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Discovery College Library Hong Kong
http://www.netvibes.com/discoverycollegelibrary
Discovery College Library Hong Kong ... Netvibes page.

How do young people cbehave in virtual libraries?
http://tinyurl.com/3b7ffg
How do young people currently behave in virtual libraries?
The Google Generation as researchers (pdf) Jan2008
Information behaviour of the researcher of the future
This study was commissioned by the British Library and JISC to identify how the specialist researchers of the future, currently in their school or pre-school years, are likely to access and interact with digital resources in five to ten years’ time.
This is to help library and information services to anticipate and react to any new or emerging behaviours in the most effective way. In this report, we define the `Google generation’ as those born after 1993 and explore the world of a cohort of young people with little or no recollection of life before the web.

Online Chinese Libraries
http://www.lib.tsinghua.edu.cn/chinese/otherlib/
Online Chinese Libraries

The European Library
http://www.theeuropeanlibrary.org/portal/index.html
The European Library is a non-commercial organisation. It provides the services of a physical library and the opportunity to benefit from a virtual environment in 20 languages.
This website allows to search through the resources of 30 of the 47 national libraries involved in The European Library. Resources can be both digital or bibliographical (books, posters, maps, sound recordings, videos, etc.).
The European Library gives access to over 150 million entries across Europe. The amount of referenced digital collections is constantly increasing. Quality and reliability are guaranteed by the 47 collaborating national libraries of Europe."
In 2007 first time visitors can now view The European Library User Guide in 12 languages; English but also Danish, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Icelandic, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish and Swedish. The User Guide is designed to help new visitors discover all search possibilities offered by The European Library portal.
On this website you can search through...
| maps and atlases, cartography | photographs, posters and images | portraits | childrens literature | digitized books | newspapers and periodicals | manuscripts | music collections | religion | scientific articles | thesis and dissertations | personal selections |

Irish Library in Second Life
http://www.ucd.ie/news/june07/062707_second_life.html
Irish Library in Second Life
Recognising that this online digital world offers a unique opportunity to extend the boundaries of traditional library services, the UCD James Joyce Library has established itself as the first Irish library in Second Life.

Libraries in SecondLife
http://edumuve.com/tour/?cat=10
Libraries in SecondLife

Making the Most of Your Library Website
http://marylaine.com/libsite.html
Making the Most of Your Library Website ... a presentation by Marylaine Block for the SouthEast Massachusetts Library System, June 6, 2007

Marylaine Blocks book
http://marylaine.com/thrive.html
The Thriving Library: Successful Strategies for Challenging Times.
Marylaine Block's book has links to lots of library websites and Blogs

MetaBibCatsWiki
http://wiki.lib.uconn.edu/wiki/MetaBibCatsWiki
World directory of:Online multinational and national union catalogs; Online catalogs of national libraries; Country based lists of online accessible libraries .

LibraryZone
http://libraryzone.wikispaces.com/
LibraryZone is a virtual space of Kowloon Junior School Library in Hong Kong.
In LibraryZone students learn about wiki and how to use it.
They work collaboratively on research projects, create information resources, write stories and exchange their ideas through wiki email and discussion pages.

School libraries online
http://school-libraries.net/
School-libraries.net is a directory of links to web pages created by and for school librarians

Library of Congress Online Virtual Tours plus ++
http://www.opal-online.org/progschrono.htm
Library of Congress Online Virtual Tours and other online events such as authors talks.
CPD

Libraries providing online Reference Services
http://tinyurl.com/zduye
List of Libraries providing online Reference Services
This list is for libraries with some form of synchronous or chat reference services.
An exhaustive list of libraries offering other virtual reference services is nowadays akin to a list of libraries that offer telephone service; to search the thousands of library sites which employ e-mail links or simple web feedback forms, see Libweb (http://lists.webjunction.org/libweb/).
Groups of libraries broader than the individual institutions (individual libraries, libraries within the same university system, or public library county branch system) are shown in bold.
Listed by country, state, and then alphabetically by institution (or service name for cooperatives). Vendor information and other notes are listed when possible.

Libraries Australia,
http://librariesaustralia.nla.gov.au
Libraries Australia, a service that enables anyone with an Internet connection to select from more than 40 million items held in over 800 libraries across the nation, will be launched at 12.30pm Monday 27 February at Parliament House, Canberra by Senator Helen Coonan, Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts.
Libraries Australia, developed by the National Library of Australia, is an e-ticket to a world of information consisting of books, journals, newspapers, theses, pictures, music, manuscripts, maps and much more. Many online resources such as digitised images and full text government publications can also be accessed immediately online.
Libraries Australia lets you discover what's in Australian libraries. You can find it, borrow it, copy it or buy it.

