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/
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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