On the Job

Sub-headings:

Acquisitions

Administration & Management

Cataloging

Conservation & Preservation

Law & Government Documents Libraries

Reference

Tips & Tools

Resources in this category:

Digital Librarian
http://www.digital-librarian.com/

Billed as "a librarian's choice of the best of the Web ", this searchable site has bibliographies of Web sites for numerous extremely varied topics.

IASL Links to School Library Resources
http://www.iasl-slo.org/

"These listings of Internet resources for school librarians aim...to take teacher librarians to the best starting points for Internet exploration."

Law Library Resource Xchange (LLRX)
http://www.llrx.com/

"Law Library Resource Xchange (LLRX) is a unique Webzine with a special focus on research, management and technology topics for legal professionals.  Each digital issue features articles, departments and columns with up-to-date information written by expert law librarians, attorneys, information specialists and legal technology consultants. LLRX highlights a broad range of topics including Congressional activities, World Wide Web sites, training resources and the challenges posed to those in the legal community by the continually expanding electronic world."

Librarians' Resource Centre
http://www.sla.org/chapter/ctor/resources/lrc/cover.htm

A comprehensive site for librarians to use to start searching the Internet. Its links are divided into three broad categories - Public Services, Professional Development, and Technical Resources. Browsable and searchable.

Library Spot
http://www.libraryspot.com/

"LibrarySpot is a virtual library resource center for educators and students, librarians and their patrons, families, businesses and just about anyone exploring he Web for valuable research information. LibrarySpot was designed to break through the information overload of the Web to bring the best library and reference sites together with insightful editorial in one convenient, user-friendly spot."

Library Support Staff Resource Center
http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/hrdr/librarysupports...

Information for and about library paraprofessionals, including employment resources and training tools.

LIS Resources Located on BUBL
http://bubl.ac.uk/link/l/libraryandinformationsciencelinks.h...

The Bulletin Board for Libraries links for Library and Information Science resources.

Planning and Building Libraries
http://www.slais.ubc.ca/RESOURCES/architecture/index.htm

This excellent site includes not only considerations and tips for librarians planning their own renovations, expansions, or new buildings, but also provides library standards, hints for barrier-free design, resources for library automation, and a list of famous libraries with links to many images of award-winning designs.

Public Library Peer Comparison Tool
http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/libraries/compare/Index.asp?Libra...

"Peer comparison allows the user to compare one library, the "library of interest", with a group of similar libraries, "the peer group". For example, one library may wish to compare its total circulation with that of a group of similar libraries. The validity of these comparisons is dependent on the similarity between the library of interest and its peer group. Thus, before making comparisons of total circulation, the user may elect to choose peer libraries that have similar total expenditures and serve similarly sized populations. Peer comparison is explained in more detail in an NCES Statistics in Brief "How Does Your Public Library Compare? Service Performance of Peer groups", by Keri Bassman." This report is available online at http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=98310. In addition to the very powerful Peer Locator Tool, this site also features an online tutorial and extensive information about the survey used to gather the information.