Support for Librarians
Web Sites with Guides, Tips, and Links for First Year Teachers and Librarians
U.S. Dept. of Ed. Survival Guide for New Teachers:
How New Teachers Can Work Effectively with Veteran Teachers, Parents
http://www.ed.gov/teachers/become/about/survivalguide/index.html
MiddleWeb?s Links for New Teachers
http://www.middleweb.com/1stDResources.html
Information for New and "About to Be" School Library Media Specialists
http://www.libsci.sc.edu/shannon/jobpage.htm
Hints and Advice for New Media Specialists
http://www.morgan.k12.ga.us/mchs/newlms/HintsandAdvice.html
Library Careers - Advice, Statistics, Salaries, and Articles
http://www.lisjobs.com/advice.htm
Online Resources for School Librarians
Librarian Links
http://home.gwi.net/brhs/lib.html
LION: Librarians Online Information Network
http://www.libraries.phila.k12.pa.us/lion/index.html
Resources for School Librarians compiled by Linda Berland
http://www.sldirectory.com/libsf/reslibs.html
Internet Library for Librarians
http://www.itcompany.com/inforetriever/index.htm
Internet School Library Media Center:
information on selection, cataloging and classification, management and other topics of interest to school librarians.
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/libraries.htm
Teaching Information Literacy
INFORMATION POWER
The Nine Information Literacy Standards for Student Learning
http://www.ala.org/aaslTemplate.cfm?Section=Information_Power&Template=
/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=19937
Information Skills Instruction Links
http://www.sldirectory.com/libsf/resf/libplans.html
Joyce Valenza?s List of Online Activities Promoting Information Literacy
http://mciu.org/~spjvweb/infolitles.html
General Reference Sites to Use with Students
Library Spot: A Compilation of Library and reference sites
http://www.libraryspot.com/
Reference Desk
http://www.refdesk.com/
Reference/Activity/Search Sites to Use with Primary Students
Yahooligans Web Guide for Kids
http://www.yahooligans.com/
Kids Click! Web Search
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/KidsClick!/
Manhattan Public Library Children?s Links
http://www.manhattan.lib.ks.us/childrens/refsite.html
K-4 Information: Enchanted Learning
http://www.EnchantedLearning.com/siteindex.shtml
Internet/Technology Integration
Kathy Schrock?s Guide for Educators
http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/
Online Research Modules
Baltimore County Research Modules Based on Jamie MacKensie?s Research Cycle
http://www.bcpl.net/~sullivan/modules/
Home Pages of Interest:
Mary Alice Anderson
http://rschooltoday.com/se3bin/clientgenie.cgi?schoolname=school63&statusFlag=goGenie&geniesite=36
Doug Johnson
http://www.doug-johnson.com/
Joyce Valenza
http://mciu.org/~spjvweb/jvweb.html
Peter Milbury
http://www.school-libraries.org/milbury/
Info Searcher (Pam Berger)
http://www.infosearcher.com/
Big6 (Eisenberg & Bercowitz)
http://big6.com/
Journals
The Book Report
http://www.linworth.com/bookreport.html
From Now On
http://www.fno.org
Knowledge Quest
http://www.ala.org/ala/aasl/aaslpubsandjournals/knowledgequest/kqweb.htm
Library Talk
http://www.linworth.com/librarytalk.html
Multimedia Schools
http://www.infotoday.com/MMSchools/
School Library Journal
http://slj.reviewsnews.com/index.asp?publication=slj
School Library Media Research
http://www.ala.org/ala/aasl/aaslpubsandjournals/slmrb/schoollibrary.htm
Teacher Librarian
http://www.teacherlibrarian.com/
State Web Sites
Commonwealth Libraries
http://www.statelibrary.state.pa.us/libraries/site/default.asp
POWER Library Information
http://www.powerlibrary.net/
ACCESS Pennsylvania
www.accesspa.state.pa.us
School Library Organizations:
Pennsylvania School Librarians Association
http://www.psla.org
American Library Association
http://www.ala.org
American Association of School Librarians
http://www.ala.org/aasl/index.html
International Association of School Librarianship
http://www.iasl-slo.org/index.html
Librarian e-mail lists you can join, read and then pose specific questions:
LM_NET
http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/
PA School Libraries
Send an e-mail message directly to Glenda Diffenbaugh at gdiffenbau@state.pa.us. Key in Please Subscibe me to the following e-mail List SCHOOLS@SHRSYS.HSLC.ORG To unsubscribe or change your address, e-mail Glenda again, not the entire list.
Articles and Books for the New School Librarian
American Association of School Librarians. Information Power: Building Partnerships for Learning. American Library Association, 1998.
American Association of School Librarians. A Planning Guide for Information Power: Building Partnerships for Learning. American Library Association, 1999.
Anderson, Mary Alice. "Teachers and media specialists: Off to a crisp start in the fall." MultiMedia Schools 1998. 5(4): 23-24. Full text available on POWER library, EBSCOWeb, MAS Online Plus or http://www.winona.k12.mn.us/wms/maryalice/crisp_start.html
Barron, Daniel. "Keeping current: What employers say they want ." School
Media Activities Monthly. 1998. 14(9): 49-50.
Curdy; Gloria and Carolyn Lott. "A word to new librarians, or how to survive the first year ." The Book Report, Jan-Feb 1990 v8 n4 p28(2).
DeCandido, GraceAnne "Ten graces for new librarians."..American Libraries, Dec 1996 v27 n11 p52(2)
Drury, Claire. "How to win friends: Induction strategies for librarians in a new job setting." Library Association Record . 1996. 98: 306-7.
Freeman, Judy. Advice from a library veteran: Ten useful tips. Knowledge Quest. 2001. 30(2): 45-47. Full text available at: http://www.education.tas.gov.au/0278/issue/022/veteran.htm
Hughes-Hassell and Anne Wheelock, eds. The Information Powered School. American Library Association, 2001.
Johnson, Doug. "The Seven Most Critical Challenges That Face Our Profession," Florida Association for Media in Education's FMQ, Spring 2001. Full text available at: http://www.doug-johnson.com/dougwri/7challenges.html
Johnson, Doug. The Indispensible Librarian. Linworth Pub Co; 1997.
McCain, Mary Maude and Martha Merrill. Dictionary for School Library Media Specialists: A Practical and Comprehensive Guide. Libraries Unlimited; 2001.
Miller, Pat. "New Kid on the Block." School Library Media Activities Monthly. 2002. 19(1): 38-39.
Miller, Susan J. Management Notes from a Rookie. The Book Report, Jan-Feb 1998 v16 n4 p11(1) Full text available on POWER library, EBSCOWeb, MAS Online Plus
Moyer, Mary. (2002). Strategies for successful job transition. Library Talk 15 (3): 18-19. Full text available on POWER library, EBSCOWeb, MAS Online Plus
Ohlrich, Karen Browne; Great beginnings: 5 ways to get ready for a new job this fall. (advice for school media specialists from a school librarian who has had four new posts in 19 years). School Library Journal. June 1997 v.43 n.6 p.34 (2). Full text available on POWER library, EBSCOWeb, MAS Online
Stein, Barbara and Risa Brown. Running a School Library Media Center: A How-To-Do-It Manual for Librarians (How-To-Do-It Manuals for Librarians, No 121) Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc.; 2nd edition; 2002.
Valenza, Joyce. Power Tools , Chicago: ALA Editions, 1998.
Yesner, Bruce, Hilda Jay. Operating and Evaluating School Library Media Programs: A Handbook for Administrators and Librarians. Neal-Schuman, 1998.
Links last updated: 03/06/04
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