These are some good Web sites for librarians. Below the table are some more general links. If you have information on any of these sites (or others), don't be shy! Jot it down and send it to BookLady99999@yahoo.com.

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Peep Research http://www.millikin.edu/staley/fluff/peep_research.html Look at this first, especially if you haven't seen it before (well, maybe not if you're in a hurry). Yeah, those Peeps.

LION: Librarians Information Online Network -- A Resource for K-12 Schools http://www.libraries.phila.k12.pa.us/lion/  This is a great place to start, with lesson plans, LM_NET, organizations, periodicals, and more.

In Alphabetical Order (of course)

• AASL: American Association of School Librarians http://www.ala.org/aasl/ Includes Information Power (under Professional Tools), along with many other resources.
• ALSC: Association for Library Service to Children http://www.ala.org/alsc/ This is the organization that awards the Newbery, Caldecott, and King awards each year, as well as other prestigious awards. Check out the Resources for Children and Families, too.
  
• YALSA: Young Adult Librarians' Service Association http://www.ala.org/yalsa/ This organization awards the Printtz award for best young adult novel.

AskERIC http://www.eduref.org/ Now known as the Educators' Reference Desk, there's a whole section here on Librarianship.

Big6.com http://www.big6.com/ Mike Eisenberg and Bob Berkowitz' Big6 (TM) approach to information skills has become a benchmark for teaching integrated research skills.

CCPS Library Media Home Page http://www.chesterfield.k12.va.us/Instruction/Library_Media/home.html Chesterfield County, VA has its K-5 lesson plan database online! (Many thanks to Kathy Lehman, her colleagues, and their supervisor, David Rankin.) Also see the School Library Handbook.

A Core Collection for Young Adults http://www.connectingya.com/core.htm Links to the best web sites & portals for young adults and their librarians; by Patrick Jones.

CyberBee http://www.cyberbee.com/ Curriculum ideas, research tools, and more.

CyberDewey http://www.anthus.com/CyberDewey/CyberDewey.html The Web (or part of it) according to the Dewey Decimal System.

Debbie Abilock's Home Page http://www.noodletools.com/debbie/bio/ Debbie developed NoodleTools, and has been a great influence on the school library profession for years.

Don Ripa's Library Media Page http://groups.msn.com/MrRipasLibraryMediapage/librarymissionstatementandlinks.msnw .

Doug Johnson: Writing, Speaking, Consulting http://www.doug-johnson.com/ Doug Johnson is Director of Media and Technology for Mankato, MN Schools. There are lots of good articles here, including the very pertinent "A 12 Point Library/Media Program Checklist for Administrators" and "Using Planning and Reporting to Build Program Support."

errorware: embrace your computer problems http://www.errorwear.com/shirts-microsoft.html Here's where to get the Blue Screen of Death t-shirt--embrace your inner geek!!

IASL School Libraries Online http://www.iasl-slo.org/ The International Association of School Librarianship includes worldwide resources on this site.

INFOMINE: Scholarly Internet Resource Collections http://infomine.ucr.edu/ .

InfoZone (Canadian Big Six Skills) http://www.pembinatrails.ca/infozone/

The Internet Public Library http://ipl.sils.umich.edu/

Internet School Library Media Center (ISLMC) http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/ by Dr. Inez Ramsey of James Madison University. This was one of the finest sites on the Internet for librarians; read Inez' note at the top for a sad commentary on the state of the Internet today.

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/ Kathy Schrock's immense resource includes a large section on Literature and Language Arts in the Arts and Literature section. This is probably the best starting point for educators.

Librarian Gifts from Cafepress http://www.cafepress.com/buy/librarian Wouldn't you love a shirt that says, "I'm a librarian. Don't make me shush your ass"?

Library Joke of the Month http://www.multnomah.lib.or.us/lib/kids/jokes.html The Multnomah County Library kids' page is also very good.

Library of Congress WWW Home Page (LC Web) http://lcweb.loc.gov/homepage/lchp.html 

Linworth Home Page http://www.linworth.com/ Linworth Publishing is the home of Library Media Connection, a journal for school librarians, as well as excellent books for the profession.

The Lipstick Librarian! http://www.lipsticklibrarian.com/ Don't miss this one!

Peter Milbury's School Librarian Web Pages http://www.school-libraries.net/  Now known as School Libraries.Net, this links to school library web pages worldwide. Also includes a listing of associations' web sites.

Prince William School Librarians' Association http://members.aol.com/PWSLA/index.htm There is a new wiki site for PWSLA; I'll post the link when I can find it.

School Library Hotspots http://www.pembinatrails.ca/infozone/hotspots/ .

School Library Journal http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/ .

Teen Librarian.com http://www.teenlibrarian.com/ An online community for young adult librarians, run by Patrick Jones.

Vandergrift's Special Interest Page http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/~kvander/ Kay Vandergrift is a professor at Rutgers University who has contributed a lot of deep content to the Web on children's literature. Her site includes important writings on freedom of information and the role of women in literature, as well as a great Cinderella bibliography.

VEMA (Virginia Educational Media Association) http://vema.gen.va.us/ If you're a school librarian in Virginia, this is your group!

Warrior Librarian http://www.warriorlibrarian.com/ I go here anytime I need a good laugh.

Who Reads What? A Celebrity Reading List http://www.gpl.lib.me.us/WRW.HTM Every year Glenna Nowell of the Gardiner Maine Public Library writes to celebrities to ask about their favorite books; these lists are the result. You can click on a year, or search by celebrity.

WLMA Home Page http://wlma.org/ The Washington Library Media Association has many resources, including job descriptions (see State/Dist. Policies).

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