Useful+Links

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 * Archives
 * Best Practices
 * Bibliographic and cataloging tools
 * Blogs (includes Blogging Libraries, both local and foreign)
 * Calendar of Library Events(Upcoming local/international conferences, seminars, workshops, fora, etc)
 * E-books (Filipiniana and Foreign)
 * Jobs
 * Laws and legislations, Rules and Regulations
 * Online Journals and databases (Philippine journals)
 * Online Newspapers
 * Online Theses and Dissertations
 * Online Videos
 * Other Resources
 * Research Studies
 * Samples (Plans, Evaluations, Job Descriptions, Library Policy Statements, Manuals, Collection Development Policies, Others, etc.)
 * Wikis (on anything library-related and useful to libraries and librarians)

Archives

 * [|American Archivist Online]
 * [|A Manual for Small Archives]
 * [|The National Archives](UK government records and information management)
 * [|National Archives of the Philippines]
 * Philippine Photographs Digital Archive
 * Smithsonian Institution - Archives, Manuscripts, Photographs Catalog
 * Society of American Archivists (SAA): ePublications //(//edited monographs, case studies, and formal papers that have gone through a review process, available online free of charge)
 * [|Society of American Archivists (SAA): Guidelines for College and University Archives]
 * [|US National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)]
 * [|International Council on Archives - Section on University and Research Institution Archives (ICA-SUV) Conference 2007 Papers]
 * International Council on Archives - Section on University and Research Institution Archives Committee on Scientific and Research Data Handbook on [[file:paarl/Management and Preservation of Scientific Records and Data.pdf|Management and Preservation of Scientific Records and Data.pdf]]

Best Practices

 * Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Academic and Research Libraries
 * Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Literacy Education
 * Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Online Video
 * Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for OpenCourseWare
 * Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Poetry
 * Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Scholarly Research in Communication
 * Guidelines for Digitization for US Libraries, Archives and Museums
 * UNESCO Open Access Policy Guidelines

Bibliographic and Cataloging Tools

 * [|The British Museum]
 * BUBL Link Catalogue of Internet Resources: Digital Library Collections
 * Cataloging Policy Statements and RDA Guidelines for Philippine Libraries
 * De La Salle University-Manila Millennium Wed Catalog
 * Dewey Cutter Program (a software program that automatically provides cutter numbers from the OCLC Four-Figure Cutter Tables)
 * International Children's Digital Library
 * [|Libcat: a guide to library resources in the Internet]
 * [|LibraryLink]("a one-stop resource center for Filipiniana resources")
 * [|Library of Congress Online Catalog](LCC and DDC)
 * [|Library of Congress Authorities](browse and view authority headings for Subject, Name, Title and Name/Title combinations; and download authority records in MARC format for use in a local library system)
 * Library of Congress Cutter Tables
 * LibraryThing(a cataloging and social networking site)
 * OCLC Bibliographic Formats and Standards
 * Philippine e-Lib
 * [|Portico](Online information about the British Library)
 * RDA Lectures (presented during the two-day PAARL-sponsored Public Consultation and Training Workshop on RDA Policy and Action Plan for Philippine Libraries)
 * RDA Workbook (see Cataloging Policy Statements and RDA Guidelines for Philippine Libraries)
 * [|Resource Description and Access (RDA)] ([|Overview]of the work of the Joint Steering Committee for revision of AACR and the development of a new code, RDA)
 * University of the Philippines Integrated Library System
 * [|WorldCat] (the world's largest network of library content and services)

Blogs

 * Accidental Archivist
 * ACRLog(Association of College & Research Libraries, blogging by and for academic and research librarians)
 * ALA Techsource
 * [|A Library Writers Blog]
 * Best Colleges Online (lists the 25 most modern libraries in the world)
 * [|Best of the Web Blog Directory (Libraries)]
 * [|Catalogablog](Library cataloging, classification, metadata, subject access and related topics)
 * De La Salle University Library Newsette (Balitang Aklatan)
 * The Distant Librarian
 * [|EarlyWord: The Publisher/Librarian Connection]
 * [|Filipino Librarian]
 * [|Filipiniana Blogsphere]
 * Happy Librarian's Blog
 * Ang Islahanong Laybraryan(Island Librarian)
 * [|Inspired Librarian]
 * [|Laughing Librarian](Library Humor and Stuff)
 * [|Librarian.net]
 * Librarian in Black
 * [|Library 2.0 An Academic's Perspective]
 * [|Library and Information Science Research Abstracts](a database on abstracts of selected LIS theses and dissertations, 1959-2008)
 * [|Library-blogs.net] (specializes in[| Library Books], [|Public Library] , [|Digital Books] , [|Library System] , [|Reference Books]and an array of other products and services)
 * [|LibraryCrunch](Service for the Next Generation Library: A Library 2.0 Perspective by Michael Casey)
 * Library History Buff Blog
 * [|Library of Congress Blog]
 * [|Library Science Alumni of PNU]
 * [|Library Stuff]
 * [|Lipstick Librarian](The diary of a library fashionista)
 * [|LISNews](Librarian and Information Science News)
 * [|Mindanao Librarian]
 * [|Naga Librarian]
 * [|Open Access Resources for Librarians](a blog created for library science professionals in pursuit of open access sources and information)
 * [|PLAI-Southern Tagalog Region Librarians Council]
 * [|Public Domain Works]
 * Reading Archives(by Richard J. Cox)
 * [|ResearchBuzz](News about search engines, databases, and other information collections)
 * [|School Librarian in Action]
 * [|The Shifted Librarian]
 * [|Stephen's Lighthouse](a popular blog in the library sector by Stephen Abram)
 * TechEssence.Info(addresses issues on information technology for library decision-makers)
 * [|Top 25 Librarian Bloggers]

