100 Libraries to Follow on Twitter

This is a list of active libraries that provide great content on Twitter. They are quick to respond to people’s comments and questions, and their presence is felt around the Twitter library world. If you are trying to learn about what leading libraries are doing, check out the following 100 Twitter handles. Enjoy!

1. Library of Congress @librarycongress Washington, DC – http://www.loc.gov
2. NY Public Library @nypl Bx, Manhattan, SI – http://www.nypl.org
3. Somers Library @Somers_Library Somers, NY – http://www.somerslibrary.org
4. Pratt Library @prattlibrary Enoch Pratt Free Library: Public Library system of Baltimore City – Baltimore, MD – http://www.prattlibrary.org
5. CTState Library @LibraryofCT Connecticut State Library – Hartford, CT – http://www.cslib.org
6. TorontoPublicLibrary @torontolibrary Toronto Public Library – facebook.com/torontopubliclibrary
   - Toronto – http://torontopubliclibrary.ca
7. Edm Public Library @EPLdotCA Edmonton Public Library – Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, YEG – http://www.epl.ca
8. Cincinnati Library @cincylibrary The Public Library of Cincinnati & Hamilton County – Cincinnati, OH – http://www.cincinnatilibrary.org
9. B’ham Public Library @bpl Birmingham Public Library – http://www.facebook.com/BirminghamPublicLibrary – Birmingham, Alabama – http://www.bplonline.org
10. Houston Library @houstonlibrary Houston Public Library – Houston, TX USA – http://www.houstonlibrary.org
11. UCI Medical Library @Grunigen Grunigen Medical Library – University of California, Irvine – Orange California – http://grunigen.lib.uci.edu
12. ChChCityLibraries @ChristchurchLib Christchurch New Zealand – http://christchurchcitylibraries.com
13. NIH Library @nihlib Bethesda, Maryland – http://nihlibrary.nih.gov
14. Columbus Library @columbuslibrary Columbus Metropolitan Library – Columbus, OH – http://www.columbuslibrary.org
15. WorldDigitalLibrary @WDLorg @librarycongress – http://www.wdl.org
16. Queens Library @QueensLibrary Queens, New York City – http://www.queenslibrary.org
17. KCMO Public Library @KCLibrary KC Library – Kansas City, Missouri – http://kclibrary.org
18. Hennepin Cty Library @hclib
    facebook.com/hclib – Minnesota, US – http://www.hclib.org
19. LAPL @LApubliclibrary FB: http://is.gd/kXBhSv – Los Angeles, California, USA – http://www.lapl.org
20. SmithsonianLibraries @SILibraries Washington, DC – http://blog.library.si.edu
21. Stanford Law Library @SLSlib_newbooks Robert Crown Law Library at Stanford Law School – Stanford, CA – http://www.law.stanford.edu/library
22. Vancouver Public Lib @VPL Vancouver Public Library – Vancouver, Canada – http://www.vpl.ca
23. Halifax Libraries @hfxpublib Halifax Public Libraries – Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada – http://www.halifaxpubliclibraries.ca/about/contact/ask-a-librarian.html
24. USC Libraries @USCLibraries University of Southern California – Los Angeles, California – http://www.usc.edu/libraries
25. FreeLibrary @FreeLibrary Free Library of Philadelphia Philadelphia – http://www.freelibrary.org
26. DC Public Library @dcpl Washington, DC – http://www.dclibrary.org
27. Char Meck Library @cmlibrary Charlotte/Mecklenburg NC – http://www.cmlibrary.org
28. BPL @brooklynpublic Brooklyn Public Library – Brooklyn, NY – http://www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org
29. NCSUEngLibrary @NCSUEngLibrary Raleigh, NC, USA – http://news.lib.ncsu.edu/pes
30. Multnomah County Lib @MultCoLib Multnomah County, Oregon – http://www.multcolib.org
31. CalgaryPublicLibrary @calgarylibrary Calgary Public Library – Calgary – http://calgarypubliclibrary.com
