Links for Librarians
Tool Kits:
[ Telling the Library Story Toolkit ] [Management Tools for Iowa Libraries ]
Acquisitions & Purchasing
- Discounts for libraries--supplies, books, media, technology
- State of Iowa contracts; includes Baker & Taylor, etc.
- Magazine Jobbers
- Iowa Educator's Consortium
Accreditation and Standards
- Accreditation (Iowa Library Services/SILO)
- Tier Status of Iowa Libraries
Authors
Automation
Who's Using What Automated System in Iowa?
- Automated libraries in Central Iowa
- Automated libraries in EC Iowa
- Automated libraries in NE Iowa
- Automated libraries in SE Iowa
- Automated libraries in SW Iowa
- School Media Centers--Automation Systems Used
Awards
- Iowa Children's Choice Award
- Iowa High School Book Award
- Iowa Teen Award
- Major Books Awards (from Bookspot)
- Book Awards (from Amazon)
Book Discussion
Starting and Running a Discussion Group
- Reading Group Discussion and Guides -- Bibliography of print resources
- Books for Teen Book Clubs (Charlotte Mecklenburg Library)
Discussion Guides
- Penguin's Book Club/Reading Guides
- Random House Book Discussion Guides (e-newsletter)
- ReadingGroupGuides.com
- Thinking Out Loud: Morton Grove Public Library's Book Discussions
- eNotes Literature study guides, literary criticism
- Generic discussion questions from Seattle Public Library
Especially for Kids and Teens:
Multnomah County Library's Book Discussion Guides
Choosing/Finding Books in multiple copies
- Multiple Copies for book discussion groups (from Iowa Libraries!)
- Reading Group Choices
Budgeting
Building
- American Institute of Architects, Iowa Chapter (for addresses of firms, go to "Find an Architect")
- ADA (Americans With Disabilities Act)
- Space Planning Grants
- Library Building Projects (Iowa Library Services page)
- Planning shifts of library collections
Cake Pans
Cataloging
- Book Cataloger's Cheat Sheet
- Catalogers Reference Shelf (The Library Corporation)
- Cataloging Electronic Resources
- Country codes (MARC cataloging)
- Dewey Decimal System: a Guide to Call Numbers University Libraries, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Guidelines for Coding Electronic Resources in Leader/06
- Internet Resources Cataloging: Guidelines for the Use of Field 856
- Language codes (MARC cataloging)
- Library Cataloging Aids
- Library of Congress' online catalog
- Library of Congress Classification System outline
- MARC 21 Tutorial (self-paced, online tutorial)
- MARC Record Services
(Services that distribute MARC 21 records, such as records for copy cataloging, records supplied with materials, records used for recon purposes, updated records, conversion services, etc. Free services are indicated in the title of each listing.) - SILO Locator MARC Record Input Standards
- Standards for Archival Description: a handbook
- Understanding MARC Bibliographic
- USMARC Concise Format for Bibliographic Data
- USMARC Format for Bibliographic Data--Field List (details about MARC fields and subfields)
- MARC Records -- What are they and why do we care? (pdf document)
Collection Development & Maintenance
- Collection Development and the Internet (Library of Congress)
- Graphic Novels:
- Guidelines for Developing Beginning Genealogical Collections
- Guidelines for Establishing Local History Collections
- Health Info Iowa, Collection Development section
- Notable Children's Books, Current List from ALA
- Notable Children's Recordings , Current List from ALA
- Notable Children's Videos, Current List from ALA
- Core Collections collection development
- Websites for Collection Development Roy Kenagy, Central Iowa Library Service Area
Community Studies
- Community Scan Worksheet , with links, for community studies
- Sample surveys
- Gunnison & Crested Butte Library Users survey
- Mamie Doud Eisenhower Public Library, Broomfield, CO Users survey / Community Member survey
- Library Research Service Sample Surveys
Demographics / Statistics
- American Factfinder (US Census Bureau)
- 2000 Census Data Tables
- Census Information by Zip Code
