Resources for Librarians
Librarian's Internet Guides
Social Impact

• An Atlas of Cyberspaces -- an atlas of maps and graphic representations of the geographies of cyberspace.
• BlogBib -- "An Annotated Bibliography on Weblogs and Blogging, with a Focus on Library/Librarian Blogs."
• Cyberspace and Critical Theory
• Digital Divide Network -- the basics of the issue, current news and research, funding information, etc.
• Digital Library of Information Science and Technology -- a digital repository useful for those on the front lines as well as theorists.
• GigaLaw -- legal news and info on electronic media and the Internet. 
• Hoaxes Online and in E-mails 
• Internet Archive Project -- Building a Digital Future. It's attempting to maintain the ephemeral internet in permanent form (they're the ones who donated a complete copy of the web to the Library of Congress).
• 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 Traffic & Demographic Statistics
• Mediasite.com -- "a growing library of expert presentations and lectures. Search by topic or submit a presentation and share your expertise with the world." About 7,000 presentations are currently available. Among titles of interest to librarians: "Bringing Oral Histories to Life with Streaming Video," and "MBA Marketing Students Recommendations for the University Libraries."
• OCLC's Environmental Scan: Social Landscape 
• One Year Later: September 11 and the Internet -- an in-depth report from the Pew Internet Project about how the terrorist attacks affected online content and changed the way Americans feel about Internet use.
• PEW/Internet & American Life Project --produces original, academic-quality reports that explore the impact of the Internet on families, communities, work and home, daily life, education, health care, and civic and political life. Check the menu on the left for more reports on a variety of Internet issues.
• Psychology of Cyberspace--an excellent set of papers and links.
• Social Impact of Computing -- articles from ITWorld.
• Social Machines -- This influential article (counter pointed with clickable commentary from readers) explores the ways in which new technologies "are ushering us into a world of what could be called continuous computing--continuous in the usual sense of "uninterrupted," but also in the sense that it's continuous with our lives, in all their messy, social, biographical richness."
• Strength of Internet Ties --  "The internet and email aid users in maintaining their social networks and provide pathways to help when people face big decisions" from the Pew Center.
• Untangling the Social Impact of the Internet -- in .pdf format. A study from UCLA.
• Web Credibility Project --  from Stanford University, this site offers full-text of the ongoing research project to "understand what leads people to believe what they find on the Web".