Career Networking Resources

Networking Strategies

Professional Organizations

Many professional organizations focus on library and information science. These organizations offer online resources for networking, job finding, and career development.

  • American Association of Law Libraries (AALL)
  • American Library Association (ALA) and UW Student Chapter (SALA)
  • American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA)
  • American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) and UW Student Chapter
  • Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA)
  • Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
  • Association for Information and Image Management (AIIM)
  • Association for Information Systems (AIS)
  • Association of Information Technology Professionals (AITP)
  • Association of Library and Information Science Students (ALISS)
  • Data Management Association (DMA-PS)
  • Informatics Undergraduate Association (IUGA)
  • Information Resources Management Association (IRMA)
  • Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences (INFORMS)
  • International Association for Computer Information Systems (IACIS)
  • International Association for Management of Technology (IAMOT)
  • Law Librarians of Puget Sound (LLOPS)
  • Medical Library Association (MLA)
  • Pacific Northwest Library Association (PNLA)
  • Society for Information Management (SIM)
  • Society of Competitive Information Professionals (SCIP)
  • Special Libraries Association (SLA) and UW Student Chapter (SLA@UW)
  • Visual Resources Association (VRA)
  • Washington Library Association (WLA)
  • Washington Library Media Association (WLMA)
  • Washington State Technology Leaders (WSA)