AT&T Knowledge Network Explorer: Around the Web in 80 minutes: Professional Links

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When librarians have special needs, we look to each other for help and guidance. These are library pages that will provide links of special interest to librarians and other information professionals.

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Websites

Public Service Librarian's Professional Guide to Internet Resources. By Ellen Berne, includes links to tons of places: Listservs, Library catalogs, Internet lessons, Books, reviews and literature, Bookstores and other vendors and more.
URL: http://k12.oit.umass.edu/libguide.html
School Library HotSpots. This site contains a wealth of goodies including Acceptable Use Policies, Software Reviews and Educational Hotlists.
URL: http://www.assd.winnipeg.mb.ca/infozone/hotspots.html
Library Web Manager's Reference Center. The following resources are definitely of interest to library Web managers. Many of these links are the results of the Web4Lib electronic discussion, or have come from frequently asked questions on that forum.
URL: http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Web4Lib/RefCenter/
InFoPeople Project provides public access to the Internet and training in many public libraries throughout California. InFoPeople continues to grow and share their expertise by providing access to past workshops, updated information on search options such as this Search Tools Chart, and much more.
URL: http://www.infopeople.org/
The Awesome Library's Librarian Information page provides access to discussions, lesson plans, teaching activities for school libraries, and other resources.
URL: http://www.awesomelibrary.org/Library/Reference_and_Periodicals/
Librarian_Information/Librarian_Information.html

This page is from Southern Connecticut State University -- Professional Resources for Librarians on the WWW is an attractive, well-organized list that is a little bit different from the rest. Topics include: Associations, Organizations, Divisions, and Committees; Conference Proceedings; Discussion List; National Libraries; Technical Services Resources; Upcoming Conference Information; Vendors; Web Development Resources.
URL: http://library.scsu.ctstateu.edu/libbib.html
From Yahoo, the Reference>Libraries>Professional Resources section. Topics include: Collection Development, Employment, Government Documents, Internet in Libraries, Job Humour@, Library Automation, Library Classification on the Web, Native American Libraries@, School Libraries@, Serials@, Technical Services.
URL: http://sg.yahoo.com/Reference/Libraries/Professional_Resources/

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Communications

LIBCATS Lists for Librarians provides an extensive list of professional listservs for librarians.
URL: http://208.249.120.62/lc/lc6.cfm
Connections to Colleagues from the School of Library and Information Science at San Jose State University.
URL: http://witloof.sjsu.edu/prof/colleagues.htm
Librarian's Professional Development Source by Rachel Singer Gordon provides access to Current Awareness Resources, and mailing lists, mentoring, and associations information on the page for New Librarians' URL: http://www.lisjobs.com/newlib.htm + http://www.lisjobs.com/libsandlibnship.htm
Find others and see what's going on elsewhere by perusing the K-12 School Librarian Professional Association page by Peter Milbury.
URL: http://www.cusd.chico.k12.ca.us/~pmilbury/pro.html
WebCrawler has a really impressive site on Libraries. Take some time to check it out. Within Libraries: Organizations you will find subtopics such as Public Libraries • Research Agents • Special Collections • University Libraries • Web-Published, as well as general resources.
URL: http://www.webcrawler.com/reference/libraries/organizations/

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