The purpose of this site is to present resources for the School Library Media Specialist in the performance of their duties and job responsibilities.

Forrest Gump said that "brown stuff" happens. Add to that theory the Law of Murphy, and you have "brown Stuff" happening imperically!

Please feel free to use this site when Forrest Gump and Mr. Murphy meet!

Ask ERIC Lesson Plans

http://ericir.syr.edu/Virtual/Lessons/
You may browse by subject. There are several links to other sites at this address. You will even find School Library Media Activities Monthly plans here!

Blue Web'n

http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/
A table like you've never seen before! Lesson and resources galore!!!

Collaborative Lesson Archive

http://faldo.atmos.uiuc.edu/CLA/

Ed's Oasis - The Treasure Zone - Teacher Resources

http://www.EDsOasis.org/Treasure/treasT.html#META

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators

http://www.capecod.net/schrockguide/

Language Arts Lesson Plans

http://www.csun.edu/~vceed009/languagearts.html#Lesson

Lesson Plans From SRVUSD Model Classroom Teachers

http://jefferson.srvusd.k12.ca.us/tech/TechResource/lesson.plans.html

School Library Media Activities Monthly Lesson Plans

http://ericir.syr.edu/Virtual/Lessons/SLMAM/index.html

Teachers Helping Teachers

http://www.pacificnet.net/~mandel//
This is a free, non-profit service. It costs nothing to access the information, and no money is made from teachers who contribute. Material on this service is updated weekly during the school year. GREAT RESOURCE PAGE!

TeacherLink - Teacher Resources - Units and Lesson Plans

http://teacherlink.ed.usu.edu/resources/ed_lesson_plans/

Teacher Net

http://www.teachnet.com/
This site has a little of every thing. Lesson Plans. Teacher Portfolio Development.

Teacher Resources

http://www.sonoma.edu/CThink/K12/k12class/trc.nclk

Teacher Talk Forum - Lesson Plans

http://education.indiana.edu/cas/ttforum/lesson.html

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700+ Great Sites: Amazing, Spectacular, Mysterious, Colorful Web Sites for Kids and the Adults that care about them!!!

http://www.ala.org/parentspage/greatsites/amazing.html

Awesome Library for Librarians

http://www.neat-schoolhouse.org/librarian.html This site was developed by a consortium of librarians and educators in order to make available a database of rated, reviewed, and tested sites and links.

Internet Library for Librarians

http://www.itcompany.com/inforetriever/
A comprehensive Web database designed to provide a one-stop shopping center for librarians to locate Internet resources related to libraries and librarianship. Not very flashy, unannotaated, but very useful! Bookmark recommended.

The International Standard Book Number Agency

http://www.bowker.com/standards/home/isbn/us/
ISBN assignment information for collection items.

Joyce N. Church's Librarian Links

http://www.norwich.net/~jochurch/
BOOKMARK IMMEDIATELY!
This site is so extensive that I don't know where to start. This is not a pretty as the LION but it is very practical, complete, and useful. The annotations of web sites listed sometimes leaves a great amount to be desired but the links are poignant, timely, and practical for all librarians. This site is catagorized and multiple paged. It even has some library clip art sites!

Ken Umbach's Award Winning Homepage

http://members.unlimited.net/~kumbach/
These links take you to some of the best resources on the Worldwide Web (by my definition!). Many of them will lead you to enormous selections of further resources, enough to provide a complete education. In a nutshell, this is "The Smart Person's Guide to the Internet." This guy is very arrogant about his site but he is right! It is a very detailed collection of informational web sites that are catagorized for ease of use. Library, literature, government - it is all there!

Library of Congress Experimental Search System

http://lcweb2.loc.gov/resdev/ess/
If you go to this address, it has an advanced search option. This site will try to locate information in the Library of Congress by title, subject, author, lc number, dewey, ISBN, ISSN. Lots of options!!!

Library Land

http://www.rcls.org/libland/
Comprehensive web site for librarians. Bookmark recommended.

