BEYOND THE BASICS: INTERESTING SERVICES OFFERED ON LIBRARY WEB PAGES

a presentation by Marylaine Block for the New Jersey Library Association, April 21, 2004

Blogs

  • Chi Lib Rocks [Chicago Library System http://radio.weblogs.com/0111803/
  • Health Sciences Library - Health News [University of Saskatchewan] http://library.usask.ca/hsl/healthnews.html
  • Libraries Doing Good Things with Blogs http://www.blogwithoutalibrary.net/index.shtml?links.html
  • Library Weblogs http://www.libdex.com/weblogs.html -- an index.
  • Urbana Free Library Construction Updates http://urbanafreelibrary.org/bldgblog.html
  • UThink: Blogs at the University Libraries http://blog.lib.umn.edu/
  • Waterboro Lib Blog http://www.waterborolibrary.org/blog.htm


    Book Lists and Beyond

  • FictionL Booklists at Morton Grove Public Library http://www.webrary.org/rs/FLbklistmenu.html and other readers services http://www.webrary.org/rs/rsmenu.html
  • Hennepin County Library - Readers Online - If You Like... http://www.hclib.org/pub/books/iyl/
  • MCPL Readers' Cafe http://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/apps/libraries/readerscafe/index.asp
  • Multnomah County Library - Readers Connection http://www.multcolib.org/books/index.html
  • Multnomah County Library - Para los Ninos http://www.multcolib.org/libros/ref/spkids.html
  • Readers Club - Public Library of Charlotte-Mecklenburg County http://www.readersclub.org/default.asp
  • Story Place - Public Library of Charlotte-Mecklenburg County http://www.storyplace.org/


    Tutorials

  • How To Use a Mouse - Washoe County Library http://www.washoe.lib.nv.us/mod.php?mod=userpage&page_id=91&menu=3501
  • Library Web Manager's Reference Center http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Web4Lib/RefCenter/
  • Multnomah County Library: Jumpstart Your Family History http://www.multcolib.org/train/jumpstart/family/ -- one of several tutorials offered by MCL at http://www.multcolib.org/ref/guides.html
  • Researching Your Older Tacoma Home http://www.tpl.lib.wa.us/v2/NWRoom/Build.htm


    Services to Special Populations

    Kids
  • The BookHive http://www.bookhive.org/
  • Colorado Virtual Library for Kids http://aclin.org/
  • Kids' Place - Newark Public Library http://www.npl.org/Pages/KidsPlace/index.html
  • Story Place http://www.storyplace.org/

    Teens

  • Bettendorf Public Library Teens Page http://www.bettendorflibrary.com/teen/index.htm
  • TeenLink: for Teen Readers, Writers and Dreamers - NYPL http://www2.nypl.org/home/branch/teen/index.cfm
  • Teenspace, Cincinnati Public Library http://teenspace.cincinnatilibrary.org/

    Seniors

  • Senior Center - Wilton Library http://www.wiltonlibrary.org/senior/
  • The Senior Corner - Traverse Area District Library http://seniors.tcnet.org/

    Latinos

  • Sitios en Espanol http://www.prescottlib.lib.az.us/espanol.htm
  • Staff Library Guide To Assist the Spanish-Speaking Patron http://sol-plus.net/plus/survspa/toc.htm
  • US Public Library Websites with Information in Spanish http://www.reforma.org/spanishwebsites.htm


    New Site Announcements

  • ElDorado County Library's What's Hot on the Internet This Week http://www.eldoradolibrary.org/thisweek.htm
  • University of Queensland Library New Internet Sites and Tools http://www.library.uq.edu.au/internet/new/webnew.html
  • And of course my "Neat New Stuff" - http://marylaine.com/neatnew.html -- was originally part of St. Ambrose Library's Best Information on the Net, http://library.sau.edu/bestinfo/


    Audio, Video and Photography Applications

  • Digital Collections in Colorado - Colorado Virtual Library http://aclin.org/
  • The Photography Collection - Western History/Genealogy Dept - Denver Public Library http://gowest.coalliance.org/
  • Sunsite Digital Collections http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Collections/
  • Tacoma Public Library's Photography Collection http://www.tpl.lib.wa.us/v2/NWRoom/photo.htm
  • Upper Mississippi Photo Archive http://www.umvphotoarchive.org/
  • UT Library Online - Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/index.html


    Virtual Tours

  • Boston Public Library Guides to the Library http://www.bpl.org/guides/index.htm
  • Cerritos Library http://library.ci.cerritos.ca.us/ -- web cam, library photos,
  • Kansas City Public Library - Central Library Project http://www.kclibrary.org/support/central/

    Personalized Portals

  • Brary Dog - Public Library of Charlotte-Mecklenburg County http://www.brarydog.net/
  • MyLibrary at Cornell http://mylibrary.cornell.edu:8080/MyLibrary/index.jsp

    Interactive Services

  • Images of Kansas City - Maps [Kansas City Public Library] http://images.kclibrary.org/maps/
  • MatchBook, from Morton Grove Public Library http://www.webrary.org/rs/matchbooksearch.html


    Library-Created Databases and Digital Text Collections

  • Special Collections, Kansas City Public Library http://www.kclibrary.org/sc/default.htm
  • LaCrosse Public Library Local Genealogy Indexes http://lacrosselibrary.org/genealogy/
  • Maine Writers Index [Waterboro Library] http://www.waterborolibrary.org/maineaut/index.htm
  • Making of America, at University of Michigan, http://www.hti.umich.edu/m/moagrp/ and Cornell, http://moa.cit.cornell.edu/moa/
  • Tacoma Public Library Northwest Room http://www.tpl.lib.wa.us/v2/NWROOM/Nwroom.htm -- including the Tacoma Building Index, the Ships and Shipping Database, the Photography Collection, and the Tacoma Obituary Index.
  • Vigo County Public Library http://www.vigo.lib.in.us/ref/dbases.htm -- Marriage records, obituary index, etc.


    Educational Contributions

  • Colorado Virtual Library for Teachers http://aclin.org/
  • Digital Imaging Tutorial http://www.library.cornell.edu/preservation/tutorial/
  • Documents in the News [University of Michigan Documents Center] http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/docnews.html
  • Homeschooling Resources, Waterboro Public Library http://www.waterborolibrary.org/homeschool/home.htm
  • Multnomah County Library - Homework Center Help http://www.multcolib.org/homework/
  • Recall in California, LIBRARY, Institute of Governmental Studies, University of California http://www.igs.berkeley.edu/library/htRecall2003.html
  • Scholarly Electronic Publishing Weblog http://info.lib.uh.edu/sepb/sepw.htm
  • The Virtual Chase http://www.virtualchase.com/
  • Vital Communities http://www.vitalcommunities.com/


    Services to Other Librarians

  • Best Information on the Net - Resources for Librarians http://library.sau.edu/bestinfo/Librarians/libindex.htm
  • Current Cites http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/CurrentCites/
  • GODORT page http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/GODORT/
  • Keeping Up Page http://staff.philau.edu/bells/keepup/
  • One Book One City List [Waterboro Library] http://www.waterborolibrary.org/blogs/blog381402.htm#onebook
  • Wilton Library - Innovative Internet Applications in Libraries http://www.wiltonlibrary.org/innovate.html
  • YA Books in Series http://www.rbls.lib.il.us/bpl-bin/series.pl