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Lee Rainie, Director of the Pew Research Center's Internet Project, runs through the seven questions libraries need to address as they consider future services and their role for their patrons and communities...He describes how project research about the changing role of technology in people's lives affects the kinds of issues librarians need to address as they experience the disruptions of technology change.

Neat article about advocating for the role of the library and librarian in information technology and research skills.

Learning in most academic institutions relies on the provision of library resources to both support and supplement what is being taught and researched. With the rapidly changing information landscape and the myriad ways in which users can search for information, the challenge of locating, accessing and searching for relevant and appropriate information resources for academic research is ever present.

is a unique and vital gathering place for books, ideas, and expertise in the field of children's and young adult literature. The CCBC is a noncirculating examination, study, and research library for Wisconsin school and public librarians, teachers, early childhood care providers, university students, and others interested in children's and young adult literature, and administers the statewide Read On Wisconsin literacy program.

Because libraries are information and research centers, they can support a huge variety of grant funding initiatives outside their own purview. Cultural centers, businesses, and educational institutions are untapped resources for library funds. What's more, many libraries may find that collaborating on a grant application with another organization is preferable to going forward with a time-consuming application of their own.

Looking for research to support school libraries and librarians? Look no further! The information contained in this 2016 updated compendium provides all stakeholders with plenty of support for the effectiveness of school library programs.

Awesome place to go for librarian web sites! Ideas with lesson plans, and sharing of ideas! I used this site a lot a few years ago when I first stepped in for the retiring librarian and needed ideas NOW.