=Blogging Libraries (local)=
 * Aquinas University Main Library
 * Ateneo de Manila High School
 * Benguet State University Library & Information Services
 * [|Cagayan de Oro College Library]
 * [|Filipinas Heritage Library]
 * Manresa High School Library
 * Manuel S. Enverga University Foundation, Lucena City
 * [|Pangasinan State University Eastern Cluster]
 * [|SEAFDEC Aquaculture Department]
 * [|Silliman University]
 * [|Tandag Institute of Technology]
 * UP College of Science Library
 * [|UP College of Engineering Library II]
 * [|UP Diliman University Library]
 * UP Library Bulletin Online
 * [|What's New in the IRRI Library] (now superseded by The Happy Librarian's Blog)

=Blogging Libraries (foreign)=
 * Northeastern Illinois University Ronald Williams Library
 * Simon Fraser University Library
 * St. Bonaventure Library
 * Stanford University Libraries
 * Temple University Library
 * University of California in Los Angeles
 * University of Connecticut Torrington Library
 * [|University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Undergraduate Library]
 * University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Information and Library Science
 * University of Oxford Vere Harmsworth Library
 * University of South Carolina Aiken Gregg-Graniteville Library
 * University of Wisconsin in Milwaukee Libraries
 * Vanderbilt University Walker Management Library
 * Villanova University Library
 * Wellesley College Library
 * Western Kentucky University Libraries

Calendar of Library Events

 * LibraryLink - Events
 * The National Library
 * [|American Libraries]
 * [|Information Today, Inc.]
 * International Library-related Conferences
 * LISEvents.com(the library community conference and events site)
 * [|SLA Industry Events Calendar]
 * Philippine Association of Academic and Research Librarians (PAARL Online)

Ebooks - Filipiniana

 * [|Bonifacio Papers] (a collection of scholarly works on Bonifacio, where excerpts from books, chapters and articles are reproduced in their entirety. For more sources on Andres Bonifacio, read [|Filipino Librarian])
 * [|CRV Library](Your access to free ebooks)
 * Discovering Philippines - Spanish Archives
 * [|Filipiniana.net (Philippine Studies at Your Fingertips)] (one of the most comprehensive digital //libraries// and online research portals on //Philippine//studies)
 * [|Katipunan Documents and Studies] (devoted to the study of the Katipunan, and publishes important Katipunan documents that have not been published before or are not readily accessible)
 * [|National Commission for Culture and the Arts E-books]
 * PB Primary Sources in Philippine History
 * [|Pantas Project Philippines](strives to become "a well-stocked digital resource center where one can access the best literature from here in the Philippines and around the world anytime, anywhere and with the greatest ease of effort")
 * [|Philippine On-line Dictionary] (images scanned from books dating back to the beginning of the American colonial period)
 * [|Project Gutenberg of the Philippines] or [|Proyektong Gutenberg ng Pilipinas]
 * [|Tagalog Dictionary](designed primarily for learners of Filipino/Tagalog language)
 * [|The United States and Its Territories, 1870-1925: the Age of Imperialism] (drawn from the University of Michigan Library's Southeast Asia collection, it comprises the full text of monographs and government documents published in the United States, Spain, and the Philippines between 1870 and 1925; the largest online collection of Filipiniana materials freely available in full text.. The text collection is complemented by digitized images from key photograph collections drawn from the Special Collections Library. Among its digital collection is the encyclopedic work of Blair and Robertson's The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803 . View the table of contents of Blair and Robertson's work herewhich provides links to the different books and documents in each volume on USIT) The photographic collection of Dean C. Worcester during the early part of the Philippines-Amerian War in 1899 and 1900may be viewed here.
 * University of Wisconsin Digital Collections - Southeast Asian Images and Texts

Ebooks - Foreign

 * 100 Legal Sites to Download Literature
 * 7 Best Places to Download Free Textbooks
 * AudioBooksForFree
 * Bartleby.com
 * Bibliomania
 * Bookboon(online textbooks for students in pdf format, which can be downloaded without registration)
 * [|Catholic Encyclopedia]
 * [|Coradella Collegiate Bookshelf]("a collection of ebooks, in pdf format, and stored in a searchable database, that is convenient, affordable, incredibly useful -- and fun to search -- for students, booklovers, and researchers")
 * [|Digital Book Index](A union catalog of electronic books, texts and documents with links to more than 141,000 electronic texts, 100,000 available for free)
 * Digital Public Library of America
 * Directory of Open Access Books (a searchable index to peer-reviewed monographs and edited volumes published under an Open Access business model, with links to the full texts of the publications at the publisher’s website or repository)
 * [|The eBook Directory]("the biggest directory of free downloadable ebooks online")
 * [|eBooks@Adelaide] (University of Adelaide Library�s collection of Web //books,//includes classic works of Literature, Philosophy, Science, and History)
 * [|eScholarship Editions](includes almost 2000 books from academic presses on a range of topics, including art, science, history, music, religion, and fiction. Access to the entire collection of electronic books is open to all University of California faculty, staff, and students, while over 500 of the titles are available to the public)
 * Feedbooks: Public Domain
 * [|Free-eBooks.net]
 * Freeload Press(for free college eTextbooks, books, ebooks, manuals, etc.)
 * [|Google Book Search] (Google's collection of digitized //books//, which includes a large number of //books//related to Old English literature and language, and many out-of-print classics)
 * Google eBookstore
 * A Guide to Publishers in the eBook Market
 * [|International Children's Digital Library] (including children's books from the [|Philippines])
 * ManyBooks.net
 * [|Merriam-Webster Online]
 * Ohio State University Press: Open Access Initiative
 * [|The Online Books Page] (over 30,000 //online books//free to the public, hosted by the University of Pennsylvania Libraries)
 * [|Oxford Scholarship Online](offers quick and easy access to the full text of 2,557 Oxford books)
 * Oxford Text Archive
 * [|Project Gutenberg]("the first producer of free electronic books"}
 * [|Questia] (the first online library that provides 24/7 access to the world's largest online collection of books and journal articles in the humanities and social sciences, plus magazine and newspaper articles, searchable by word, phrase, title, author, or subject; also offers a free encyclopedia)
 * [|Read Print] (a free //online// library of //books//for students, teachers, and the classic enthusiast)
 * Tumble Books - eBooks for Kids
 * [|Wikibooks]("a free library of educational textbooks")
 * World Digital Library (browse by institution, topic, place,and type of item)
 * [|World Public Library](features "priceless reproductions of digitally re-mastered classic literature, photographs, movies, and music to raise the standards of excellence in the field of digital publishing")
 * Zorba's Guide to Free Ebooks