- FedStats--statistics from more than 70 agencies of the federal government
- Iowa Dept. of Education -- Education Statistics
- Iowa Library Statistics (State Library of Iowa)
- National Agricultural Statistical Service
- National Center for Educational Statistics
- School District Demographics National Center for Educational Statistics
- State Data Center (home page)
- State of the Cities Data Systems (census data for metro areas, central cities and suburbs)
Continuing Education
- Iowa Continuing Education Registration and Course Catalog -- CE for Iowa librarians and trustees
- Distance education: University of Wisconsin-Madison; University of Iowa; Iowa State; University of Northern Iowa; Lyrasis
Contracts
Cities contracting for library service:
- ByLaws Word doc pdf
- County Contract Word doc pdf
- Sample Resolution Word doc pdf
- 28E Agreement Word doc pdf
Copyright and Intellectual Property Rights
- Copyright and Intellectual Property (ARL) (including Updates)
- Copyright Clearance Center
- Copyright, Intellectual Property Rights, and Licensing Issues
- Copyright Search (search for ownership of rights in serials, documents, and registered
works such as films, music, software, and works of art) - United States Copyright Office
Current Topics
- E-Journals
- Digital reference services
- Falling Through the Net: Defining the Digital Divide
- Top Technology Trends (Library and Information Technology Association)
- Virtual Reference: Fact Sheet from ALA; Registry of Digital Reference Services
Customer Service
- Conducting Customer Satisfaction Surveys
(Power Point presentation by Anne Kasuboski, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay)
Sample Plans
-
Planning (Iowa Library Services)
- Customer Service Plan of the National Archives
- Sample Customer Service Charter (State Library of Queensland) (scroll down!)
Guidelines, Standards, Promise of Service
- Customer Service Plan of the National Archives
- Customer Service Guidelines -- Longwood University
http://www.longwood.edu/Library/about/policy/customerservice.htm
Surveys
Digitization
Disaster Planning
- Disaster Planning for Computers and Networks
- Disaster Recovery Journal's Disaster Recovery Planning
- How to Dry a Wet Book
- Iowa Emergency Management
- Flood Recovery Booklet, from The Iowa Conservation & Preservation Consortium
- Library Disaster Plan Template
eBooks, eReaders, ePublishing
Choosing eReaders
- eReaders, eTc wiki
- Dear Jane:: Which Reader Should I Buy? (Dear Author blog post)
- Katie's Delicious bookmarks about eReaders
- E-reader Reviews.com For a list of some of the ereaders on the market
eBooks and ePublishing
- Katie's Delicious bookmarks about eBooks
- "The Carbon Footprint of Digital Print" Exact Editions blog, post by Adam Hodgkin
- "E-reader takes eco crown but print is still greener than online." PrintWeek.com, November 29, 2007.
eReaders and eBooks in Libraries
- "Libraries Lending Out Kindles" (Kindle Review blog post, June 16, 2009)
- How eBook Catalogs at Public Libraries Drive Publishers; Book Sales and Profits White paper from Overdrive
Economic Impact of Libraries--Studies and Reports
Equipment
E-Rate
- E-Rate Discounts (Iowa Library Services page)
- FAQ on E-rate and CIPA Bob Bocher, Wisconsin DPI
- SLD --Schools and Libraries Division (forms, online filing, etc.)
Enrich Iowa
Foundations and Friends of the Library Groups
Funding
- Budget Presentation templates (city & county, Iowa)
- Special Library Levy in Iowa (aka 27 cent levy)
- Rural Library Funding (Iowa)
Government
Grants and Fundraising
- Affirmation of Your Tax Exempt Status (Internal Revenue Service)
- A Donor's Bill of Rights
- The Foundation Center
- The Grantsmanship Center
- GrantSAT: Grant Proposal Self-Assessment Tool
- Guide for Proposal Writing (National Science Foundation)
- LSTA Grants
- Magazine of The Grantsmanship Center
- Michigan State University --Grants for Nonprofits
- Penny Fundraisers -- Americans for Common Cents
- Grants Information Center, Univ. of Wisconsin
- Iowa Library Services Funding Resources List of state, local, and national funding sources.
