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Current Events Academic Library Departments Administration Cataloging Circulation Collection Management Electronic Resources Interlibrary Loan Reference Serials Special Collections Technical Services	Academic Libraries on the Internet Catalogs Web Servers Articles Library Schools and Education Listservs, E-Books and E-Serials Organizations Publishing Resources in Higher Education Paraprofessionals and Support Staff Position Openings

CURRENT EVENTS

ACRL News Net
ALA News and Views
ALA Press Releases (gopher)
Edupage
CNN
Current Headlines (Reuters)
Additional News Sources

ACADEMIC LIBRARY DEPARTMENTS

ADMINISTRATIVE RESOURCES

Library Administration and Management Assoc. (LAMA)
Library-Related Companies

Discussion Lists:
Administration Discussion Lists

CATALOGING RESOURCES

Cataloging Foreign Languages (Bertelsen, Virginia Tech)
Cataloging Oasis (MIT)
Cataloguer's Toolbox
LC Cataloging Directorate
LC Marvel (Gopher Server)
Tools for Serials Catalogers
USMARC (WWW)
USMARC (Gopher)
LC Weekly Subject Headings

Discussion Lists/Newsletters:
ALCTS (Newsletter)
LC Cataloging Newsline
OCLC Technical Bulletins
Other Discussion Lists

CIRCULATION RESOURCES

Discussion Lists:
Circulation Discussion Lists

COLLECTION MANAGEMENT RESOURCES

AcqWeb
Alphabetic Directory of Publishers and Vendors (AcqWeb)
BookWire
Publishers Weekly
University Publishers

Discussion Lists/Newsletters:
COLLDV-L (Library Collection Development List)
ALCTS (Newsletter)
Other Discussion Lists

ELECTRONIC RESOURCES

Cyclops' Internet Toolbox
Innovative Internet Applications in Libraries (MTSU)
Libraries' Forms List

WWW:
A Beginner's Guide to HTML (NCSA)
Home Page Resources (Dunlap)
HTML Working and Background Materials
Introducing HTML 3.2
Introduction to JavaScript
Library Web Manager's Reference Center
SGML on the Web
Writing for the Web: A Primer for Librarians

Discussion Lists/Newsletters:
Ariadne (Newsletter)
D-lib Magazine (Digital Library Research)
IMAGELIB (Image Databases in Libraries Discussion List)
Multimedia and Video Discussion Lists
Web4Lib (Discussion List)
Other Discussion Lists

INTERLIBRARY LOAN RESOURCES

Copyright Clearance Center
Field Guide to Copyright and Document Delivery (Emory Univ.)
Interlibrary Loan Protocol Resources (IFLA)

Selected Document Suppliers:
CARL UnCover
EBSCOdoc
ERIC
Information Express
Micromedia
UMI: University Microfilms Intl

REFERENCE RESOURCES

General
Government
Humanities
Natural Sciences
Social Sciences
The Reference Librarian Corner

Discussion Lists:
BI-L (Bibliographic Instruction Discussion List)
STUMPERS Discussion List (Gopher)
Other Discussion Lists

SERIALS RESOURCES

AcqWeb (Leiserson, Vanderbilt University)
LC Cataloging Directorate
ISSN International Centre
Mr. Serials (Morgan, NCSU)
NewJour
North American Serials Interest Group
Serials in Cyberspace (MacLennon, Univ. Vermont)
Tools for Serials Catalogers (Ercelawn, Vanderbilt University)

Discussion Lists:
CONSERline (Newsletter)
NASIG Newsletter (*password required)
Newsletter on Serials Pricing Issues
SERIALST (Serials in Libraries Discussion List)
Other Discussion Lists

Selected Subscription Services:

EBSCO | Faxon | Readmore | UMI | Yankee |

SPECIAL COLLECTIONS RESOURCES

Archives and Archivists (Miami Univ.)
The Commission on Preservation and Access
OCLC Preservation Resources
Rare Books and Manuscripts Section (ACRL)
Special Collections Web Resources (Hough, Univ. of Houston)

Discussion Lists:
Archives and Archivists (Discussion List)
ExLibris (Discussion List)
Other Discussion Lists

TECHNICAL SERVICES RESOURCES

Online Library Systems & Vendors (Univ. of KY)
Cataloging Resources
Electronic Resources

Discussion Lists:
ALCTS (Newsletter)
Other Discussion Lists

ACADEMIC LIBRARIES ON THE INTERNET

Academic Library Catalogs
Libraries Around the World (Hytelnet)
U.S. Libraries (Hytelnet)
OPACS With "Webbed" Interfaces

Academic Library Web Servers
By Major Athletic Conferences (Dunlap)
Libweb (Academic & Public)
UK Academic Library Web Sites

Special Research Libraries
Center for Research Libraries (Online Catalog)
Gabriel (Gateway to Europe's National Libraries)
Library of Congress
New York Public Library

ARTICLES ON ACADEMIC LIBRARIANSHIP

Planning an Electronic Library Classroom
University Libraries and Scholarly Communication (ARL)
Writing for the Web: A Primer for Librarians

LIBRARY SCHOOLS AND EDUCATION

US and Canadian Library Schools
LIS Schools on the Internet
BUBL: Tables of Contents/Abstracts of LIS Journals
BUBL: WWW LIS Subject Tree
Electronic Citation Guides

Discussion Lists:
Library Schools and Library Education Discussion Lists

LISTSERVS, E-BOOKS AND E-SERIALS

ALEX: A Catalog of E-Texts on the Internet (NCSU)
ALCUIN (A Searchable Catalog of "ALEX")
ARL Directory of Electronic Journals, Newsletters. . .
Banned Books Online (Carnegie Mellon Univ.)
BUBL: Tables of Contents/Abstracts of Journals
Electronic Journals: By Subject (Univ. Waterloo)
Online Books (Carnegie Mellon Univ.)
Online Journals (Carnegie Melon Univ.)
Internet Book Information Center
Library Oriented Lists and E-Serials (Thornton and Bonario, U. Houston)
Lists for Librarians (Noonan, Metronet)
NewJour (E-Journals\Newsletters)

ACADEMIC LIBRARY ORGANIZATIONS

National
State/Local
Networks

Selected Sites: ALA | ACRL | ARL | OCLC

ACADEMIC PUBLISHING

Alphabetic Directory of Publishers and Vendors (AcqWeb)
BookWire
The Copyright Website
Publishers' Catalogs (P. Scott)
Publishers' Catalogs (Readmore)
Publishers on the Internet (Faxon)
University Publishers
US Copyright Office

Discussion Lists:
Publishing and Publishers Discussion Lists

RESOURCES IN HIGHER EDUCATION

Academe This Week (Chronicle of Higher Education)
Courseware for Higher Education on the WWW
GrantsWeb
Instruction Section (ALA/ACRL)
Internet Resources in Higher Education (Univ. of Melbourne)
New Tools for Teaching
Scout Report

PARAPROFESSIONALS AND SUPPORT STAFF

Library Support Staff Resource Center

POSITION OPENINGS

Extensive Resources

Selected Sites:
ACRL Jobs | ARL Jobs | "Chronicle" Jobs |
Library JobSearch | Library Job Gopher

Discussion Lists:
LIBJOBS
Library Employment Discussion Lists

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