Jobs

 * CareerOneStop
 * [|LISjobs.com](has provided career information for librarians and information professionals since 1996; site is entirely maintained by Rachel Singer Gordon)
 * [|JobLIST.com](a joint project of the American Library Association's American Libraries magazine, the Association of College and Research Libraries' (ACRL) C&RL News magazine, and ALA's Office for Human Resource Development and Recruitment)
 * [|Indeed](a search engine for jobs, allowing job seekers to find jobs posted on thousands of company career sites and job boards)
 * [|Librarian: Career Information]
 * [|Librarian Jobs at Jobs.net]
 * [|Librarian Jobs Philippines]at JobsDB.com
 * [|Information Management Jobs](at jobs.ac.uk)
 * [|JobisJob](lists job by location, job title, type, and company name)
 * [|Librarian Jobs](at DiversityWorking.com)
 * [|Librarian Jobs](at Oodle, "the fastest growing classifieds site and the best place for your job search")
 * [|Legal Librarian Jobs](in New York City)
 * [|Librarian jobs](in London)
 * [|Librarian Jobs] (at Careerjet, a job search engine designed to make the process of finding a job on the internet easier for the user; encompasses over 50 countries, featuring separate interfaces that are translated into 20 languages)

Laws and Legislations, Rules and Regulations

 * 2010 Manual of Regulations for Private Schools in Basic Education (download in pdf)
 * [[file:paarl/EO900 increasing salaries of govt employees 2010.pdf|Executive Order No. 900.pdf]] increasing the salaries of Civilian Personnel in the Government (view the DBM National Budget Circular No. 524 on this implementation [[file:paarl/Salary of Government Employees EO900.pdf|here]] and the new salary schedule based on salary grade for government employees [[file:paarl/Salary schedule of Government Employees 2010.pdf|here]])
 * RA 7743 and its Implementing Guidelines, on the ESTABLISHMENT OF CONGRESSIONAL, CITY AND MUNICIPAL LIBRARIES AND BARANGAY READING CENTERS THROUGHOUT THE PHILIPPINES, APPROPRIATING THE NECESSARY FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
 * Senate Bill No. 1428amending RA 7743 and introduced by Sen. Loren Legarda to ensure that funds necessary to implement the law are provided for and increased annually until all cities and municipalities have access to full electronic library facilities.
 * Senate Bill No. 824introduced by Sen. Jinggoy Estrada appropriating PhP 500 million for establishment of full electronic library facilities for all congressional, municipal, city and barangay libraries.
 * [|The Philippine Librarianship Act of 2003 (RA 9246)] see also[| alternate site] and the [|PRC Librarian Portal](PDF)
 * [[file:nationallibraryphilippines/RA9246IRR.pdf|RA 9246 Implementing Rules and Regulations]]
 * [|Philippine Librarianship Act (RA 6966)]
 * [|Intellectual Property Code of the Philippines (RA 8293)]
 * Presidential Decree No. 49on the Protection of Intellectual Property
 * RA 8981 on The PRC Modernization Act of 2000
 * [|Establishment of Congressional, City and Municipal Libraries and Barangay Reading Centers (RA 7743)]
 * CHED Memorandum Order No. 08 s.2005Policies and Standards for BLIS Program (for the graduate program, download [[file:CHED POLICIES AND STANDARDS FOR THE GRADUATE PROGRAM IN LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SCIENCE.pdf|CHED Memo here]]) or you can download from the CHED website
 * [|DECS Order No. 6 s. 1998] entitled "Policies and Programs for School Library Development"
 * [[file:paarl/PRC Res. No2008-466.pdf|PRC Res. No. 2008-466.pdf]]on Revised Standardized Guidelines and Procedures for the Implementation of the Continuing Professional Education/Development (CPE/CPD) System for All Registered and Licensed Professionals
 * [|PRC Resolution No. 2008-465] on Attendance to the CPE Courses offered by CPE Council and PRC Accredited CPE Providers as a requirement for all professionals to be in good standing (view scanned images, Official Gazette [[file:paarl/Official_Gazette_p6797.jpg|page 6797]], [[file:paarl/Official_Gazette_p6798.jpg|6798]], [[file:paarl/Official_Gazette_p6799.jpg|6799]], [[file:paarl/Official_Gazette_p6800.jpg|6800]], [[file:paarl/Official_Gazette_p6801.jpg|6801]], [[file:paarl/Official_Gazette_p6802.jpg|6802]], [[file:paarl/Official_Gazette_p6803.jpg|6803]], [[file:paarl/Official_Gazette_p6804.jpg|6804,]] [[file:paarl/Official_Gazette_p6805.jpg|6805]], [[file:paarl/Official_Gazette_p6806.jpg|6806]], [[file:paarl/Official_Gazette_p6807.jpg|6807]], [[file:paarl/Official_Gazette_p6808.jpg|6808)]]
 * [|PRC Resolution No. 2008-463]Prescribing fees for the accreditation of CPE programs of duly accredited CPE Providers
 * PRC Resolution No. 1032 series of 2017 - Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of RA 10912 known as the "Continuing Professional Development Act of 2016"
 * [|Board for Librarians Resolution] No.___ Series of 2006 Prescribing and adopting the Terms of Specifications for the Subjects in the Licensure Examination for Librarians
 * Board for Librarians Resolution No. 4 prescribing and adopting the International Cataloging Principles and Resource Description and Access (RDA) as technical standards in bibliographic description, approved by PRC 26 December 2012.
 * CHED Technical Panel for Information Technology Education resolution recommending the inclusion of the undergraduate program in Library Information Science in the priority areas under CHED Student Financial Assistance Programs (download page 1, page 2)

