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A wiki for school library media specialists to learn about cool new web tools, see how they can be used in school library media programs, and share ideas & success stories.

Really a brilliant resource pages that covers just about everything that has do do with referencing and citation etc. Very good.

Technology has dramatically changed the manner in which people share ideas and information. Students now have unprecedented access to information, in all its forms--text, images, sound, and video. This new access, combined with the new ease with which people can publish and broadcast, has added to the complexity of copyright issues. To avoid some of the issues relating to copyright and production,

Blog post in answer to the question: @karlfisch: What's the point of having a media specialist if they aren't specialists in the media forms of the day?

A GREAT librarian reosurce of ebooks dictionaries and everything a good librarian can put together. Basically this librarian has created a virtual library!!!

YUDU is an ePublishing library and marketplace that lets you read, publish, buy, sell and share digital content. Find eBooks, magazines, and other documents as well as photos, music and podcasts and bookmarks and add them to your own library

'Inanimate Alice' tells the story of Alice, a young girl growing up in the first half of the 21st century, and her imaginary digital friend, Brad. Over ten episodes, each a self contained story, we see Alice grow from an eight year old living with her parents in a remote region of Northern China to a talented mid-twenties animator and designer with the biggest games company in the world.

The References Notes blog is devoted to providing profiles of significant or substantive developments and news of potential interest to Reference and Research Librarians worldwide.

Web search can be a remarkable research tool for students - and we've heard from educators that they could use some help to teach better search skills in their classroom. The following Search Education lessons were developed by Google Certified Teachers to help you do just that. The lessons are short, modular and not specific to any discipline so you can mix and match to what best fits the needs of your classroom. Additionally, all lessons come with a companion set of slides (and some with additional resources) to help you guide your in-class discussions.

Getting kids to read- some inspiring post here

A great slideshow with stats on internet use and digital literacy trends

The National Library of South Africa is the leading national library and information centre of excellence in Africa and the world.

Good starting point for network building for librarians. How I wish I could get a local list going!!!!

The use of Weblogs (blogs) by librarians and libraries to disseminate information