Interesting!   "Public Libraries Affected by Hurricane Katrina" Normative Data Project    (NDP)

Managing & Professional Topics

Educating & Promoting

Additional "Books, Reading & Libraries" WebPages on ChasArea.com

Administration & Organization   

• See also, Technical Services
• Beginning a New Year in the Media Center
• Book Fairs
• Dewey Decimal Classification System
• Extreme Makeover: Collection Analysis, Planning, & Development -
  downloadbable PowerPoint by L. Martin & C. Nelson
• Forms for the Media Center
• Getting Organized (ChasArea.com)
• Grants for Media Centers
• Handbooks for the Media Center (including Policies & Procedures)
• Help! I'm a New Media Specialist!
• High School Media Center
• Library Automation Systems
• Low Country  Media Specialist
• Media Center Calendars
• Media Center Surveys
• Media Specialist ListServs, Groups & Etc.
• Publishers & Distributors
• Volunteers & Student Helpers

Collection Development

• See Dewey Decimal Classification System
• Book Fairs
• Extreme Makeover: Collection Analysis, Planning, & Development -
  downloadbable PowerPoint by L. Martin & C. Nelson
• Media Center Surveys
• OCLC lists the Top 10 and the Top 1000 books owned by member libraries
• Standard Catalog from H.W. Wilson
• Weeding

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Associations, State D.O.E's & Professional Topics 
                        (see also, Organizations)

North Carolina

South Carolina

National

International

North Carolina D.O.E's & N.C. Associations

• NCSLMA - North Carolina School Library Media Association

• North Carolina Association of School Librarians (a section of NCLA- North Carolina Library Association)

• North Carolina Reading Association     North Carolina Councils & Affiliates Index      International Reading Association

• North Carolina Association for Educational Communication & Technology

• CTANC - Classroom Teachers Association

• NCAE.org - North Carolina Association of Educators

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South Carolina D.O.E's & S.C. Associations

• SCASL - S.C. Assoc. of School Librarians 

  • Listserv Guidelines

  • Listserv Archives

  • Next year's conference: March 1-3,2006-Charleston Area Conv. Ctr.

• Martha Alewine's SC D.O.E. Website  

  • Latest edition of "SLMS E-News"     

  • Reading Activity Calendars

• SCAET - S.C. Assoc. for Educational Technology

• SCLA - S.C. Library Association

• LISSA - U.S.C.   (The Library & Information Sciences Student Association)    

  • Latest SLIStenUP newsletter

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National Associations

• ALA - American Library Association

  • AASL - American Association of School Libraries

  • ALSC - Association for Library Services to Children

  • YALSA - Young Adult Library Services Association

  • Complete List of ALA Divisions

• Institute of Museums and Library Services

To beginning of  "Associations"

International Associations

• IASL- International Association of School Librarians

• Internet Resources
• Society of School Librarians International 
• International Reading Association       North Carolina Councils & Affiliates Index

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Organizations  (See also, Associations)

• IBBY - International Board on Books for Youth

• NAEYC - National Association for the Education of Young Children

• NCSS - National Council of Social Studies

• NCTE - National Council of Teachers of English

• NISO - National Information Standards Organization

• NSTA - National Science Teachers Association

• OCLC - Online Computer Library Center

• SCASL - South Carolina Association of School Librarians

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Technical Services

• See also, Administration & Organization

• Bookbinding & Book Repairs

• Book Fairs

• Book Care - see Taking Care of Books

• Dewey Decimal Classification System

• Help! I'm a New Media Specialist!

• Library Automation Systems

• MARC Records

• Publishers & Distributors

• Taking Care of Books

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Journals, Articles & Archives

Journals

• American Libraries Online   Dresden1438

• School Library Journal

• School Library Media Activities Monthly

Articles

• Cybrarians at the Gates:The Roles of the 21st Century Media Specialist

• The Future of Libraries - Beginning the Great Transformation by Thomas Frey, DaVinci Institute

• High-tech high school puts the library online

• School Libraries Work! - Article

• School Library Impact Studies

• School Library Media Centers: Selected results from the Education
  Longitudinal Study of 2002 (ELS:2002) - "CONFIRMS LIBRARY USE
  INCREASES TEST SCORES" (N. Zimmerman)

• Top 10 Reasons to be a Librarian

        Archives

• Digital Library for Information Science and Technology

• Google Librarian Newsletter Archives

• LM_Net      (Main page)

• SCASL ListServ

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Obtaining a Media Specialist Position

• Certification, Testing and Recruitment

• Interviewing for a Media Specialist Position

• Help! I'm a New Media Specialist!