Online Journals and Databases

 * AccessMyLibrary(a service of Gale, a part of Cengage Learning, provides free access to over 30 million articles from top publications)
 * American Libraries Magazine(Beta version)
 * [|American Libraries Online] (view issues from Jan 2003-Dec 2009 here)
 * [|Ariadne](Journal of academic library networking from the UK Office of Library and Information Networking)
 * ARL Research Library Issues (RLI)
 * [|BUBL Journals: Library and Information Science]
 * Codex: the Journal of the Louisiana Chapter of the ACRL
 * College and Research Libraries News(serves as the official newsmagazine and publication of ACRL)
 * [|Communications in Information Literacy](an open access refereed journal in information literacy)
 * CLIR (Council on Library and Information Resources)publishes newsletters, reports, and other occasional items. The full text of most of these publications is available on this web site. CLIR reports are also available in print, and can be ordered online from each report�s abstract page.
 * Directory of Open Access Books (DOAB)
 * [|DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals]
 * [|D-Lib Magazine](focuses on digital library research and development
 * E-JASL: the Electronic Journal of Academic and Special Librarianship
 * [|Evidence Based Library and Information Practice](an open access, peer reviewed journal that provides articles and reviews on evidence based library and information practice)
 * Fulltext Sources Online(a directory of publications that are accessible online in full text, from 30 major aggregator products)
 * [|Gateway for Free E-journals](700 Free E-journals covering Subjects like Business & Managment, Chemistry, Earth Sciences, Engineering, Environmental Sciences, General Works, Health Sciences, Information Technology, Library Science,Life Sciences, Material Science, Mathematics, Media and Communication, Physics & Social Sciences)
 * HighWire (Stanford University)
 * IFLA Journal (view IFLA Publications; view archive issues)
 * [|Information Research: an international electronic journal](an excellent research journal, published by the Dept. of Information Studies at the University of Sheffield)
 * [|Information Today]("the only newspaper designed to meet the needs of the information professional")
 * International Leads(official publication of ALA's International Relations Round Table whose purpose is to disseminate information about international librarianship and the activities of the Round Table)
 * Journal of Academic Librarianship(sample online issues available free in pdf courtesy of ScienceDirect)
 * [|The Journal of Academic Media Librarianship]
 * The Journal of Electronic Publishing(published by the Scholarly Publishing Office of the University of Michigan University Library)
 * Journal of eScience Librarianship(an open access, peer-reviewed journal that advances the theory and practice of librarianship with a special focus on services related to data-driven research in the physical, biological, and medical sciences)
 * Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication
 * [|Libraries and the Cultural Record]
 * [|The Library]
 * [|Library and Information Science Journals]
 * [|Library Journal]
 * [|The Library Quarterly]
 * [|LIBRES](devoted to new research in library and information science)
 * [|Online](a monthly journal providing articles, product reviews, case studies, and evaluations about selecting, using, and managing electronic resources)
 * Open Science Directory(a search tool for open access journals and journals in special programs for developing countries)
 * School Library Journal ( view the archived issues here)
 * SCIRUS("the most comprehensive scientific research tool on the web")
 * [|Special Libraries] (available in pdf format)
 * World Bank Open Knowledge Repository (contains thousands of books, articles, reports and research papers in a search-engine friendly Open Knowledge Repository, allowing the public to distribute, reuse and build upon much of its work)

Online Journals (Philippines)

 * Journal of Philippine Librarianship
 * Journal Online(a daily paper featuring business, sports, entertainment, science and technology and opinion)
 * Kalayaan (online publication of Kabataang Makabayan)
 * LS Review School of Humanities Online(a refereed journal, launched in December 2001 and published annually by the Office of Research and Publications of the Loyola Schools of the Ateneo de Manila University)
 * LS Review School of Science and Engineering Online
 * LS Review of Social Sciences Online
 * PAARL Newsletter
 * PAARL Research Journal
 * Philippines Free Press Online
 * [|Philippine Journals](Full-text, based on the list provided by Vernon R. Totanes)
 * Philippine E-Journals(an expanding collection of academic journals from different colleges, universities, and professional organizations in the Philippines that are made accessible globally through a single Web-based platform, and hosted by C&E Publishing, Inc.)
 * Philippine ESL Journal(volume 1 in pdf)
 * Philippine Journal of Development (a publication of the Philippine Institute of Development Studies; view list of PIDS publications)
 * [|Philippine Journals Online] (click hereto view all the journals)
 * [|Selected Free Online Journals](Abstract-Bibliography)
 * UP Diliman Journals Online
 * UPLB Journals Online (a web-based service exclusively offered to journals/ technical bulletins published by various units of the [|University of the Philippines Los Ba�os] or by organizations affiliated with the university)

