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last updated in 1999, this site appears to be Tidwell's site while doing her graduate work (she went on to write the seminal Designing Interfaces book). Still an amazingly well done and valuable resource on design patterns.

a collection meant to accompany Morville's book "Search Patterns"

a niche patterns library/site that concentrates on collaborative interactions

a library of games-related interaction design patterns

a site that focuses on social media design and the patterns emerging in those types of apps

a blog entry that discusses some great UI pattern resources...current January 2008, but good overview nevertheless.

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Elements of Design is a different type of web design showcase focusing on specific aspects of web design. The site focuses on particular components of design such as login forms and site navigation.

From the site: UIZen is a collection of best of the User Interface designs from around the Web.Site showcases Web Application and Backend designs. Why this site ? When you look for inspiration in good design while building a Web Application , CMS or a back end there are no references which you can look back on for inspiration. There are many CSS/Website galleries but they do not solve this problem as designing back ends is very different from designing Websites. This is where UIZen comes in , by showcases good User Interface Designs from around the web so you next Web Application or back end is not only usable but also good looking. If you know of a site about which you would like to share or have some Ideas for UIZen do get in touch.

a quite interesting and ambitious take on a pattern library. There is a "pro" paid version of this but the free access seems instructive for most needs. There are some extensive, recent changes that I have yet not had the opportunity to explore.

this is a collection of patterns (in German) and done by a gentleman named Markus Drews' for his thesis project.

another companion site, with more resources and examples, for the seminal book Designing Web Interfaces from Bill Scott and Theresa Neil.

a good resource of primarily web-based design examples

This collection of articles is useful in researching specific design problems. User Interface Engineering is a leading research, training, and consulting firm specializing in web site and product usability. Jared M. Spool founded the company back in 1988 and has built UIE into the largest organization of its kind in the world. With our in-depth research findings based on user observation, we empower development teams to create usable web sites that increase customer satisfaction and loyalty.

Accompanies the book "Designing Social Interfaces." This site should interest those who are interested in developing/working with social web applications

Reuse, recycle, but don't reinvent the wheel unless necessary. by Brian Christiansen at UI Engineering. Via. This collection captures findings of consistent, unique or interesting interfaces and design flows from across the web.

A weblog that take the approach of examining a particular user interaction pattern with the aim of cataloging and exploring that subject. Buttons and web forms are typical examples that are debated here

A site maintained by Experience Designer Jason Robb. UI Scraps catalogs, good, bad, and notable interface designs. This site features critiques of submission forms and praises for other good designs.

This is a great resource that I think it newish in late 2010. Concentrated on search and discovery...or as the site itself says "...describes principled ways to solve common user interface design problems related to search, faceted navigation, and discovery..."

not a pattern library per se, but more a study in how not to do error messages and dialogues in web apps and rich client apps.