Directory of academic library newsletters

contributed by Michael G. at 04:23 PM on March 24, 2004.

ALiNUS is a directory of academic library newsletters. I've just come across it (after somehow finding it in my bookmarks), and it has already proved to be a great resource for environmental scanning of academic libraries, ideas for programs, and job postings. While not entirely comprehensive, the database already includes 600+ links, which are checked monthly for freshness.

Award Winning Children's Books

contributed by Michael G. at 03:38 PM on March 10, 2004.

For those involved in School Media Centers, or just interested in YA literature, here is an excellent website that consolidates 15 prestigious children's book awards into a list. "Every year, many organizations select the finest books for children. [They] have combined all these prize winning books into one comprehensive list." They have more than 1,300 books going back 50+ years.

Primed on Standards

contributed by Thomas L. at 05:43 PM on February 19, 2004.

If you are seeing such terms as RSS, DOI, OpenURL, and RDF pop up more and more in the lexcion of library science, but you aren't too sure about their meaning or why they are there;

InfoToday's Computers In Libraries' 'A Dozen Primers on Standards' is a great starting point.

JURIST adds new weblogs to their service

contributed by Michael G. at 06:12 PM on February 16, 2004.

JURIST, the free legal information portal and database maintained by the University of Pittsburgh's Law School, has launched two weblogs of its very own. The two blogs, Paper Chase, which contains general legal news and is maintained by a team of 30+ of the school's law students, and Law Reporting, which contains news on law and the media and is maintained by law professors and reports from the NY Times, Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, and others.

JURSIT is already a phenomenal free resource for legal information, and their two blogs have tremendous potential.