- Iowa Grants Enterprise Management System (GEM$)
Information Literacy
- ACRL Information Literacy
- The ICYouSee Guide to Critical Thinking on the Web
- An Assessment Plan for Information Literacy (Indiana University Bloomington Libraries)
- National Forum on Information Literacy
- Building Information Literacy
- Information Literacy Primer (Kathy Schrock)
- National Forum on Information Literacy
- Information Literacy from the American Association of School Librarians
- Resources for School Librarians -- Information Skills Resources
- Understanding Information Literacy (basic discussion)
- Tools: Big 6; Module Maker
Interlibrary Loan Procedures
- Audiobooks and Musical Recordings: Iowa libraries that loan
- How to Obtain Magazine Articles Using First Search and SILO Interlibrary Loan
- SILO Interlibrary Loan
- Find a Locator Code
- Multiple Copies for Book Discussions
- Multiple Copies: Requesting multiple copies of books on SILO Interlibrary Loan System
- Adding Items to SILO Locator
- 3 Ways to Request: Out-of-State ILL Procedures
- Videos (DVD): Iowa libraries that loan
Internet & Technology
- Great Web Sites for Kids, Assoc. for Library Service to Children
- Benton "The Future's in the Balance" Toolkit
- Internet Library of Law and Court Decisions ("features extensive summaries of court decisions shaping the law of the web")
- Internet Library for Librarians
- Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship
- Library Filtering Products Lori Ayre's comparison of products
- Pew Internet and American Life Project Rural Areas and the Internet
- What is? Definitions of Information Technology terms
Iowa-Specific Resources
- Iowa: A Literary Landscape
- Iowa Educator's Consortium
- Iowa Library Association
- Iowa Newspapers (websites) from newsLink
- Iowa Official Register ("Redbook") Online (pdf format)
Legislative
- ALA -- Advocacy Events
- ALA Washington Office Electronic Newsline
- Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA)
Librarianship
- Institute on 21st Century Librarianship
- Library Job Postings on the Internet
- Library Vocabulary
- "Looking it up" CNN article on librarianship as a career
- Meeting the Needs of All New Yorkers; Library Service in the New Century (Final Report)
Library Law
Literacy (for Information Literacy, see separate section, this page)
- Early Childhood and literacy (America Reads)
- Helping your Child Become a Reader
- Midwest LINCS (operating out of Ohio Literacy Resource Center)
- Resources for School Librarians
Online Resources
Open Meetings/ Open Records
Outreach
- Homebound Services
Personnel
- elaws Advisors (Employment laws assistance for workers & small business)
- Employment posters: required posters (Iowa Workforce Development, with links to printable posters)
- Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
- Iowa Workforce Development
- Now hiring @ your library (Nebraska Library Commission)
- Library Job Descriptions, Competencies, Evaluations, etc.