Online Newspapers

 * [|Asia Times Online]
 * [|Business Week]
 * [|New York Times]
 * [|Times Online]
 * [|US News and World Report]
 * [|Wall Street Journal]

Online Theses and Dissertations

 * Australasian Digital Theses Program
 * Bnguet State University Digital Library(include research, educational activities in PDF and HTML formats)
 * eCommons@Cornell
 * Ethos (Electronic Theses Online Service)provided by the British Library
 * TEL (th�ses-EN-ligne)Multidisciplinary Theses Server
 * Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD)
 * Proquest PQDT Open(provides the full text of open access dissertations and theses free of charge)
 * SILS Electronic Theses and Dissertations(at the repository of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
 * Theses Canada Portal
 * UvA Dissertations Online(the online publication of dissertations of the Universiteit van Amsterdam)
 * Virginia Tech Electronic Theses and Dissertations Online

Online Videos

 * About.com:Videos(free online educational videos on a variety of topics)
 * Free Science Videos(for general science as well as computer science videos)
 * Hulu News and Information Channel
 * National Geographic Video
 * University Videos(a list of over 25 universities that offer free video lectures to the public)
 * UC Berkeley on Google Video(a wide variety of educational videos)
 * Prelinger Archives(over 4000 educational videos of historical significance)
 * Edutopia(a great collection of highly eclectic educational videos)
 * Google Tech Talks(videos of Google-sponsored educational lectures and videos)
 * How To Videos(eHow's collection of how-to videos; anything from home to technology how-to's)
 * ResearchChannel(presents video programs from the world's leading research institutions)
 * TeacherTube
 * YouTube edu (Videos and channels from college and university partners of //YouTube)//
 * YOVISTO (Academic video search, video search engine for educational videos and e-lectures)
 * YOVISTO (Academic video search, video search engine for educational videos and e-lectures)

Other Resources

 * [|Academia.edu] (a growing community of 1,238,865 academics who share their research works and research interests, and follow research done by others; all papers and presentations are available for download)
 * Answers.com
 * [|Bibliography of Standards and Selected References Related to Preservation in Libraries]
 * Biblio.com ("the largest independent book marketplace for buying used, rare, and out-of-print books and [|textbooks]")
 * [|BibMe](fast and easy bibliography maker in either the MLA, APA, Chicago, or Turabian format)
 * BookFinder.com (a one-stop ecommerce search engine that searches over 150 million books for sale�new, used, rare, out-of-print, and [|textbooks])
 * [|Cataloger's Reference Shelf](collection of MARC manuals and other resources)
 * CDS/ISIS(Software for Windows download in agreement with UNESCO)
 * Community College Open Textbook Collaborative - Textbooks by Subjects
 * Computers in Libraries Buyer's Guide
 * Conservation Online(a full text library of conservation information for conservators, collection care specialists, and other conservation professionals)
 * Current Cites(an annotated bibliography of selected articles, books and digital documents on information technology)
 * dPlan(an online disaster planning tool that can create a plan for disaster prevention and response by using the online template to create a customized disaster plan for your institution)
 * DoIS (Documents on Information Science)(a database of downloadable articles and conference proceedings published in electronic format in the area of Library and Information Science)
 * [|E-LIS: E-prints in Library and Information Science](an open access archive of documents on Librarianship, Information Science and Technology, and related areas)
 * FastWeb: Scholarships, Financial Aids, and Colleges
 * [|Filipino Librarian]
 * Flat World Knowledge(a commercial publisher of open textbooks)
 * Free Dictionary(Dictionary, encyclopedia and thesaurus)
 * Fulltext Sources Online(a directory of publications accessible online in full text, listing 44,335 periodicals, newspapers, newsletters, newswires, and TV or radio transcripts)
 * [|Heritage Conservation Society](an online database of built heritage resources in the Philippines)
 * Image and the Librarian: an exploration of a changing profession(includes a selected, annotated bibliography of books and journal articles on the history of librarians, their stereotype images, professional status and image, and changing technology)
 * [|Infolib] (a **free**integrated library system designed to provide library and information management solutions for small libraries and other non-profit entities with ten thousand or less records)
 * InfoScience Dictionary.com(Online information science and management dictionary)
 * [|Internet Library for Librarians]
 * [|Jose P. Laurel Papers, 1918-1959](index to the microfilm collection at the Center for Research Libraries; extracted from Verzosa's Jose P. Laurel: a Register of his Papers at the Jose P. Laurel Memorial Library-Museum, 1982)
 * Librarians in the Movies: an annotated filmography
 * [|Librarians' Internet Index]
 * [|Librariansworld](a website of the librarians for the librarians by the librarians)
 * [|Libraries Unlimited](provides links to other web resources that give examples or explain processes of library and information center management in greater detail)
 * LISA: Library and Information Science Abstracts(abstracts over 440 periodicals from more than 68 countries and in more than 20 different languages)
 * [|Library and Information Science Research Abstracts](a database on abstracts of selected LIS theses and dissertations, 1959-2008)
 * Library Literature & Information Science Full Text(a comprehensive database featuring over 400 periodicals, full-text articles from over 155 journals and over 300 books per year, library school theses, pamphlets, and conference proceedings)
 * [|Library of Congress Classification Outline]
 * LibraryWorks ( a library portal that aggregates all Library Resources Group resources such as library product news, best practices, reports, surveys, library- and information science-related studies)
 * [|Libweb](lists over 7700 homepages from libraries in 146 countries)
 * [|List of Licensed Librarians](partial list of registered professionals compiled by PAARL Yahoogroup)
 * [|MARC Standards]
 * MEDLINEPlus(easy access to medical journal articles, extensive information about drugs, an illustrated medical encyclopedia, interactive patient tutorials, and latest health news)
 * Movie Librarians: Notable Librarians & Libraries in Films
 * [|National Book Development Board]
 * [|National Book Week (NBW) Themes through the years]
 * Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (NDLTD)
 * Northeast Document Conservation Center(specializes in the preservation of paper-based materials)
 * [|OCLC WWW Home Page]
 * ODLIS - Online Dictionary for Library and Information Science
 * OpenDOAR (descriptive list of open access repositories of relevance to academic research)
 * Open Textbooks Catalog
 * [|Philippine Normal University List of Unpublished Titles](Theses, Dissertations, Special Projects, etc.)
 * Philippines: Official Government Portal(provides links to guidelines and educational standards, educational institutions and facilities, academic projects, educational development projects, scholarships and financial aids, distance learning program, and examination information)
 * [|Philippines Maps](from the Perry-Casta�eda Library Map Collection in the University of Texas Library Online)
 * [|Preservation Websites at Academic Institutions]
 * [|ProQuest]
 * RefSeek.com(a web search engine for students and researchers to make academic information easily accessible)
 * [|The Researching Librarian: Web resources for librarians doing research]
 * Resources for College Libraries
 * [|Sage Reference Online]
 * [|Selected Internet Resources: The Philippines]- Portals to the World (Links to electronic resources selected by Library of Congress subject experts)
 * [|SlideShare]("the best way to share your presentations with the world")
 * [|Southeast Asian Images & Texts](an online archive of historical photos on Southeast Asia and on the Philippines during the US colonial era from the 1890s to the 1940s)
 * [|Southeast Asian Resources Online]
 * [|SurveyMonkey](a powerful tool to create professional online surveys quickly and easily)
 * Teaching Students with Disabilities (Yale College Guide)
 * [|Unesco Libraries Portal]
 * [|UNESCO. Information for All Programme (IFAP). Towards Information Literacy Indicators](PDF)
 * UNESCO Publications
 * [|World Digital Library] (makes available on the Internet, free of charge and in multilingual format, significant primary materials from countries and cultures around the world)