32. denverlibrary @denverlibrary Denver Public Library – Denver, CO – http://denverlibrary.org
33. King County Library @KCLS King County Library System – kcls.org
34. OU_Library @OU_Library Open University Library – Milton Keynes, UK – http://www.open.ac.uk/library
35. Nashville P. Library @NowatNPL Nashville Public Library – Nashville, Tennessee, USA – http://www.library.nashville.org
36. Buffalo/Erie Library @buffalolibrary Buffalo and Erie County Public Library System – Buffalo, NY, Erie County, USA – http://www.buffalolib.org
37. MPL @missoulalibrary Missoula Public Library – Missoula, MT – http://www.missoulapubliclibrary.org
38. UBC Library @ubclibrary Vancouver, BC – http://www.library.ubc.ca
39. UIUC Undergrad Lib @askundergrad University of Illinois Undergraduate Library – Urbana, IL – http://www.library.uiuc.edu/ugl
40. Arlington VA Pub Lib @ArlingtonVALib Arlington Virginia Public Library – Arlington, VA – http://library.arlingtonva.us
41. MS State Univ Libs @msu_libraries The Mississippi State University Libraries – Starkville, MS – http://library.msstate.edu
42. Harvard Library @HarvardLibrary Cambridge, MA – http://library.harvard.edu
43. Norwalk Library CT @NorwalkLibCT Norwalk Public Library – Fairfield County, CT – Norwalk, CT – http://www.norwalkpubliclibrary.org
44. Lawrence Public Lib @lawrencelibrary Lawrence Public Library – Lawrence, KS – http://www.lawrencepubliclibrary.org
45. UWDigitalCollections @UWdigiCollec Madison, Wisconsin – http://uwdc.library.wisc.edu
46. Falvey Library @FalveyLibrary Villanova University’s Falvey Memorial Library – Villanova, PA – http://library.villanova.edu
47. UT Libraries @utlibraries University of Texas Libraries – Austin, TX – http://www.lib.utexas.edu
48. MCPL Libraries @MCPL_Libraries Montgomery County, Maryland – http://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/library
49. Canton PublicLibrary @CantonLibrary Canton Public Library – Canton, Michigan – http://www.cantonpl.org
50. MidManhattan Library @midmanhattanlib Mid-Manhattan Library – New York, NY – http://www.facebook.com/midmanhattanlibrary
51. LondonPublicLibrary @londonlibrary London, Ontario, Canada – http://www.londonpubliclibrary.ca
52. MIT Libraries @mitlibraries Cambridge, MA – http://libraries.mit.edu
53. Vernon Area Library @VernonLibrary The Vernon Area Public Library District – Lincolnshire, IL – http://www.vapld.info
54. ClevelandPubLibrary @Cleveland_PL Cleveland, Ohio, USA – http://www.cpl.org
55. Miami U. Libraries @miamiulibraries Oxford, Ohio – http://www.lib.muohio.edu
56. Springfield Library @SpfldMassLib Springfield City Library – Springfield MA – http://www.springfieldlibrary.org
57. Johnson Co. Library @jocolibrary Johnson County Library – Johnson County, Kansas – http://www.jocolibrary.org
58. MSU Libraries @msulibraries Michigan State University Libraries – East Lansing, MI 48824 – http://www.lib.msu.edu
59. Seattle Library @SPLBuzz Seattle Public Library – Seattle, WA – http://www.spl.org
60. Kitchener Library @KitchLibrary Kitchener Public Library – Kitchener, Ontario, Canada – http://www.kpl.org
61. Detroit Library @DetroitLibrary Detroit Public Library – Detroit, MI – http://www.detroitpubliclibrary.org
62. Des Moines Library @dmpl Des Moines Public Library – Des Moines, IA, USA – http://www.dmpl.org
63. Austin Pub Library @AustinPublicLib Austin, Texas – http://library.austintexas.gov
64. SAU Library @SAULib Library of St.Ambrose University – Davenport, Iowa – http://library.sau.edu
65. OkStateLibrary @OkStateLibrary Oklahoma State University Libraries – Stillwater, OK – http://www.library.okstate.edu
66. Cecil County Library @ccpltweets Cecil County Maryland – http://www.cecil.ebranch.info