The LION (Librarians Information Online Network)

BOOKMARK IMMEDIATELY!
http://www.libertynet.org/lion/lion.html
LION's goals are to create a comprehensive collection of Internet-based resources of interest to school librarians, to foster communication and resource sharing among school librarians, and to encourage creative use of the Internet in the educational process. This site contains a full compendium of information to fill the needs of every librarian. Collection development, including publishers and annotations, lesson plans, AUP's, policies in general, cataloging resources, professional resources for librarians on the net, disaster plans for libraries are only a small sampling of topics covered at this site. It is well worth the bookmark space!

Research Paper

(This isn't strictly library related but I felt that it is a great site with loads of practical and helpful info. Something to bookmark for staff and students!)
http://www.researchpaper.com/
This sounds like heresy but this is a great site for the school library. At this site you will find a collection of topics, ideas, and assistance for school related research projects. This site will help the librarian to generate ideas and some material for the paper writer. It also includes practical "how to" writing information for students.

School Librarian Links

BOOKMARK IMMEDIATELY!
http://www.flatland.com/~cyberian/
The all-in-one resource guide for school librarians and teachers. This is a pared down version of the LION but it is very useful! The Journals and Magazines area alone is worth the trip! A good collection of online library journals and magazines, library resources, information on current library trends (This is chocked full of NOW information and topics, eg. filters.)!

WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE:
Librarian's Guide to the Best Information on the Net

http://www.sau.edu/cwis/internet/wild/library/libindex.htm
Sites for Librarians. Some very brief annotations but a great site for librarians. Bookmark recommended.

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Blindness Resource Center

http://www.nyise.org/blind.htm#index

Bob Drudge's Virtual Reference Desk

http://www.refdesk.com/main.html
A huge set of hotlinks to reference information on the WWW.

BOOKTALKS -- QUICK AND SIMPLE

http://www.concord.k12.nh.us/schools/rundlett/booktalks/
These short booktalks are intended to be used by school library media specialists and teachers. Currently, there are about 500 booktalks in the database.
Author's comment "I hope you enjoy these talks. You are free to use them but I ask that if you do, you submit one of your own to add to the database."
Author: Nancy J. Keane, Library Media Specialist, Rundlett Middle School

Citing Internet Resources

http://www.classroom.com/resource/citingnetresources.asp
Comprehensive, easy-to-understand method for citing online information in student bibliographies. Maintained by that educational technology leader - Classroom Connect!

Core Rules (Netiquette)

http://www.albion.com/netiquette/corerules.html
The list of core rules below, and the explanations that follow, are excerpted from the book. They are offered here as a set of general guidelines for cyberspace behavior. They won't answer all your Netiquette questions. But they should give you some basic principles to use in solving your own Netiquette dilemmas.

The Hotsheet

http://www.hotsheet.com/
A compendium of sites for the home, library, or just for fun!

The Internet Public Library

http://www.ipl.org/
A project dedicated to building a public library for the Internet community, blending the traditions and culture of the libraries and librarianship with the dynamism of the Internet, in service of helping people to find information and to learn.

KidsConnect

http://www.ala.org/ICONN/kcfavorites.html
ALA's ICONnect Project to locate and list appropriate websites for children.

Link to Learn

http://L2L.ed.psu.edu/
Great Site. Has Lesson Plans for k-12. Give it a look!

News Central

http://www.all-links.com/newscentral/
More than 3500 newspaper links are currently available at this address in a variety of languages.

Scholes Library Electronic Reference Desk

http://scholes.alfred.edu/Ref.html
Ready reference sources.

The Study Web

http://www.studyweb.com/
A place for anyone doing research to find the information they need as easily as possible. All I can say is WOW!!!

Virtual Reference Sites (Frankvad)

http://www.dreamscape.com/frankvad/reference.html
These Sites contain over 2,500 of the most popular information reference locations and tools on the Web. The site includes Maps, Facts, Calculators, Dictionaries, Directories, Chat, Travel, Health, Languages, Sports, Calendars, Jobs, Weather, Music, Autos, Humor, - plus many many more helpful tools to assist you.

WWW Resources for the Deaf

http://www.gallaudet.edu/~mssdweb/dres.html

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Andy's Art Attack!

http://andyart.com/ The most visited web designer's site on the net. Buttons, animations, lines, etc. Wonderful things.

Clip Art

http://www.clipart.com/
A compendium of web links for the designer!!!