Research Studies

 * ACRL Environmental Scan 2007 (pdf)(identifying the Top Ten Assumptions for the future of Academic Libraries and Librarians)
 * ACRL 2009 Strategic Thinking Guide for Academic Librarians in the New Economy
 * [|Building Library 2.0 into Information Literacy: a Case Study]
 * E-Resource Collection Development: A Survey of Current Practices in Academic Libraries
 * [|Implementation of RA 9246 in State Colleges and Universities in Mindanao]
 * [|International Library and Information Science Research: A Comparison of National Trends]
 * Library Legislation and free access to information as new topics in library and information science educationby Aleksandra Horvat
 * [|Library Research Service] (generates library statistics and research for library and education professionals, public officials, and the media. LRS reports and analyzes statistics on [|school], [|public], and [|academic] libraries, and conducts studies on major library issues that are reported in the [|Fast Facts] and [|Closer Look] series. Topics of continuing interest to the LRS and its clients are the [|impact of school librarians on student achievement] and the [|changing library workforce]).
 * [|Long Overdue: A Fresh Look at Public and Leadership Attitudes About Libraries in the 21st Century]
 * [|OCLC: College Students Perceptions of Libraries and Information Resources]
 * [|OCLC: Sharing, Privacy and Trust in Our Networked World](PDF)
 * [|Perceptions of Libraries and Information Resources (2005)]
 * [|Placing a Value on Public Library Services]
 * Project Information Literacy
 * [|Public Libraries and the Internet] (view [|presentation])
 * [|Studying Students: The Undergraduate Research Project at the University of Rochester](PDF)
 * Thesis Topics
 * [|The Thrill of the Chase in Cyberspace: A Report of Focus Groups with Live Chat Librarians]
 * Top 10 Reports on Academic Libraries and User Trends from 2011
 * [|Use and users of electronic library resources: an overview and analysis of recent research studies]
 * Visions: The Academic Library in 2012

Samples (Plans, Evaluation Forms, Job Descriptions, Policy Statements, Manuals, others, etc)

 * ==For Plans (Strategic, Collection development, Disaster, etc.)==

Strategic Plans:

 * [|Arizona State University: Strategic Plan]
 * [|British Library: Strategy for 2005-2008]
 * [|Cambridge University Library Strategic Plan]2006/7 � 2010/11
 * [|Duke University Libraries Strategic Plan (2006-2010)]
 * [|MIT Libraries Strategic Plan 2005-2010]
 * [|Newcastle University (UK)]
 * [|Penn State University Libraries Strategic Plan]
 * [|Queen's University Library: A Three-Year Strategic Plan]
 * [|Rutgers University Libraries Strategic Plan]2006-2011
 * [|University of California Irvine Libraries Strategic Plan](2005-2014)
 * [|University of California Los Angeles]2006-2009 (pdf file)
 * [|University of Hawaii, Manoa,]2003-2010 (pdf file)
 * [|University of Illinois](pdf file)
 * [|University of North Carolina Library Directions, 2005-2010](of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Library)
 * [|Yale University Strategic Plan] (presents the Library's vision-mission-values, Action Plan, Strategic Planning documents, staff feedback and Action Plan Updates)

