Acquisition of Library Materials
Library & Information Technology 108
Diablo Valley College
Web Sites to Visit, Spring 2010



General Resources

Resources for School Librarians
http://www.sldirectory.com/


Technical Processing Online Tools (TPOT)
http://tpot.ucsd.edu/


Acquisitions and Collection Development
AcqWeb: the gathering place for librarians and other professionals interested in acquisitions and collection development
http://www.acqweb.org/

AcqWeb's Links to Collection Development Policies
http://www.acqweb.org/cdv_policy

A Book's Journey at the Newton Free Library
http://www.flickr.com/photos/newtonfreelibrary/sets/72157603673164584/

Redesigning Library Services: A Manifesto 6: Collections Reconsidered
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Literature/Library/Redesigning/collections.html


Vendors
Abebooks: "world's largest web-based network of independent booksellers". Great resource for new, used, and out-of-print materials.
http://www.abebooks.com/

AddALL
http://www.addall.com/
Search and Compare among 40+ sites, 20,000 sellers, millions of books.

Best Book Buys
http://www.bestbookbuys.com/
This site compares prices at independent and chain online bookstores. Your search will show whether a book is in stock or back-ordered, how soon it will be shipped, and the approximate shipping cost. The site searches for all kinds of books, including new and used books, textbooks, audio books, and out-of-print books.

Librarians' Yellow Pages
http://www.librariansyellowpages.com/

Internet Library for Librarians
http://www.itcompany.com/inforetriever/
A Portal Designed for Librarians to Locate Internet Resources Related to Their Profession

WorldCat
http://www.worldcat.org/
Search for an item in libraries near you.


E-Books
Electronic Texts on the Internet
http://www.refdesk.com/factelec.html

Google Book Search
http://books.google.com

Internet Archive
http://www.archive.org/


E-Journals
Google Scholar
http://scholar.google.com
Works in a similar way to Google Book Search but focuses on scholarly materials. Currently focuses on scientific journals.

National Library of Medicine Ejournals (excellent source about all ejournals and collection development as well as lists of where to get free ejournals)
http://nnlm.gov/libinfo/ejournals/

ONLINE EDUCATION PERIODICALS: Their impact on K-12 information environments
http://www.exo.net/tappedin/


Hybrid Journals (have a print and web presence; there are many)
Nature
http://www.nature.com/

Sunset
http://www.sunsetmagazine.com/


Digital/Electronic Copyright
Post-Tasini: Pity the Librarians
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,44905,00.html


Document Delivery

DocDel.net
http://www.docdel.net/


Censorship/Intellectual Freedom/Patriot Act
ALA Banned Books Week
http://www.ala.org/bbooks/index.html

ALA Censorship in the Schools
http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/oif/ifissues/censorshipschools.cfm

ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom
http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/oif/index.cfm

BANNED BOOKS ON-LINE
http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/banned-books.html

Interpretations of the Library Bill of Rights
http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/oif/statementspols/statementsif/interpretations/default.cfm

The USA PATRIOT Act, and What You Can Do
http://www.cla-net.org/resources/articles/us_patriot_act.php

PATRIOT Act Best sites on Librarians' Index to the Internet
http://lii.org/
Search under "patriot act"

USA PATRIOT Act and Intellectual Freedom
http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/oif/ifissues/usapatriotact.cfm


Bibliographic Verification
AcqWeb Directory of Verification Tools and Resources
http://www.acqweb.org/verif.html

Amazon
http://www.amazon.com

Barnes and Noble
http://barnesandnoble.com

California Digital Library/Melvyl
http://melvyl.cdlib.org/

U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO)
http://www.access.gpo.gov/index.html


Internet Filtering
Libraries, the Internet and Filtering
http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/oif/iftoolkits/litoolkit/librariesinternetfiltering.cfm

SNAP Internet and Electronic Information Use Policy
http://snap.lib.ca.us/snap/policy.html

The USA PATRIOT Act and Patron Privacy on Library Internet Terminals
http://www.llrx.com/features/usapatriotact.htm


Weeding
CREW: A Weeding Manual for Modern Libraries
http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/ld/pubs/crew/

Weeding Guides
http://www.sunlink.ucf.edu/weed/


Book Repair
Basic Hands-On Book Repair for Libraries
http://infopeople.org/training/past/2004/bookrepair/


Preservation/Conservation
Conservation OnLine: Resources for Conservation Professionals
http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/

Emma Goldman Papers Project
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Goldman/

The Jack London Collection
http://london.sonoma.edu

Library of Congress Preservation Directorate
http://lcweb.loc.gov/preserv/preserve.html

Mr. Bean in the Library (be sure your sound is turned up and be prepared to laugh)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwOrp6Q7kCE


Archival Association Websites
The Society of American Archivists (SAA)
http://www.archivists.org/

Society of California Archivists
http://www.calarchivists.org/


Webliographies/Blogs (there are thousands of these out there; these are a few samples)

DVC LibGuides
http://dvc.libguides.com/

The Internet Public Library Reference Center and the
Librarians' Index to the Internet are nowcombined into ipl2
http://www.ipl.org/

University of Delaware Subject Guides
http://www2.lib.udel.edu/subj/index.htm



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