School Library Policies - Australia

http://www.palmdps.act.edu.au/resource_centre/policies/policies.htm by the inimitable Barbara Braxton - in fact her entire site is well worh exploring: http://www.palmdps.act.edu.au/resource_centre/rc_main.htm

Tasmanian School Library Guidelines - they even state, "They are to be not to be used to replace school library staff but may aid staff in providing an effective school library service." - Bravo! http://www.education.tas.gov.au/delic/school-lib-guidelines/default.htm

Philosophy and Policies of P.L. Duffy Resource Centre, Trinity College, Western Australia
http://www.trinity.wa.edu.au/plduffyrc/library/lib/phil.htm

Library Policies and Policy Making, Especially for Schools P.L. Duffy Resource Centre, Trinity College, Western Australia http://www.trinity.wa.edu.au/plduffyrc/library/lib/pol.htm

Dillon, K. & Henri, J. (eds.). (1998). Providing more with less: Collection management for Australian school libraries. (Topics in Australian Teacher Librarianship: 2). Centre for Information Studies, Charles Sturt University: Wagga.

NSW Department of School Education Curriculum Directorate. (1996).
Handbook for school libraries . New South Wales Department of School Education Curriculum Directorate: Ryde, NSW. Also available online: http://www.nswtl.net/info/index.htm

School Library Policies - International

Collection Development Training for Arizona Libraries - a comprehensive site on all matters related to collection development; including policies, weeding, evaluation etc. http://www.dlapr.lib.az.us/cdt/colldev.htm

Nueva Library Page - Debbie Abilcock's selection policy(pdf file) http://nuevaschool.org/~debbie/library/overview

Bellingham Public Schools links for Teacher Librarians - offers job descriptions for TLs and library assistants, as well as policies etc. http://www.bham.wednet.edu/departments/libmedtech/forteacherlib.htm

Library Management - miscellaneous

Australian Copyright Council Home Page http://www.copyright.org.au/index.htm

The Copyright Kitchen is a resource for those working in vocational education and training (VET) who deal with copyright issues in their day-to-day work. It breaks up copyright information into categories built around who you are, where you work and the task at hand. http://copyrightkitchen.flexiblelearning.net.au/main.php

Copyright aware http://www.copyrightaware.gov.au/

Dewey Tutorials: http://www.oclc.org/oclc/fp/about/tutorials.htm

DDC - a multimedia tour http://www.oclc.org/dewey/resources/tour/ddc1.html

Learn more about the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) http://www.oclc.org/asiapacific/en/research/researchworks/ddc/default.htm

Cyber-Dewey - an attempt to organise the internet using the DDC system. http://www.anthus.com/CyberDewey/CyberDewey.html

SCIS Schools Catalogue Information Service http://www.curriculum.edu.au/scis/index.htm

Resources for Electronic Resource Management ( Last updated 2003) http://www.joanconger.net/ERIL/resources.html

EdNA community - Teacher Librarians (an excellent one-stop shop of links for TLs)

CMIS School Library Support - a wonderfully useful site for all Australian school libraries. Don't we wish our own education authorities provided this level of support! http://www.eddept.wa.edu.au/cmis/eval/library/index.htm

LibraryHQ ( USA ) http://www.libraryhq.com/ Focus is on library automation and other resources

Library Web Manager's Reference Center http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Web4Lib/faq.html The FAQ of the Web4Lib listserv, this site contains a wealth of information for computer managers including "bombproofing" workstations, effective bookmark management, kiosk modes, launching CD-ROM's from Netscape and more.

LibrarySpot http://www.libraryspot.com/  This library resource was designed to "bring the best library and reference sites together with insightful editorial in one convenient, user-friendly spot." The site includes a reference desk (links to general reference tools), a reading room (links to journals, magazines, and newspapers), and libraries (links to library catalogs). Special resource guides are provided for parents, students, and teachers. 

Resource Centre Issues http://www.slaq.org.au/Issues/resource_centre_issues.htm Created by SLAQ - pithy & practical advice on promotion and marketing of services, communication and advocacy.

SLiP - School Library Information Portal http://www.cla.ca/slip/management.htm Here are links to the "nuts and bolts" of managing a school library : whether budgeting, automating, reporting or managing the personnel. Canada 's gateway portal to documents for school libraries originating in Canada and not widely available in published form.

School Library Program - School Library Management http://www.upei.ca/~fac_ed/projects/handbook/manage.htm This handbook was written by students completing the Diploma in School Librarianship at the University of Prince Edward Island , Canada.

School Library Management http://www.sldirectory.com Policy Manuals | Library Management - Books | Handbooks and Guidelines for Students | Volunteers | Library Promotion

WWW Virtual Library on Knowledge Management http://www.brint.com/km/#content

One-stop Shambles "Librarian and Library Staff" Page : The School Library This page is designed to bring together all the library related areas in "Shambles". Designed for International schools in Asia . http://www.shambles.net/librarian/

Library management. Useful list of links. http://www.asla.nsw.edu.au/links.htm#Library%20Management

Online Resources for School Librarians http://www.school-libraries.org/resources/