67. Brantford Library @BtfdLibrary Brantford, Ontario, Canada – http://brantford.library.on.ca
68. LA County Library @LACountyLibrary County of Los Angeles Public Library – Los Angeles County – http://www.colapublib.org
69. Anderson Co. Library @Andersonsclib Public Library in Anderson County, South Carolina – Anderson, SC -http://www.andersonlibrary.org
70. KCK Public Library @KCKPL The Kansas City, Kansas Public Library system – Kansas City, Kansas – http://www.kckpl.org
71. Pikes Peak Library @ppld El Paso County, Colorado – http://ppld.org
72. ZSR Library @zsrlibrary Z. Smith Reynolds Library – Wake Forest University – Winston-Salem, NC – http://zsr.wfu.edu
73. Welland Library @wellandlib Welland Public Library – Welland, Ontario, Canada – http://www.welland.library.on.ca
74. Netanya Col. Library @MichlalaLibrary Netanya Academic College Library – Netanya, Israel – http://www.netanya.ac.il
75. Kzoo Public Library @KzooLibrary Kalamazoo, MI – http://www.kpl.gov
76. Penrose Library – DU @dupenrose Penrose Library at the University of Denver – Denver, CO – http://library.du.edu
77. WUSTLlibraries @WUSTLlibraries Washington University Libraries – St. Louis, Missouri – http://library.wustl.edu
78. UCSD SSHL @ucsdsshl UC San Diego’s Social Sciences & Humanities Library – San Diego – http://libraries.ucsd.edu/locations/sshl
79. Owatonna Library @owatonnalibrary Owatonna, Minnesota – http://www.owatonna.info
80. UNC Davis Library @UNCDavisLib Chapel Hill, NC – http://www.lib.unc.edu/davis
81. UCLA Powell Library @UCLA_Powell Los Angeles, CA – http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/college/index.cfm
82. UCF Library @UCFLibrary Orlando, FL – http://library.ucf.edu
83. UBLibraries @UBLibraries University at Buffalo Libraries Buffalo, New York – http://library.buffalo.edu
84. SpoCoLibraryDistrict @SpCoLibraryDist Spokane County Library District – Spokane County, Washington – http://www.scld.org
85. CCC Library @LibraryTweet Columbia College Chicago Library – 624 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago – http://www.lib.colum.edu
86. Stratford Library CT @StratfordLib Stratford, CT – http://www.stratfordlibrary.org
87. Winspear Library @WinspearBusLib Winspear Business Library @ University of Alberta – @ualberta – Edmonton, Alberta, Canada – http://guides.library.ualberta.ca/business-home
88. Westlock Libraries @WestlockLibrary Westlock, Alberta – http://www.westlocklibrary.ca
89. Novi Public Library @TheNewNPL Novi, MI – http://www.novilibrary.org
90. Bryan Cave Library @BryanCaveLib Library & Research Services at Bryan Cave LLP
91. Undergrad. Library @Undergradref House Undergraduate Library at UNC-Chapel Hill – Chapel Hill, NC – http://www.lib.unc.edu/house
92. Brookfield Library @BrookfieldLib Brookfield, CT – http://www.brookfieldlibrary.org
93. Fondren Library @fondrenlibrary Rice University – http://library.rice.edu
94. Sprague Library @montclairulib Montclair State University – Montclair, NJ 07043 – http://www.montclair.edu/library
95. LiveWire Libraries @WarringtonLibs Warrington, Cheshire, UK – http://www.livewirewarrington.co.uk
96. Consortium Library @ConsortiumLib University of Alaska Anchorage and Alaska Pacific University – http://consortiumlibrary.org
97. Wixom Public Library @wixomlibrary 49015 Pontiac Trail Wixom, MI – http://wixomlibrary.org
98. WestGippsRegLibCorp @WGRLC_Libs West Gippsland, Victoria – http://www.wgrlc.vic.gov.au
99. Annie Gabriel Lib. @CBULibrary Riverside, Calif. USA – http://www.calbaptist.edu/library
100. Goodnight Library @GoodnightMemLib Franklin, KY – http://www.gmpl.org

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