American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) - advancement of humanistic studies in all fields of learning in the humanities and the social sciences and the maintenance and strengthening
of relations among the national societies devoted to such studies
American Library Association (ALA) - mission is to provide leadership for the development, promotion, and improvement of library and information services and for the profession of librarianship, in order to enhance learning and ensure access to information for all
American Society for Information Science (ASIS) - aims to advance information professionals and the field of information science by: providing methods of communication and continuing education for information professionals; encouraging research, development and applications that advance the field of information science; and increasing public awareness of the field and its benefits to society
American Society of Indexers (ASI) - nonprofit organization that serves indexers, librarians, abstractors, editors, publishers, database producers, data searchers, product developers, technical writers, academic professionals, researchers and readers, and others concerned with indexing
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) - international scientific and educational organization dedicated to advancing the arts, sciences, and applications of information technology
The Association for Work Process Improvement (TAWPI) - international, not-for-profit membership organization whose aim is to enhance the performance of organizations and strengthen the value of professionals that employ emerging technologies in mail, remittance, document and forms processing
Association of Research Libraries (ARL) - not-for-profit membership organization comprising the libraries of North American research institutions and operates as a forum for the exchange of ideas and as an agent for collective action
Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) - organization to advance the transformative promise of networked information technology for the advancement of scholarly communication and the enrichment of intellectual productivity
Corporation for National Research Initiatives (CNRI) - promotes various collaborative activities that create productive synergies among government agencies, universities, and private organizations; undertakes targeted research in technologies for digital objects rights management, and high-speed networking; and supports various educational initiatives
Heritage Preservation - works to inform the public of the need to preserve our collective heritage
H-Net - interdisciplinary organization of scholars developing the educational potential of the Internet
Humanities Text Initiative (HTI) - umbrella organization for the acquisition, creation, and maintenance of electronic texts, and a mechanism for furthering the University of Michigan's online text capabilities
Information Resources Management Association (IRMA) - professional organization to promote the understanding, development and practice of managing information resources as key enterprise assets among IRM/IT professionals
National Coordinating Committee for the Promotion of History (NCC) - represents historical and archival professions on issues involving federal funding and policy issues that have an impact on historical research and teaching, access to government information, employment of historians, public policy issues relating to history, historic preservation, and the dissemination of historical information
Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) - nonprofit, membership, library computer service and research organization dedicated to furthering access to the world’s information and reducing information costs
Society for the History of Technology (SHOT) - interdisciplinary organization that is concerned not only with the history of technological devices and processes, but also with the relations of technology to science, politics, social change, the arts and humanities, and economics
Society for Information Management (SIM) - not-for-profit organization of information technology professionals, including chief information officers (CIOs), chief technology officers (CTOs) and other IT leaders