Clipart, Symbols & Such: Library Media & PR Banner Art

http://www.ssdesign.com/librarypr/toolbox.html

Collection of Book and Computer Images

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/2161/

Hex Colors for Web Designers

http://www.habanero.com/hex/ Colors by hex number on white, grey, and black backgrounds. Allows the designer the opportunity to choose appropriate color for their site. A list of the 216 hex numbers in the appropriate colors, that display identically on both Mac and Windows platforms.

HTML Quick Reference V 1.2

http://www.htmlgoodies.com/tutors/index.html
This web site has all of the fast answers, forms and formats for web development.

Icon Bazaaar

http://www.iconbazaar.com/
Buttons, animations, lines, etc. Wonderful things.

Library Clipart Collection

http://www.netins.net/showcase/meyers/library_clipart/clipart.html

Olson's Library Clip Art

http://chrisolson.com/ALAsymbols.html
Here you will find the true library clip art collection for BIG bucks!! But he also has a very very small library of ALA clips that are legal for you to use.

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The ALAN Review

http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/ALAN/alan-review.html

ALAN Review Search Engine

http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/ej-search.html
This is really great for finding review and articles about books and authors.

BCCB

http://edfu.lis.uiuc.edu/puboff/bccb/

Booklist Magazine

http://www.ala.org/booklist/

Bookwire

http://www.bookwire.com/

School Library Journal Online

http://www.bookwire.com/slj/

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If you should ever receive a message that would indicate a virus warning, please see the following sites. They are updated regularly updated. It is better to err on the side of safety that to be sorry!

Computer Virus Myths

http://kumite.com/myths/
I like this one. It has a sense of humor and a FAQ's area.

FedCIRC

http://fedcirc.llnl.gov/
This site is really serious business!

US Dept of Energy Computer Incident Advisory Capability

http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/CIACHoaxes.html

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Author Videos

http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/special/kay/authorvids.html

Bergwall Productions

http://www.bergwall.com/
Bergwall Productions has been developing and producing vocational and technical video training for over 25 years! This is a great training film company who is user friendly!!

Computer and Information Literacy Skills

http://www.schoolibrary.org/dhs/infolit.html
Links to information literacy and technology frameworks, as well as specific research links that may be helpful in creating your school's information literacy and computer skills. Includes The Big Six Site!

Email Cards

http://www.dreamscape.com/frankvad/reference-cards.html
Hot Spot for lots of thoughtfulness and care to send to others!! If you have sound, this is a pleasant sight!

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

http://www.css-msa.org/index.html
The Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools is a voluntary, non-governmental, nonprofit, peer administered organization of diverse educational institutions in the Middle Atlantic States region of the United States, American territories in the Caribbean, and American and International educational institutions in Europe, Africa and the Mideast.

SAILOR: Maryland's Online Public Information Network

http://sailor.lib.md.us/

SELECTION CRITERIA: How to tell if you are looking at a great web site

http://www.ala.org/parentspage/greatsites/criteria.html
A. Authorship/Sponsorship: Who put up the site?
B. Purpose: Every site has a reason for being there.
C. Design and Stability: A great site has personality and strength of character.
D. Content: A great site shares meaningful and useful content that educates, informs, or entertains.

The Well Connected Educator

http://www.gsh.org/wce/default.htm
The Well Connected Educator is the on-line publishing center and forum for the K-12 community to read, write, and talk about educational technology.

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Brunswick High School Library

http://www.bhs.edu/bhs/lib/lib.html
This site is maintained by Buddy Phillips, BHS Library Media Specialist and WMC Technology Instructor.

Dallastown Area Senior High School Library

http://www.yk.psu.edu/~mer7/lib.html
This site is maintained by Marge Runkle for Karen Dressell, DASHS Library Media Specialist.

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If you have any questions concerning the School Library Media Program at Western Maryland College, please contact Dr. Ramona Kerby at rkerby@ns1.wmdc.edu.

	Western Maryland College Media and Library Science Curriculum Library Science Technology Courses

This site was developed and is maintained by Margaret E. Runkle for
Dr. Ramona (Mona) Kerby, Coordinator, School Library Media Program at Western Maryland College, Westminster, Maryland.

If you have any comments or recommendations concerning this web site,
please contact Margaret E. Runkle at mer7@psu.edu.
Last update - 25 January, 1999