Librarians

"Books to the ceiling, books to the sky. My pile of books are a mile high. How I love them! How I need them! I'll have a long beard by the time I read them." Arnold Lobel

Book Links: Web Connections from Current and Past Issues -

Book Links Magazine - Web Connections page

The Center for the Book: Library of Congress: Book Events Calendar -

The Book Events Calendar represents a sampling/selection of book fairs and other literary events and observances - national, regional, state, local and a few international.

The Center for Children's Books: Resources for Librarians -

The librarian resources from The Center for Children's Books, an educational outreach related to literature for youth from birth through adolescence located at the U. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

CHILIS: Children's Librarians on New Hampshire -

An active group of NH public and school librarians working to provide the best possible in library services to the children in our state.

Cooperative Children's Book Center: Awards and Best-of-the-Year Lists -

Links to lists of annual awards and distinctions from the Cooperative Children's Book Center at the School of Education, U. of Wisconsin-Madison.

Berkman Center for Internet & Society and Electronic Information for Libraries (eIFL) joint project that provides librarians in developing and transitional countries with information concerning copyright law.

CREW: A Weeding Manual for Modern Libraries -

The CREW Method of weeding your library collection from the Texas State Library and Archives Commission

Deb Logan's Home on the Web -

Deb's website was created to provide access to workshop handouts and resources of interest to librarians/media specialists.

Dewey Decimal Hotlist for Librarians: An Internet Hotlist on the Dewey Decimal System -

This site features a librarian's list of links for use in teaching the Dewey Decimal System to students.

Follett Library Resources: TITLEWAVE Login -

Use Follett's TITLEWAVE to search for books and audiovisual materials, build and store lists, and order online.

Harper Collins Children's: Teachers & Librarians -

Harper Collins Children's Publishing brings children's literature resources to teachers and librarians, from book activities to author & illustrator info.

International Reading Association: Choices Booklists -

Children's Choices, a joint project of the International Reading Association (IRA) and The Children's Book Council, lists the top titles, as voted on by the children whose teachers are involved with the project.

Hanover County Public Schools: LMC: Library Plan Book -

K-8 Lesson Plans to complement the Hanover County Library Media Curriculum

Internet Library for Librarians -

A portal designed for librarians to locate Internet resources related to their profession.

Kathy Shrock's Guide for Educators: Ready Reference and Library-Related Resources -

Ready reference and library-related resources from Kathy Shrock's Guide to Educators site.

LE@D - Lifelong Education @ Desktop -

Many of the web-based courses from the online professional development site at the U. of N. Texas were written with the school librarian in mind and are designed to take about 1 1/2 hours to complete.

Let's Do Dewey -

A training exercise to familiarize yourself with Melville Dewey and the Dewey Decimal Classification System.

Library Sparks Magazine: Web Resources -

LibrarySparks Magazine web resources provide practical, ready-to-use lessons and activities for elementary school and children's librarians which supplement each edition of the magazine.

LM_Net Listserv -
LM_NET is a discussion group open to school library media specialists worldwide, and to people involved with the school library media field. Ask for input, share ideas and information, link programs that are geographically remote, make contacts, etc.

McBookwords: State and Regional Book Awards -

McBookwords, a literacy organization, sponsors this page of author links. Most of these sites focus on readers' choice awards, awards in which the readers, children or young adults, have a vote on the book chosen as the winner.

Nancy Keane's Booktalks: Quick and Simple -

A database of over 1,400 short booktalks that are intended to be used primarily by school library media specialists and teachers to hook grades K-12 students on books.

National Council for the Social Studies: Notable Trade Books for Young People -

The National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) and the Children's Book Council present this bibliography of K-12 annotated titles published in the previous calendar year.

National Science Teachers Association: Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K-12 -

Lists of outstanding children's science trade books presented by the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) and the Children's Book Council (CBC).

New Hampshire School Library Media Association -

NHSLMA, a professional organization representing school library media professionals and paraprofessionals, provides members with a forum for the exchange of ideas and opportunities for professional growth through publications, conferences, and staff development workshops.

New Hampshire State Library Services: For Librarians -

NH State Library-Library Management:Youth Services site

Northside Elementary Library: Library Songs -

Kids will have fun learning about the library as they sing these library songs.

OCLC: Resources for teachers and students of the DDC -

Dewey Decimal Classification Resources for public and K-12 libraries, part of OCLC’s Educators Resources - includes an online multimedia tour.

Penguin.com: Young Readers: Teachers & Librarians -

The Teachers & Librarians page of Penguin Group Publishers has lots of free children's books resources, new book news, reading guides, etc.

Recorded Books K-12 -

Recorded Books K-12 is a source for books, audiobooks, periodicals, software and online services.

Renaissance Learning -

The home of Accelerated Reader and family of products, where you can search for test numbers and books, order products and access their knowledge base.

Resources for School Librarians: Information Skills Instruction -

A collection of library resource links maintained by Linda Bertland, a retired school librarian from Philadelphia, PA.

Scholastic Librarians -

Librarian resources from Scholastic includes: Authors & Books, Research Skills, Activities, Printables, and more

The School Library Media Specialist: Collection Development Resources -

A wide range of collection development resources for school librarians, developed by Annette Lamb and Larry Johnson

Shelf Space -

Items of interest for the Rochester Elementary Schools Librarians: collection development ideas, professional development opportunities, summer library picks and web resources.

A Simple Book Repair Manual -

This manual provides background on standard commercial book production, gives guidelines for selecting appropriate candidates for in-house book repair, and takes you step-by-step through many common in-house book repairs.

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