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Resources for
Librarians
Librarian's
Internet Guides
General Internet
- 10
C's for Evaluating Internet Resources--an excellent guide for
teachers, students, and librarians alike.
- Awesome
Library--a directory of 15,000 reviewed sites, by subject.
- Beyond
Bookmarks--links to sites that have used classification
schemes to organize the net's resources.
- Consumer
Web Watch -- investigates; informs; and hopes to improve the
credibility of information published on the World Wide Web.
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Digital
Divide Network -- the basics on the issue, current news and
research, funding information, etc.
- Deep
Web -- explains what it is and provides links.
- Digital
Librarian--
Librarian's Choice of the Best of the Web.
- Evaluating
Quality on the Net--Hope Tillman's excellent presentation at
the Internet Librarians' Conference.
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Finding Blogs -- on lots of topics or just general ones.
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Freepint -- "a network of over 76,000 information researchers
globally." Lots of informative articles and tips.
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Health
Info on the Web: A Collection Development Tool
- Healthy
Computing -- source
for computer ergonomics information. Includes suggestions for
workstation set-up, a buyer's guide for ergonomic products, and
exercises to relieve computer-generated problems.
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The Industry Standard --
the news source for all things Internet.
- Internet
Archive--Building a Digital Future
- Internet
Detective -- a web tutorial that is excellent. Free.
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Internet
Library for Librarians
- Internet
News -- Gwen Harris, an information consultant
specializing in Web searching and online education, offers a daily
blog about search tools, current awareness resources, portals,
browsers, awards, etc.
- Internet
Public Library
- Internet
Tutorials - an excellent selection of online tutorials on
training students on internet research.
-
Journal of Digital Information -- full-text peer-reviewed
articles "on the management, presentation and uses of information in
digital environments."
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Librarians'
Guide to the Internet
- Librarians'
Index to the Internet-- thoroughly annotated list of
well-chosen sites, arranged by topic.
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Librarian's
Resource Centre--
to facilitate informational research and retrieval for librarians,
designed by the SLA's Toronto Chapter.
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Library Videos -
the best videos about libraries on the web courtesy of Nancy Dowd.
- LibrarySpot--a
virtual library resource center.
- Library
Terms that Users Understand from a librarian(J. Kupersmith, UC
Berkeley). The purpose of this site is to help library web developers
decide how to label key resources and services in such a way that most
users can understand them well enough to make productive choices.
- LibSite
-- "a recommendation service for library-related web sites"
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MARS:
Machine-Assisted Reference Section--
from ALA. Includes Best Reference Web Sites and more. Scroll down.
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Metadata
Resources
- Museum
of Hoaxes -- explains media and Internet hoaxes through the
years
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Podcast Directory
-- find ALL sorts of podcasts!
- Preserving
Digital Information: Final report and Recommendations
- Search
Insider--search tips and reviews of search engines for
librarians.
- Speech
and Transcript Center--compiled by librarian Gary Price of
George Washington Univ. Price's
List of Lists-- which compiles sites for ranking things, and the
invaluable Direct
List, --which gets you to over 600 search tools and directories
for specific subject areas.
- Suite101:
Librarians and Information Science---covers a wide range of issues relating to
librarians and librarianship.
- Surf
with Dewey-- Nicely chosen and annotated sites from Bergen
County Cooperative Library System.
- Web
Credibility Research -- From Stanford. Research and full-text
reports, some in PDF format. Also includes Power point presentations
and a set of other helpful links.
- Webby
Awards: Best of the Web -- selected by the members of the
International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences. Searchable and by
subject.
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