Resources for Librarians
Librarian's Internet Guides
Technical Assistance

• 5 Star Support -- from beginner to expert, free help.

• Blog Readability Test -- what grade/reading level is your blog??

• Blogger -- How to start your own

• Build a Network, not a Destination -- This advice for news media on building websites that attract and retain
  readers would apply equally well to libraries' websites.

• Engaged Patrons -- free web services for qualifying libraries

• File Extensions, Formats and Utilities -- various file formats and how to deal with them

• Healthy Computing--information on set up, ergonomics and environmental information.
• 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.
• NCSA (at UIUC) Beginner's Guide to HTML--an introduction to writing HTML for those wanting simple directions.
• Podcasts -- you can start one for your library! Here's how!
• Reallybig.com Web Builder Network--over 5000 resources for the creation of web sites, including clip art, counters, buttons, HTML and lots more. All levels of expertise.
• So You Wanna Learn the Basics of HTML? -- step by step, with explanations. For the beginner.
• Tech Recipes -- Tips and tricks on solving a wide variety of tech problems. Recent offerings on display include how to make and hide a private profile on MySpace, close out a hotmail account, and use hyperlink command codes for MSM Messenger, etc. Archived, searchable, and browsable by category.
• Ten Steps to Wireless Internet Access in Your Library
• Web Design -- lots of how-tos
• Web Publishing Curriculum Resources
• Webopedia -- online dictionary and search engine for computer and Internet technology definitions.
• Writing for the Web -- a paper by Eric H. Schnell, MLS and Head of Information Technology at Prior Health Sciences Library, The Ohio State University.