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Adventures of Cyberbee

http://www.cyberbee.com/

Created by a school librarian, this site provides a wealth of resources for the school librarian including especially helpful resources for creating a school Web site, evaluating Web resources, and enhancing the curriculum with the Internet.

Author: Linda C. Joseph (ljoseph@iwaynet.net)

Subjects:

Education--K-12

Arts & Humanities--Libraries

Keywords: school media resources; K-12 education

BCK2SKOL Lessons

http://www.sc.edu/bck2skol/fall/fall.html

Online classes (including exams) for the librarian with little or no experience using the Internet--a great place to get started.

Author: Ellen Chamberlain (bck2eln@sc.edu)

Subjects:

Computers & Internet--Internet

Arts & Humanities--Libraries

Keywords: Internet Instruction; librarians

Bibliography on Evaluating Internet Resources

http://www.lib.vt.edu/research/libinst/evalbiblio.html

"This bibliography, originally created for a panel discussion at a regional conference in Wisconsin, has grown with the increasing number of documents which address the problems and issues related to teaching and using critical thinking skills to evaluate Internet resources."

Author: Nicole Auer (auern@vt.edu)

Subjects:

Computers & Internet--Internet

Education

Arts & Humanities--Libraries

English-Spanish Language Resources for Library and Information Professionals

http://eubd1.ugr.es/tony/risweb.isa

"Here you´ll find a bilingual dictionary of terminology (both generaland specific) used by library and information professionals containingover 43000 entries." Entries in the dictionary are taken from a variety of sources, including the IFLA Glossary.

Author: Tony Lozano (alozano@ugr.es)

Subjects:

Computers & Internet--Computer Science--Information Systems Management (IS)

Arts & Humanities--Archives & Records Management

Arts & Humanities--Libraries

Keywords: Glossary

Find a Library

http://www.LibraryCard.com/mqfind.asp

"Enter your address and you will get a list of the public and academic libraries in your area. You may then select one of the libraries and create a map from the address you provided to the library address using MapQuestıs map service." Registration is required.

Author: TheLibraryCard, Inc.

Subjects:

Education

Arts & Humanities--Libraries

Librarians' Index to the Internet

http://lii.org/

"A searchable, annotated, subject directory of close to 3,000 Internet resources chosen for their usefulness to the public library user's information needs." The items in the directory are selected and maintained by a team of librarians. The spiritual sister of the IPL's own Ready Reference Collection.

Author: Carole Leita (cleita@sunsite.berkeley.edu)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Libraries

Reference

Library and Archival Exhibitions on the Web

http://www.sil.si.edu/SILPublications/Online-Exhibitions/

"This site features links to online exhibitions that have been created by libraries, archives, and historical societies, as well as to museum online exhibitions with a significant focus on library and archival materials." Exhibitions are listed alphabetically.

Author: Smithsonian Institution Libraries

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Archives & Records Management

Arts & Humanities--History

Arts & Humanities--Libraries

Keywords: archives; primary documents

The New York Public Library Digital Library Collections

http://digital.nypl.org/

"The New York Public Library Digital Library Collections represent a growing body of primary source materials created for the Web. The Digital Library Collections provide the public with digital versions of books, manuscripts, photographs, engravings, and other items as well as tools to browse, search, and analyze these materials remotely via the Internet. Many of the Digital Library Collections feature rich background and contextual information."

Author: The New York Public Library (webmaster@nypl.org)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities

Arts & Humanities--Libraries

Keywords: art; history

ODLIS: Online Dictionary of Library and Information Science (ODLIS)

http://www.wcsu.edu/library/odlis.html

"ODLIS is designed as a reference resource for library and information science professionals, university students and faculty, and the general reader and library user. The primary criterion for including a new term is whether a librarian or other information professional might reasonably be expected to encounter it at some point in his (or her) career. The technical vocabulary of publishing, printing, book history, and computer science has been included when, in the author's judgment, a definition might prove helpful, not only to library and information professionals, but also to laypersons. "

Author: Joan Reitz (reitzj@wcsub.ctstateu.edu)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Libraries

Keywords: Library terminology; Dictionaries

Planning and Building Libraries

http://www.slais.ubc.ca/resources/architecture/index3.html

This excellent site includes not only considerations and tips for librarians planning their own renovations, expansions, or new buildings, but also provides library standards, hints for barrier-free design, resources for library automation, and a list of famous libraries with links to many images of award-winning designs.

Author: Linda Levar (llevar@globalserve.net)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Fine Arts--Architecture

Arts & Humanities--Libraries

Arts & Humanities--Libraries--On the Job

Keywords: Building; Planning; Design; Automation; Construction

Public Library Locator

http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/libraries/liblocator/default.asp

"The Public Library Locator is a tool to help you locate information about a public library or a public library service outlet when you know some, but not all of the information about it. The information in this locator has been drawn from the NCES Public Libraries Survey." Libraries can be searched by name, address, phone number, etc., but also by legal service population, number of full time or professional staff, operating expenditures, operating income, collection size, services offered, types of transactions recorded - and many more. This allows users to compile lists of similar libraries across or within regions, states or counties. A powerful and flexible tool.

Author: National Center for Education Statistics (library@inet.ed.gov)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Libraries

Arts & Humanities--Libraries--On the Job--Tips & Tools

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