Collection Development Plans:

 * Collection Development Plans for UNA Libraries
 * [|Program Planning for Collection Development and Information Access for University of Connecticut Libraries]
 * [|Proposal for a University of Tennessee Digital Library Center]

School Library Development Plans:

 * [|Action Plans](from Resources for School Librarians)
 * [|Preparing a School Library Program Development Plan](sample plan of IowaTown Community School District)
 * [|School Library Improvement Plan](2005-2010 of Sacramento City Unified School District)
 * [|School Library Long Range Plan]
 * [|School Library Mission Statements]
 * School Library Programs: a Guide for Management and Services

Public Library Development Plans:

 * [|Ann Arbor District Library Strategic Development Plan]
 * [|Boston Public Library]
 * [|Chicago Public Library]
 * [|Evanston Public Library](Indiana) 2000 � 2010
 * [|New York Public Library]
 * [|Public School Library 5-Year Planning Guide]
 * [|San Francisco Public Library]
 * [|Toronto Public Library Strategic Plan]

Others:

 * 5-Year Development Plan(for Davao del Norte State College's Learning and Information Resource Center)
 * [|Truman Presidential Library]
 * [|Williamsburg Regional Library](2006-2010)
 * [|Professional Association's Strategic Plan](Pennsylvania School Librarians Association's Strategic Plan for 2006-2011)
 * [|Special Libraries Association (SLA) Strategic Plan]
 * [|Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Strategic Plan, 2005-2009]
 * [|IFLA Science and Technology Libraries Section Strategic Plan]
 * [|Strategic Plan for the Utah Library Association]
 * [|American Association of School Librarians Strategic Plan]
 * [|Wisconsin Library Technology Strategic Plan]
 * [|Technology Plan: 2004-2007](pdf file) for Utah State University Library

Disaster Plans:

 * [|A Disaster Recovery Plan for The Australian National Herbarium, Canberra](Australian National Botanic Gardens)
 * [|Harvard University Library]
 * [|Illinois State University Libraries Disaster Plan]
 * National Library of Australia
 * [|New York University Libraries (NYU)]
 * [|University of California-Davis Disaster Plan](PDF)
 * [|University of Delaware Library Disaster Plan]
 * [|University of Indiana]
 * University of Maryland at College Park>
 * [|University of North Florida Disaster Plan]
 * [|University of Texas-Arlington Disaster Plan]


 * ==For Evaluations==


 * [|Evaluation of School Libraries]
 * [|Evaluation Instruments for School Media Specialists]
 * [|Performance Evaluation]for supervisors, professional staff, employees at UC Berkeley
 * [|Performance Evaluation]for staff at University of Michigan Library
 * [|Performance Appraisal for Library Director]
 * [|Performance Evaluation - Library Director]
 * [|Sample Director Evaluation Form.doc]
 * [|Performance Evaluation Samples]
 * [|Performance Review Guidelines](for Academic Librarians)
 * [|Library Staff Performance Evaluation Forms](from Vanderbilt University)
 * [|Employee Evaluations for Public Library Staff](pdf)
 * [|ACRL Student's Guide to Evaluating Libraries in Colleges and Universities]
 * [|Customer Service Survey Form](Howard University)
 * [[file:paarl/EVALUATION OF LIBRARY COLLECTIONS and SERVICES (High School).pdf|Evaluation of a High School Library Collections and Services.pdf]](Imus Institute)
 * [[file:paarl/EVALUATION OF LIBRARY COLLECTIONS and SERVICES (College).pdf|Evaluation of a College Library.pdf]](Imus Institute)
 * [|Information Usage Survey Form]
 * [|Student Evaluation Form]
 * [|Student Evaluation Form for Library Instruction]


 * ==For Job Descriptions==


 * [|Job Descriptions]
 * [|Ohio Library Job Descriptions]
 * [|Library Director Position Description]
 * [|Sample Director's Job Description for a small library]
 * [|University of Maryland Library Technician Job Description]
 * [|Library Technology and Catalog Librarian Position Description]
 * [|Job Description for Teacher Librarian]
 * [|Job Description for School Library Coordinator]
 * [|Job Description for School Library Cataloger]


 * ==For Library Policy Statements==


 * [|Sample Library Policies](New York Library Association)
 * [|Sample Library Policies](North Texas Library Partners)
 * [|Sample Library Policy Statements for Ohio State Libraries]
 * [|Sample Library Policies for a Small Public Library]
 * [|Information Literacy Policy Statement](from University of Sydney Library)
 * [|University Information Technology Policy Statement](from Fordham University Libraries)
 * [|Policy Statement Concerning Non-Discrimination and Harassment](pdf)
 * [|Harassment Policy Statement and Complaints Procedure]
 * [|Policy Statement for users with disabilities] (from University of Birmingham)
 * Guidelines for Use of Films and Videos


 * ==For Manuals==


 * Imus Institute Library Manual
 * [|Sample School Library Manual of Policies and Procedures]
 * [|Library Collection Management](Sample manual developed for public school libraries)
 * [|Wainright Public Library Policy and Procedures Manual]
 * [|University of Indianapolis Policy Manual]
 * [|University of Michigan Library Staff Manual]
 * [|University of Waterloo Library Staff Manual]
 * [|Library Policy Manual](from Horsham Township Library)
 * [|Utah Library Association Policies and Procedures Manual]
 * [|Surrey Public Library Policy Manual]
 * [|Orientation Manual for New Library Directors](published by the Utah State Library Division, 2008)
 * [|Syracuse University Library Disaster Manual]
 * [|Archives Policy and Procedures Manual]
 * PAARL Manual of Policies and Procedures
 * Manual on Copyright and Digitization (published by Cornell University)