• Media Center Job Descriptions

• Media Specialist as Educator

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SLMS Professional Development & Professional Topics

• National Board Certification

• Course Website for I.U. MLIS 553 - Great!

• Cybrarians at the Gates:The Roles of the 21st Century Media Specialist

• Help! I'm a New Media Specialist!

• High School Media Center

• Information Literacy

• LISCareer.com - The Library & Information Science Professional's Career Development Center

• Literacy

• Media Center Job Descriptions

• Media Center Surveys

• Media Literacy

• Media Specialist as Educator

• Media Specialist ListServs, Groups & Etc.

• Professional Books for the Media Specialist

• Professional Development @ Martha Alewine's SC D.O.E. Website  

• WebJunction - online community where library staff meet to
  share ideas, solve problems, take online courses - and have fun.

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Library Portrayal in the Media

• "Dewey Decimal & the Librarians" - Folk Singing Group (includes
  sound clip of "Boil That Cabbage Down", and pictures of album cover)
• Heavy Metal in Libraries - NPR (something to listen to)
• Library that lets you take out (as in "Check out") people who are left on the shelf
  Western Carolina's Hunter Library "Precision Book Truck Drill Team"
• NDP - Normative Data Project for Public Libraries
• News about "The Librarian" movie
• Population 1 (plus 5,000 books)
• Warrior Librarian

Just for Fun - Library Humor

• Cursor Miner's "Library" video - Cheeky Beef
• If Abraham Lincoln had presented the the Gettysburg Address via PowerPoint
• Library Action Figure
• Library Cats Map
• Librarian's Rant! - a blog
• New Yorker Magazine's CartoonBank.com - You can do a search such as "Books" or "Library"
• Overdue! - video
• Peep Research - A study of small fluffy creatures and library usage

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High School Media Center

• High School Media Center
• High School Media Centers' Websites
• Media Center Surveys
• Summer Reading Lists
• Teen Websites @ Public Libraries
• Young Adult Books
• Young Adult Romance Series

Books, Authors & Illustrators  

• See also, Genres and Promoting Reading
• 4th & 5th Grade Read Alouds
• Art Books & Other Media (includes a bibliography of children's literature for the Art classroom)
• Authors of Children's Books Websites
• Book Adventure.org
• Book Awards
• Book It! (Pizza Hut)
• Bookbinding & Book Repairs
• Book Fairs
• Book Making
• Book Series
• Books & Novel Ideas - The Education Webpage

  • Animal Theme Books

  • Black History Books

  • Book Activity Kits & Parties

  • Book Awards

  • Book Care - Taking Care of Books

  • Book Lists

  • Book Quizzes

  • Book Series

  • Books Made Into Movies
    • Because of Winn-Dixie
    • Polar Express
    • Lemony Snicket
  • Children's Literature - Theory & Practice - includes Portals
  • Comics & Graphic Novels

  • Folk Tales, Fairy Tales, Myths & Legends

  • Free (or Reduced) Books

  • Fun Reading for Teachers

  • Math Books & Other Media

  • Picture Books

  • Read Alouds

    • Reading Aloud to Children

    • CD, K, 1st Grade Read-Alouds

    • 2nd & 3rd Grade Read-Alouds

    • 4th & 5th Grade Read Alouds

    • Middle School Read-Alouds

  • Reader's Theatre

  • Reluctant Readers

  • Repeated Lines/Refrains Books

  • South Carolina Books

  • Taking Care of Books

  • Young Adult Books

• Celebrating Family Traditions

• Children's Books Online (or Books Online for Children)
• High School Media Center
• Making Books - see Book Making
• Math Books & Media
• Music Children's Books & Other Media (includes a bibliography of children's literature for the Music classroom)
• Peggy Sharp - Lots of ideas for sharing children's books
• Reading Calendars
• Rhymes & Rhyming
• Summer Reading Lists
• Young Adult Books
• Young Adult Romance Series

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Genres

• Folk Tales, Fairy Tales, Myths & Legends
• Promoting the Reading of Different Genres
• Rhymes & Rhyming
• Young Adult Romance Series