- 101+ Commonly Asked Interview Questions (library specific)
("These interview questions are taken from sheets I picked up at an Illinois Library Association conference session. And a few others which I've heard about.." Ann E. Johnson) - "Hiring the Library Director" in Chapter 6 of the Iowa Library Trustees Handbook (p. 19)
Planning
- Library Research Service
- Planning Consultants
- Planning for Results: Sample Plans from Libraries:
Appleton (WI) Public Library
Policies
- Policy Samples -- Iowa Library Services
- Boulder (CO) Public Library policies
- Confidentiality Policy, sample (State Library of Iowa)
- Guidelines for Medical, Legal and Business Responses (ALA)
- Handling Legal Questions at the Reference Desk and Beyond
- Policies on the OWLSweb site
- Policies on the web: links to library policies found on the Web
Conflict of Interest Policy
Volunteer Policy
Preservation / Conservation/Care of Collection
- Care and Handling of CDs and DVDs; a guide for librarians and archivists (pdf file)
- Drying wet books and papers
- Guidelines for Establishing Local History Collections
- Preservation Leaflets from the Northeast Document Conservation Center
- Preservation and Conservation
(Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) - Three Basic Book Repair Procedures
Programming
- Aaron Shepard's Storytelling Page Tales & Tips on How to Tell a Story
- Children's Literature--Resources for Storytellers From David K. Brown's Children's Literature Webguide site
- Puppetry Home Page
- The National Storytelling Network
Public Relations and Promotion
- Marketing Our Libraries
- Marketing Teacher
- Stores and Libraries: Both Serve Customers
- WebJunction's Marketing Offerings
- Marketing Plans
- Marketing @ your library
- Market Your Library (Gale)
- Library Media & PR
Top of Page
Reader's Advisory
Reader's Advisory Links have moved to their own page: Reader's Advisory
Reading and Language Arts
Reference Services and Training
Services
- Genealogy--Useful Sites for Genealogists (Southwest Iowa Library Service Area)
- Guidelines for Behavioral Performance of Reference and Information Services Professionals
- Guidelines for Medical, Legal, and Business Responses
- Professional Competencies for Reference and User Services Librarians
Virtual Reference
- Virtual Reference: A Selected Annotated Bibliography
- Registry of Real-Time Digital Reference Services
Training
- MORE: Minnesota Opportunities for Reference Excellence
- ORE on the Web -- Ohio Reference Excellence
Reports
School Library Media Centers
(see also "Literacy" section for Information Literacy links)
- Automation Systems Used in Iowa school media centers
- School Library Media Impact Studies
- School-libraries.org
- Texas School Libraries: Standards, Resources, Services, and Students' Performance
SILO
- Interlibrary Loan Log In
- Locator
- Locator MARC Record Standards
- Upload MARC Records to the Iowa Locator (instructions)
Statewide Library Programs
- Access Plus
- Accreditation of Iowa Libraries
- Certification of Public Librarians
- Direct State Aid
- In Service to Iowa: Public Library Measures of Quality ("standards")
- Open Access
Trusteeship
- Trustees (Iowa Library Services)
- Links for Library Trustees (separate page for trustees)
- "On the Boardtalk" -- topics for Trustee orientation and discussion
Tutorials
[Iowa-specific] [Computers--General & Operating Systems ] [Internet ] [Webpages] [Applications]
Computers--General & Operating systems
- Bob Cerelli's Windows Tips and Tricks
- Mousing Around tutorial
- Easy File Management with Windows Explorer
Internet
- Bare Bones 101; a basic tutorial on searching the web
- Finding Information on the Internet; A TUTORIAL
Teaching Library Internet Workshops, University of California, Berkeley - Glossary of Internet Terms
- Internet 101
- Learn the Net
Webpages
Applications software
- Excel 2000 tutorial (Florida Gulf Coast University)
- Powerpoint tutorial
- Power Point 2000 tutorial (Florida Gulf Coast University)
- Word 2000 tutorial (Florida Gulf Coast University)
Youth Services
- Arts & Crafts Sites
- Association for Library Service to Children
- Average Book Prices for Children's Materials 2011 (SLJ)
- Best Books 2011 -- School Library Journal's Annual Best Books
- Caldecott Medal
- Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University (abstracts over 5000
children's picture books) - Costume bookings: storybook characters
- Early Childhood Literacy (Iowa Library Services Areas)
- Graphic Novels (Steve Raiteri's recommendations for graphic novels for public libraries)
- Great Web Sites for Kids (ALA)
- Newbery Medal
- Notable Children's Books, Current List from ALA (2010)
- Notable Children's Recordings, Current List from ALA (2010)
- Notable Children's Computer Software, Current List from ALA
- Notable Children's Videos, Current List from ALA
- See YA Around: Library Programming for Teens
- Series Books
- YA Books in Series and Sequels
- Summer Library Program (Iowa Library Services)
- Collaborative Summer Library Program
- Summer Library Programs--Benefits/Research
- Zero to Three (Searchable site contains information on a baby's social, emotional, and intellectual development)
Library Weblogs
Weeding
- CREW: A weeding manual for modern libraries (Texas State Library)
- Weeding FAQs
Document Actions
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