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Digital Librarian

http://www.digital-librarian.com/

Billed as "a librarian's choice of the best of the Web ", this searchable site has bibliographies of Web sites for numerous extremely varied topics.

Author: Margaret Vail Anderson (mvail@digital-librarian.com)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Libraries--On the Job

Arts & Humanities--Libraries--Internet for Libraries--Practical Applications

IASL Links to School Library Resources

http://www.hi.is/~anne/linksiasl.html

"These listings of Internet resources for school librarians aim...to take teacher librarians to the best starting points for Internet exploration."

Author: Anne Clyde (anne@rhi.hi.is)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Libraries--On the Job

Arts & Humanities--Libraries--Internet for Libraries--Practical Applications

Keywords: School libraries; Internet; Resources

ILLWeb

http://www.law.northwestern.edu/lawlibrary/illweb/

"LLWeb is a gateway to electronic and print resources pertaining to all aspects of interlibrary loan (ILL), document delivery, and resource sharing. Designed to be comprehensive and international in scope, ILLWeb features links to resources that will help practitioners locate materials for their clientele, manage the ILL process, and keep up with developments in the profession."

Author: Mary Hollerich

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Libraries--On the Job

Law Library Resource Xchange (LLRX)

http://www.llrx.com/

"Law Library Resource Xchange (LLRX) is a unique Webzine with a special focus on research, management and technology topics for legal professionals.  Each digital issue features articles, departments and columns with up-to-date information written by expert law librarians, attorneys, information specialists and legal technology consultants. LLRX highlights a broad range of topics including Congressional activities, World Wide Web sites, training resources and the challenges posed to those in the legal community by the continually expanding electronic world."

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Arts & Humanities--Libraries--On the Job

Librarians' Resource Centre

http://www.sla.org/chapter/ctor/toolbox/resource/index.html

A comprehensive site for librarians to use to start searching the Internet. Its links are divided into three broad categories - Public Services, Professional Development, and Technical Resources. Browsable and searchable.

Author: SLA Toronto Chapter (ole.vind@home.com)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Libraries--On the Job

Libraries Information Online Network

http://www.libertynet.org/lion/lion.html

"An online resource focusing on the needs of K-12 school librarians in Philadelphia and throughout the nation. LION's goals are to create a comprehensive collection of Internet-based resources of interest to school librarians, to foster communication and resource sharing among school librarians, and to encourage creative use of the Internet in the educational process. "

Author: Library Services of the School District of Philadelphia (lion@libertynet.org)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Libraries--On the Job

Keywords: School libraries; Resources

Library Land

http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/LibraryLand/

Resources for reference, collection development, serials, library issues, support staff, departmental and special collections, collection development, reader's advisories, technical services and more.

Author: Jerry Kuntz (kuntz@rcls.org)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Libraries--On the Job

Keywords: Library Skills; Industry; Services; Resources

Library Spot

http://www.libraryspot.com/

"LibrarySpot is a virtual library resource center for educators and students, librarians and their patrons, families, businesses and just about anyone exploring he Web for valuable research information. LibrarySpot was designed to break through the information overload of the Web to bring the best library and reference sites together with insightful editorial in one convenient, user-friendly spot."

Author: StartSpot Mediaworks, Inc. (feedback@libraryspot.com)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Libraries--On the Job

Library Support Staff Resource Center

http://www.lib.rochester.edu/ssp/

Information for and about library paraprofessionals, including employment resources and training tools.

Author: Martha Parsons & Walter F. Nickeson (parsons@halcyon.com)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Libraries--On the Job

Keywords: Library Assistants; Paraprofessionals; Support Staff

LIS Resources Located on BUBL

http://link.bubl.ac.uk/lis/

The Bulletin Board for Libraries links for Library and Information Science resources.

Author: BUBL (journals@bubl.ac.uk)

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Libraries--On the Job

Keywords: Libraries; Library Science; Library Profession; Library Journals; Library Associations

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 Peer Comparison Tool

http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/libraries/publicpeer/

"Peer comparison allows the user to compare one library, the "library of interest", with a group of similar libraries, "the peer group". For example, one library may wish to compare its total circulation with that of a group of similar libraries. The validity of these comparisons is dependent on the similarity between the library of interest and its peer group. Thus, before making comparisons of total circulation, the user may elect to choose peer libraries that have similar total expenditures and serve similarly sized populations. Peer comparison is explained in more detail in an NCES Statistics in Brief "How Does Your Public Library Compare? Service Performance of Peer groups", by Keri Bassman." This report is available online at http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=98310. In addition to the very powerful Peer Locator Tool, this site also features an online tutorial and extensive information about the survey used to gather the information.

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

Subjects:

Arts & Humanities--Libraries--On the Job

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