 * ==For Collection Development Policies==
 * ALA Sample Collection Development Policies
 * [|Acquisitions Policy]
 * Acquisitions Policy of Coulter Library
 * Central Washington University - Library Collection Development Policy
 * Columbia College - Electronic Resources Collection Development Policy
 * [|East Central Community College - Acquisition Policy]
 * Guide for Writing CMC Collection Development Policies
 * [|Hong Kong University Electronic Resources Collection Development Policy]
 * Indiana University - Collection Development Policy
 * Library of Congress - Electronic Resources, Selection Guidelines
 * [|Oberlin College - Library Deselection of Materials]
 * [|Trafalgar Castle School - Collection Development Policy]
 * [|University of Kansas Medical Center - Deselection Policy]
 * [|University of Maryland - Collection Development Policy Statement: Electronic Resources]
 * [|University of Oregon Electronic Resources]
 * Collection Development Policy Workbook
 * Guidelines for the Preparation of a Collection Development Policy
 * Collection Development and Management Guide
 * Creating a Collection Development Policy for Local Historical Records
 * Other Examples of Collection Development Policy


 * ==For Other Samples==


 * [[file:paarl/How to use the card catalog.pdf|How to use the card catalog.pdf]](Developed for Use in the Juvenile Section of a Community Library).
 * [|Information for researchers: using the Library of Congress main card catalog]
 * [|Subject search in card catalog]
 * [|How to use the card catalog](Library Skills Series in Bethlehem University Library)
 * [|Guides to using the Reference Library: Card Catalog] (in the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
 * How to conduct an Action Research Thesis>


 * Library Fact Sheet - The American Library in Paris
 * Library Fact Sheet - Collins Memorial Library
 * Library Fact Sheet - University of Virginia Library
 * Library Fact Sheet - Imus Institute College Library


 * How to Write a Marketing Plan
 * Lake Bluff Public Library Marketing Plan
 * Library Marketing Plan
 * Prospect Heights Public Library Long-term Marketing Plan
 * Sample Marketing Plan from American University
 * [|Sample plan from Rutgers]
 * [|Sample plan from University of Colorado Boulder]
 * [|Sample marketing plan from University of Nevada, Las Vegas]
 * Sample Marketing Plans
 * Waukegan Public Library Marketing Plan


 * __Evaluation of Web-based Library Instruction Programs__
 * __Follow-up Library Instruction Sessions__
 * Library Instruction Plan for Graduate Students
 * Library Instruction Plans
 * Library Instruction Program: A Plan for Information Literacy at Oglethorpe University
 * Plan for Information Literacy at the University of Rhode Island
 * __Tips and Techniques for Library Instruction__

Wikis

 * [|ALA Professional Tips Wiki](provides a pathfinder to the rich resources of ALA website, www.ala.org)
 * [|Blogging Libraries Wiki](collects links to library blogs by categories of different libraries, library associations' blogs, library directors' blogs, etc.)
 * [|International Music Score Library Project](a virtual library containing all public domain musical scores, as well as scores from composers who are willing to share their music with the world without charge)
 * IskWiki(a community wiki of the University of the Philippines, to serve as a "repository of information that may be useful in making University life more productive and fulfilling")
 * [|Library 2.0 Initiatives in Academic Libraries] (the wiki of the ACRL print publication [|Library 2.0 Initiatives in Academic Libraries], which presents updates on the case studies described in the book)
 * [|Library Success: A Best Practices Wiki] (This //wiki//was created to be a one-stop shop for great ideas and information for all types of librarians)
 * [|LISWiki](a free encyclopedia on anything that is library-related)
 * [|NativeWiki](a free, open-to-the-public library of information about indigenous nations and peoples of the world)
 * [|PAARLWiki]
 * Scholarpedia (the peer-reviewed open-access encyclopedia written by [|scholars from all around the world])
 * [|Thomas Jefferson Wiki](Trustworthy information on Thomas Jefferson and his world by Monticello researchers and respected Jefferson scholars)
 * [|Wiki Classical Dictionary](a new wiki devoted to the history, literature, mythology, art and archaeology of the ancient world)
 * [|WikiAnswers](questions and answers the wiki way)
 * [|Wikibooks] (is a [|Wikimedia]community for creating a free library of educational textbooks and manuals that anyone can edit)
 * [|Wikibooks: Cookbooks](collection of open-content cookbooks)
 * [|wikiHow](the How-to Manual that you can edit)
 * Wikimedia Commons(an online repository of images, sound and other multimedia files)
 * [|Wikinews](the free news source you can write)
 * [|Wikipedia] (the free [|encyclopedia] that [|anyone can edit])
 * [|WikiPilipinas: The free 'n hip Philippine Encyclopedia]
 * [|Wikiquote](a free online compendium of quotations from notable people and creative works in every language)
 * [|Wikisource](an online library of free content publications)
 * [|Wikitravel](a free, complete, up-to-date, and reliable worldwide travel guide)
 * [|Wikiversity](a project devoted to learning resources and learning projects for all levels, types, and styles of education from pre-school to university, including professional training and informal learning)
 * [|Wiktionary] (the English language Wiktionary, a collaborative project to produce a free-content multilingual dictionary)