Email, listservs, and forums all play an important role for the school library media professional.
For many other examples in for librarians and educators, go to Teacher Tap: Discussions and Technology-Rich Learning.
The following websites listed on this page will be of interest to school library media specialists:
Listservs
Listservs are automated email message services. As a professional, you subscribe to the service using your email address. Then, you receive all the emails that are sent to the listserv. Some of these mailing lists are restricted to members of organizations. They are sometimes moderated by a professional to ensure that only messages that meet the guidelines of the list are shared.
LM_NET
http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/
This is by far the most well-known and high traffic listserv for the profession. It is a discussion group serving worldwide school library media community. This website contains searchable archives.
To subscribe,
address an email message to listserv@listserv.syr.edu
in the body of the message put
Subscribe LM_NET firstname lastname
AIME List Serv
http://www.ilfonline.org/AIME/Listserv.htm
This listserv is sponsored by the AIME organization.
AASL List Servs
http://ala.org/ala/aasl/aaslproftools...
This website lists electronic discussions and listservs of interest to AASL members.
Forums
Indiana IDOE Discussion Forum for School Library Media Specialists
http://ideanet.doe.state.in.us/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=forum;f=3
This focum is designed for Indiana library media specialists.
Librarians Media Specialists Chatboard from Teachers.net
http://teachers.net/mentors/librarians/posts.html
This forum is dedicated to discussions of issues related to curriculum support through library and media services and the information sciences.
WebQuest Forum
http://webquest.org/forum
An online community for people interested in discussing the use of WebQuests in learning.
Blogs
2 Cents Worth http://davidwarlick.com/2cents/ by David Warlick
Alan November Weblog http://www.novemberlearning.com/blogs/alannovember/
Blogs and Blogging: A Homerun for Teaching, Learning,
and Technology from Escrapbooking at eduScapes
http://escrapbooking.com/blogging/index.htm
Committed Sardine Blog, The http://homepage.mac.com/iajukes/blogwavestudio/ by Ian Jukes
Ed Tech Journeys http://preilly.wordpress.com//
Education's Place for Debate http://www.districtadministration.com/pulse/ (group blog)
Embrey, Theresa Ross (Dec. 2002). You Blog, We Blog: A Guide to How Teacher-Librarians Can Use Weblogs to Build Communication and Research Skills. Teacher Librarian; 30(2).
http://www.teacherlibrarian.com/tlmag/v_30/v_30_2_feature.html
Infinite Thinking Machine http://www.infinitethinking.org/ (group blog),
Goal isto show how today's digital tools can impact student learning in meaningful ways.
Junk Edublog, The http://theedublog.blogspot.com/ by John Blake, Jr.
Kathy Schrock's Kaffeekatsch http://kathyschrock.blogspot.com/
Learning Now http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/learning.now/ with Andy Carvin, PBS
Library Blogs http://eduscapes.com/sms/web.html#5 from School Library Media Specialist: Professional Websites at eduScapes
Marc Prensky's Weblog http://www.marcprensky.com/blog/
Moving at the Speed of Creativity http://www.speedofcreativity.org/ by Wesley Fryer
One Trick Pony http://webquest.org/bdodge/ by Bernie Dodge
ozBlog http://www.tommarch.com/ozblog/ by Tom March
Research Buzz (Covers the world of Internet research) http://www.researchbuzz.org/wp/ by Tara Calishain
Resource Shelf (Resources and News for Information Professionals) http://www.resourceshelf.com/ by Gary Price
Savvy Technologist, The http://technosavvy.org/ by Tim Wilson
SLJ Virtual Summit
http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/620000062.html
Teach42 http://www.teach42.com/ by Steve Dembo
Teacher Magazine's Blogboard http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/blogboard/
Teachers Teaching Teachers http://teachersteachingteachers.org/ by Paul Allison, Lee Baber, Susan Ettenheim, & Thomas Locke
Skyping, webcasting, podcasting, and blogging.
Techlearning Blog http://www.techlearning.com/blog/ (group blog)
Tech Savvy Educator, The http://www.techsavvyed.net/ by Ben Rimes and crew
To Blog & Where to Blog - and How to Blog http://www.librarysupportstaff.com/4blogs.html from Library Support Staff
This page contains links to information about blogging, links to lists and directories of weblogs, and some sample school library weblogs.
U Tech Tips http://www.utechtips.com/ (team blog) Mission is to help educators learn and use technology within their school and classrooms.
Weblogg-ed http://www.weblogg-ed.com/ by Will Richardson
Weblogs and Blogging: Resources for School Libraries from IASL
http://www.iasl-slo.org/weblogs.html
Other Resources
Keeping Up Web Site from Steven Bell http://staff.philau.edu/bells/keepup/
Designed to help library and information science professionals, information
technologists, instructional technologists, and other academic technology
support professionals develop and maintain a program of self-guided
professional development.
Library Instruction Round Table (LIRT)
http://www3.baylor.edu/LIRT/
ALA Roundtable advocates library instruction as a means for developing competent library and information use as a part of lifelong learning.
Librarian Center Archive from Google
http://www.google.com/services/librarian_newsletter.html
Subsribe for the Newsletter or explore the archive.
School Library Media Specialists' Cadre
http://doe.state.in.us/olr/slms/welcome.html
Provides assistance through email to school library media specialists.