LIBRARY RESOURCES

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ASSOCIATIONS
ACQUISITIONS AND COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT
AUTOMATION AND TECHNOLOGY
CATALOGING AND TECHNICAL SERVICES
COLLECTIONS OF SITES
EMPLOYMENT
JOURNALS ONLINE
LIBRARIES ONLINE
SCHOOL and YOUTH LIBRARIANS

ASSOCIATIONS
AALLNET : The American Association of Law Libraries
American Association of School Librarians
American Library Association: News, activities, events and reference materials.
Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL)
Association of Research Libraries: Publications, list archives, member libraries and more.
Library Events for Library and Information Professionals: Stay informed about new events and products for librarians with sections on training, public libraries, co-ops, suppliers, and jobs.
Special Libraries Association
Wisconsin Library Association, Inc.

ACQUISITIONS AND COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT

The Librarian's Yellow Pages: Online purchasing directory for librarians, with information on a wide variety of vendors.
Online Selection Assistant: An exciting new development for collection development, this service offers online ordering in a vendor neutral environment, plus lists of award winners, bestsellers and more.
PUBLISHERS: Another section of Tasha's List of Links which focuses on publishers sites.
REVIEWS AND AWARDS: Another section of Tasha's List of Links which provides access to sites featuring book reviews and lists of award winning materials.

AUTOMATION AND TECHNOLOGY

Biblio Tech Review: Library automation news and reviews.
Turning the Pages: The British Library presents this incredible digitization of some of the treasures in their collection. The digitization allows you to turn the pages on these ancient books and click to see areas in more detail.
Current Cites: Bibliography of articles, books and digital resources on information technology.
Library Web Manager's Reference Center: Resources gathered from the Web4Lib mailing list.

CATALOGING AND TECHNICAL SERVICES

TPOT: Technical Processing Online Tools: Large collection of information for technical services.

COLLECTIONS OF SITES

Between the Stacks: Offering news and online forums for librarians of all types.
Hennen's American Public Library Rating Index: Comparative data and ratings of over 9,000 public libraries in the United States.
ibiblio: This wonderful site, which is a joint project of The Center for the Public Domain and The University of North Carolina, offers digital collections ranging from plant photographs to folk music to historical documents to open source software.
Information Professional: A collection of sites for librarians, including materials, career, current events, free resources, history, journals, libraries, publishers, services, reference, and standards.
The Internet Public Library: Reference resources, online exhibits, periodicals, online texts and web searching.
Librarians Serving Genealogists (LSG): Information for librarians on online libraries, preservation, top genealogical reference sources, pathfinders and more.
Library and Information Science: From the Library of Congress comes this wonderful site filled with recommended links.
Library Web Manager's Reference Center: Collection of sites from the Web4Lib mailing list.
LISNews: Online news for librarians. The site features news for academic librarians, archivists, public librarians and school librarians. It offers sections on authors, books, book reviews, censorship, e-publications, filtering, intellectual property, Internet, knowledge management, legal issues, humor, and money issues.

EMPLOYMENT

ALA Library Education and Employment Menu Page: Jobs listed monthly for all sorts of library positions.
Library Job Postings on the Internet: Collection of job postings from a wide range of resources.
LIScareer.com: Career development information and resources both for current library professionals and those considering entering the profession.
World List of Library Schools: Complete list of all library and information science schools in the world with links to their sites online.

JOURNALS AND CATALOGS ONLINE

Academia: An online journal for academic librarians with recommended titles, current topics, literary awards, news, publisher profiles, new series and specialized selections.
American Libraries Online: Online version of the ALA journal with select articles and recent news.
Booklist: Online version of this magazine of book reviews from ALA.
Brodart
Demco
Gaylord
Highsmith
Library Journal Digital: Online version of Library Journal. Updated monthly.
School Library Journal Online: News, best library sites, articles, editorials and much more.

LIBRARIES ONLINE

LibWeb: Links to over 3000 library web servers worldwide.
Library of Congress: Information, publications, exhibits, research and more.
Library of Congress: State Libraries: This site offers a list of links to state libraries or state library agencies from each state in the U.S.
Virtual YA: Directory of public libraries with young adult web pages.

SCHOOL and YOUTH LIBRARIANS

American Association of School Librarians
School Library Journal Online: News, best library sites, articles, editorials and much more.
Teacher Librarian: Journal for school librarians. The site offers back issues online, bestsellers, product information, web sites, and conference information.
teenlibrarian.com: This site offers online forums, news, resources, career information, and service ideas for librarians serving teens.

Updated January 12, 2005.