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Teaching & Collaboration

• Beginning a New Year in the Media Center
• Collaboration
• Dewey Decimal Classification System
• Help! I'm a New Media Specialist!
• High School Media Center
• Information Literacy
• Lesson Plans for the Media Center
• Literacy
• Media Center Calendars
• Media Center Surveys
• Media Literacy
• Media Specialist ListServs, Groups & Etc.
• Media Specialist as Educator
• Newspapers in Education
• Reader's Theatre
• Repeated Lines/Refrains Books
• Streaming (digital video-on-demand service)
• Summer Reading Lists
• Writer's Workshop

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Searching, Research & Citations

• Dewey Decimal Classification System
• eBooks
• High School Media Center
• Information Literacy
• Media Literacy
• Newspapers in Education
• Producing Reference Citations
• Research
• Searching the Library Catalog

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Promoting Reading & the Media Center

• See also, Teaching & Collaboration
• See also, Books, Authors & Illustrators
• See Blogs Blogs & Media Centers  and Websites
• Book Fairs
• Bookmarks for Promoting Reading and the Media Center
• Bookplates
• Coffee Bars in Media Centers
• Free (or Reduced) Books
• High School Media Center
• Media Center Calendars
• Media Center Surveys
• Newspapers in Education
• Promoting the Reading of Different Genres
• Promotion of the Media Center
• Promoting Reading
• Reading Promotion Themes for Bulletin Boards, etc.
• Reader's Theatre
• Storytime Online
• Summer Reading Lists
• Young Adult Books

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AudioVisuals A/V

• A/V Terminology, Cables & Products

• DVD/Video

• Math Books & Other Media

• Media Literacy

• School News Production

• Streaming (digital video-on-demand service)

• Using ETV/ITV

• Video Production

Technology, Media Center Websites & the Internet

• See also AudioVisuals
• Blogs & Media Centers
• Books Online for Children (or Children's Books Online)
• Borders (in Word, etc.)
• CyberBee.com
• eBooks
• Low Country Media Specialist (Education Webpage)
• DISCUS Info
• ELF - Library Elf - Your Personal Email Library Reminder Service
• Evaluating Websites
• Help! I'm a New Media Specialist!
• High School Media Center
• Information Literacy
• Internet Public Library
• Labels (in Word, etc.)
• Media Center Blogs - see Blogs & Media Centers
• Media Center Surveys
• Media Center Websites (Elementary & Middlle) & High School Media Centers
• Media Literacy
• Media Specialist ListServs, Groups & Etc.
• Online Social Networking
• Other Resources for the Media Center @ k12EducationResources.com/k12EducationResources/Elementary
• School News Production
• Searching (ChasArea WebPages Sites)
• Storytime Online
• Streaming (digital video-on-demand service)
• Websites of Media Centers - Media Center Websites & High School Media Centers
• Donna Shannon's MLIS 720 "Web Resources"
• Chris Billinsky & Jinmook Kim's 706 Syllabus - INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES

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Portals of Library Links & Resources

• CLWB - Children's Literature Web Guide - David K. Brown
• Classroom Connect!
• Help! I'm a New Media Specialist!
• Low Country Media Specialist
• High School Media Center
• IASL - "School Libraries Online" - Internet Resources
• Internet Public Library
• Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
• Library Instruction.com - the librarian's weapons of mass instruction (not functioning 8-12-05)
• Library in the Sky
• Library Spot
• LION: Librarians Information Online Network
• LIS News.com
• Media Specialist ListServs, Groups & Etc.
• Resources for Librarians - Texas State Library
• School Libraries Menu
• School-Libraries.org Resources - Peter Milbury
• School Libraries on the Web         (Resources for School Librarians)                 (Searching the Internet)      (Virtual Middle School Library)
• Specific School District Sites
  • Alpine School District (Utah)
  • Howard County Public Schools, Maryland
    • Table View of Howard County Public Schools (Maryland)
  • Norfolk Public Schools Office of Media Services
    • Norfolk Public Schools Library Media Center Handbook
• World Wide Web Subject Catalog - Library and Information Science (The University of Kentucky)

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Additional "Books, Reading & Libraries" Pages on ChasArea.com

• Academic Libraries

• Authors/Illustrators

• Book Awards

• Book Clubs/Groups

• Book Lists

• Book Reviews

• Book Study Guides

• Bookstores

• Bks/Reading 4 Kids

• Libraries

• Literature

• Online Literature

• Poetry

• University & College

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