Australian Sites | Overseas Sites | Electronic Journals
General Sites for Librarians

Web Sites - Australian

• Impact of School Libraries on Student Achievement: a Review of the Research
  This report, commissioned by the Australian School Library Association (ASLA) with the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) and published in March 2003, is available on the ASLA website.

• Australian School Library Association (ASLA)
• ASLA (NSW)
• Centre for Studies in Teacher Librarianship Charles Sturt University
• CoSLA Council of School Library Associations of South Australia
• OZTL_NET Australian Teacher Librarians' Professional Electronic Network
• Grants to Primary School Libraries Programme DETYA assistance plan to provide funds for books by Australian authors and books produced in Australia
• SLAQ School Library Association of Queensland
• SLAV School Library Association of Victoria

• Book Rap page from oz-teacherNet
• Children's Literature Resources
• CMIS: Curriculum Materials Information Services from Education Department of W.A.
• Graduate Diploma in Education (Teacher-Librarianship) at QUT
• Learning Resource Selection
  • Resource Selection from CMIS, W.A.
  • Selection Criteria for Curriculum Material
• Librarians Databases & Boards from Nexus Information Service
• Library Links from Microfusion
• Library Role Statements
  • Advocacy and Role
  • NSW role statement and action plan for Teacher-Librarians
• Performing Hybridity: Impact of new technologies on the role of teacher-librarians Summary of a research project by Kerry Mallan, Roy Lundin, Raylee Elliott Burns, Geraldine Massey and Anne Russell, Queensland University of Technology 2000
• Resource Reviews from NSW DET
• School Libraries: Empowering Learning NSW DET Library and Information Literacy Team interactive site for teacher-librarians.

Web Sites - Overseas

• American Association of School Librarians (AASL)
• Association for Library Service to Children, US Includes link to US award-winning books
• Federation of Children's Book Groups
• LM_NET Discussion group open to school library media specialists worldwide
• International Association of School Librarianship (IASL)
  • International School Library Day 2002, 28 October 2002
• School Library Association U.K. web site

• ICONnect Developed especially for school library media specialists, teachers and students, ICONnect offers anyone the opportunity to learn the skills necessary to navigate the Information Superhighway.
• Libraries and the Information Literate School Community
  Site produced by Jamie McKenzie
• School Libraries on the Web List of library web pages maintained by K-12 school libraries in countries around the world
• School-Libraries.Org Developed for school library Webmasters and electronic managers of school libraries
• Writing for the Web: A Primer for Librarians
• Libraries FAQ A collection of basic information regarding libraries and librarianship, and an introductory guide to library resources on the Internet.

Electronic Journals for School Librarians

• AliaS Online Newsletter of ALIA School Libraries Section (NSW)
• Connections Information about SCIS
• From Now On: The Educational Technology Journal published by Jamie McKenzie
• Library Journal
• MultiMedia Schools
  Addresses multiple technologies used in K-12 schools today including -CD-ROM, multimedia, online, and Internet resources.
• Orana: Journal of Schools and Children's Librarianship
  Includes articles on children's literature. Contents and selected fulltext from the journal at 027.625 P1.
• Scan Journal of the NSW Department of Education and Training which aims to promote the effective use of resources and information services across the school curriculum.
• School Libraries in Canada Journal of the Canadian Association for School Libraries
• School Library Bulletin from Tasmanian Department of Education
• School Library Journal Online Web companion to SLJ, includes some articles in fulltext
• School Library Media Researech Online
• Teacher Librarian Featured articles are available in HTML format

General Sites for Librarians

• AARLIN: Australian Academic Research Library Network
• CILR: Council on Library and Information Resources
  "CLIR is an independent, nonprofit organization. Through projects, programs, and publications, CLIR works to maintain and improve access to information for generations to come."
• QULOC: Queensland University Libraries Office of Cooperation
• Inquiry into the Role of Libraries in the Online Environment
  Australian Senate inquiry
• Librarians' Index to the Internet
  Searchable and browsable index of over 7000 links
• Libraries-Online
  Gateway to knowledge provided by libraries, universities and research centres world-wide
• LibDex: The Library Index
• Librarians and Information Science Collection of articles and links
• Library Link of the Day
  A daily link for keeping up to date with the library profession. Includes "the latest library news, good reads on the web, and other valuable resources that a library knowledge worker should know about."
• LibraryWorld U.K. site for library professionals
• The Researching Librarian Web resources for librarians doing research
• Australian Society of Indexers
• SIRS Web Resource Center
• UNESCO Libraries Portal
• Writing for the Web: A Primer for Librarians

• Electronic Journals
  • Thomas Parry Library: Electronic Journals in Librarianship and Information Science
  • Library-Oriented Lists & Electronic Serials
  • Library Juice News digest for librarians which includes announcements, many web resources, calls for papers, and news affecting the library world

• Hybrid Library
  • Hybrid Library Toolkit

• Fun Sites
  • Librarian Avengers

Education Resources