luis Obispo, CA)
- Santa Ana Public Library (Santa Ana, CA)
- Santa Cruz Public Libraries (Santa Cruz, CA)
- Santa Fe Public Library (Santa Fe, NM)
- Santa Monica Public Library (Santa Monica, CA)
- Scientific Universal Regional Library (Nizhny Novgorod, Russian Federation) - First (registered here
7 Oct 1995) WWW Public Library Server in Russia!
- SLAINTE's directory of Scottish Public Libraries
- Seaside Community Library (Seaside, CA)
- Seattle Public Library (Seattle, WA) (WWW)
- Seinäjoen City - Regional Library (Seinäjoen, Finland)
- SELCO (Southeastern Libraries
Cooperating) (regional agency for 30 public libraries in Southeastern
Minnesota, including the Albert Lea, Austin, Blooming Prairie, Brownsdale, Caledonia, Cannon Falls,
Chatifield, Dodge Center, Faribault, Grand Meadow, Harmony, Hokah, Kasson, Kenyon, LaCrescent, Lake City, Lanesboro, LeRoy, Mabel, Northfield, Owatonna, Pine Island, Plainview, Preston, Red Wing, Rochester, Rushford, St. Charles,
SELCO Bookmobile (Owatonna), SELCO Bookmobile (Winona), Spring Valley, Stewartville, Wabash, West Concord, Winona, Zumbrota Public Libraries)
- Sharon Public Library (Sharon, MA)
- Sheffield Libraries
(Sheffield, UK)
- Silkeborg Public Library (Silkeborg, Denmark)
- National Library of Singapore (Singapore)
- Skokie Public Library (Skokie, IL)
- Solna Stadsbibliotek
(Solna, Sweden)
- Sonoma County Library (Santa Rosa, CA)
- Southeastern Ohio Public Libraries
home page (Athens County Library Services; Washington County Public Library; and related links)
- Southern Prairie Library System (Altus, OK)
- Southfield Public Library (Southfield, MI)
- Spanish National Library (Madrid, Spain)
- Spokane Public Library (Spokane, Washington)
- Staffordshire Libraries (Staffordshire, UK)
- Stanislaus County Free Library (Modesto, CA)
- Stockholms Stadsbibliotek
(Stockholm, Sweden)
- Länsbiblioteket
I Stockholms Län (Stockholm, Sweden) (a public library serving the countryside and
regional museums around Stockholm)
- Suffolk County Libraries (Suffolk County, UK)
- Sundbybergs Bibliotek och kultur (Sundbyberg, Sweden)
- Sunnyvale Public Library (Sunnyvale, CA)
- Surrey County Libraries
(Surrey, UK)
- Tampere City Library - Pirkanmaa Regional Library
(Tampere, Finland)
- State Library of Tasmania (Tasmania, Australia)
- Taylor Public Library (Taylor, TX) 1st public
library in Texas to put up a WWW Server!
- Teaneck Public Library (Teaneck, NJ)
- Toledo-Lucas County Public Library (Toledo, OH)
- Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library (Topeka, Kansas)
- Tønsberg bibliotek
(Tønsberg, Norway)
- Tornio City Library (Tornio, Finland)
- Torrance Public Library (Torrance, CA, US)
- Trondheim folkebibliotek (Trondheim, Norway)
- Turun City Library - Varsinais-Suomen Regional Library (Turun, Finland)
- Umeå Kommuns bibliotek (Umeå, Sweden)
- United Kingdom Public Library Page
(Compiled by Sheila and Robert Harden)
- Vancouver Public Library (Vancouver, BC, Canada)
- Waldoboro Public Library (Waldoboro, ME)
- Warren-Newport Public Library (Gurnee, IL)
- Warwickshire County Libraries (Warwick, UK)
- Washoe County Library (Reno, NV) 1st WWW
service offered by a public library in Nevada!
- Watauga Regional Library (Johnson City, TN)
- West Bloomfield Township Public Library (West Bloomfield, MI)
- West Sussex Public Libraries (West Sussex, UK)
- West Islip Public Library (Long Island, NY) 1st public library
in Suffolk County, NY, to have a home page on the Web
- Westminster Libraries (Westminster, UK)
- Library and Information Service of Western Australia (LISWA)
(Perth, Australia)
- Western Counties Regional Library (Nova Scotia, Canada)
- Westerville (OH) Public Library WWW Server
- Wicomico County Free Library (Salisbury, MD)
- Willard Library (Evansville, IN)
- Wisner Public Library (Warwick, NY)
- Wichita Public Library (Wichita, KS)
- Wood County District Public Library (Bowling Green, OH)
- Woodland Public Library (Woodland, CA)
- Wroclaw Technical Library (Wroclaw, Poland)
- Yarra Plenty Regional Library Service (Rosanna, Australia)
Annotated List of WWW Public Library Sites
Peter Sylvan of the Milton Public Library in Milton,
MA maintains an annotated list
of over 100 of the U.S. Public Library WWW sites listed above and provides a critique of these
sites, listing their best features!
Public Library WWW Pages Maintained by Others
Of those included in the list above, Library Science students at the Library School of Information and Library
Studies, University of Michigan, are assisting the following public libraries in southeast Michigan to
start up their own WWW home pages in an initiative led by Professor Joan C. Durrance. Most of the documents
created by these students remain on the UM SILS server, but they point to these public libraries and their
services which are virtually on the Web.
Also included among those listed above, CARL Corporation's
Homepage has several links to the WWW homepages of their Library Partners, many of which are public library WWW sites currently under development. As of February 15th, 1995,
they include the following:
Virtual WWW Public Libraries
Finally, the following sites have set up what they call "Virtual Public Libraries" to serve
the general public and public libraries. They include:
- GoMLink, the 1st Virtual WWW *Library* on the
Internet, which opened in February 1993 using gopher software, is an electronic library of Internet
resources built for public libraries in the state of Michigan. They have direct http access or you can telnet to their public
lynx client (telnet to mlink.lib.umich.edu). Their range of subjects covers what most public library
collections would encompass. They use traditional library collection development philosophies to build
their virtual library. There are literally thousands of Internet resources all arranged in a subject-based
organizational scheme.
- The Internet Public Library - 1st
Virtual WWW *Public* Library
on the Internet. The Internet Public Library Project is hosted by the School of Information and Library Studies at the University of
Michigan. It "seeks to challenge and redefine the roles and significance of libraries in an increasingly
distributed and digital world. Libraries have always been places of learning and excitement, opening new worlds of information, enlightenment and entertainment to all who enter.
Libraries and the people who work in them are committed to democracy and equality of access, the dignity of their patrons, and the freedom to express and
investigate all points of view."
- Planet Earth Home Page Virtual
Library. This virtual library contains a
collection of resources available on the World Wide Web accessible through a Comprehensive Image Map
or grid of subjects and Internet resources - what Dave McCarn (dmccarn@cpcug.org) calls "a neat access
paradigm"; or through a Virtual
Library Floorplan, a layout of rooms, each linking one to other rooms of related information; or
through a Text Version of the
virtual library. Each of these approaches also has a search form that one can fill out to find information in
the library.