Designing a Library Web Site
http://www.webjunction.org/do/Navigation?category=442
WebJunction's Designing a Library Web Site presents a process for building a new site or revising an existing site.
The course focuses on how to determine the content and structure of the site, not on technical site development.

The Kentucky Virtual Library
http://www.dpreview.com/news/0508/05082205canons80.asp
The Kentucky Virtual Library
.... includes tutorials for both young students and adults to help with the location of information.

List of digital library projects
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_digital_library_projects
List of digital library projects

J. Murrey Atkins Library : Maps of the Library
http://library.uncc.edu/map/
J. Murrey Atkins Library : Maps of the Library

LIBWEB : Library Servers via WWW
http://lists.webjunction.org/libweb/
LIBWEB : Library Servers via WWW
Libweb lists over 7200 pages from libraries in over 125 countries.
Libraries Online

Inter-Lace
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~slacey/
Inter-Lace
Website created by Sue Lacey, Teacher-Librarian Bega West Public School.

National Library of Australia : KineticaWeb
http://www.nla.gov.au/kinetica/kineticaweb.html
National Library of Australia : KineticaWeb
Kinetica Web provides a range of services to meet your needs including:
- Libraries Australia interface
- choice of databases;
- ability to add holdings and order MARC records;
- ability to add simple bibliographic records via Web Input;
- KineticaWeb tutorial - online and download versions
Kinetica Chinese Japanese Korean Database (CJK) | Singapore National Union Catalogue | Te Puna: The National Library of New Zealand's National Database | Australian Library Collections | Research Libraries Group Union Catalogue | LCNA | LCSH | PictureAustralia | British Library Catalogue | Library of Congress Catalogue |

British Library : Turning the Pages
http://www.bl.uk/collections/treasures/digitisation1.html
British Library : Turning the Pages
Just click on the links, wait a few moments, then turn the pages of our great books.

Network of School Librarian Web Pages
http://www.school-libraries.net/
Peter Milbury's Network of School Librarian Web Pages
The following is a collection of Web Pages created or maintained by school librarians. Some are for entire schools, while others are for individual school libraries. Some pages are personal, while others are for professional associations, or other curriculum related resources. Also included here are a few links to helpful Web development.

Georgeanne Small Media Center
http://www.biddschools.org/BPS/Library/home.htm
Georgeanne Small Media Center : Biddeford Primary School (USA)
Be sure to have a look at their "virtual tour" around the library.

Kowloon Junior School Library : Hong Kong
http://perth.kjs.edu.hk/pupils/newlibrary/index.htm
Kowloon Junior School Library : Hong Kong

The Daly Library Home Page
http://schools.portnet.k12.ny.us/~kim_destefano/
The Daly Library Home Page - Library Media Center

Naples High School : Library Media Centre
http://www.collierschools.com/nhs/lmc/
Naples High School : Library Media Centre ... has an online video

The 2003 School Library Profiles (USA)
http://www.lrs.org/asp_school/profiles03/index.asp
The 2003 School Library Profiles
The School Library Profiles developed by the Library Research Service are meant to be used as a comparative tool for school libraries in Colorado. The results represent data received from school libraries that completed the 2003 Colorado School Library Survey. Profiles for each participating school compare individual school data with averages for schools with similar grade level and enrollment ranges. Please note that since all data were derived from responses to the survey, schools that did not respond to the survey are not represented in the Profiles.
Use the school locator (below) to find the school for which you would like to see the 2003-2004 School Library Profile. Remember, schools that did not respond to the 2003 Colorado School Library Survey will not be represented in the Profiles.

Internationale Jugendbibliothek - International Youth Library
http://www.ijb.de/index2.html
Internationale Jugendbibliothek - International Youth Library
The International Youth Library is the largest library for international children's and youth literature in the world. Ever since it was opened in 1949 by Jella Lepman, it has been continuously expanded to an internationally recognized center for the world's children's and youth literature.

IASL: List of School Libraries Online
http://www.iasl-slo.org/schoollibs.html
IASL: List of School Libraries and Librarians Online

Questia, the world's largest online library
http://www.questia.com/
Welcome to Questia, the world's largest online library of over 45,000 books and 360,000 journal, magazine and newspaper articles. Click to preview a title.
Questia is 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. You can search each and every word of all of the books and journal articles in the collection. You can read every title cover to cover. This rich, scholarly content -- selected by professional collection development librarians -- is not available elsewhere on the Internet.

K-12 school libraries on the Internet
http://www.sldirectory.com/
This is a list of library web pages maintained by K-12 school libraries in the United States and in countries around the world. This directory is limited to listing pages which focus on the school library/media center.
The content of these pages is quite varied and displays the marvelous creativity of school librarians around the world.

School Libraries on the Web: Writing School Library Web Pages
http://www.sldirectory.com/libsf/resf/wpages.html
School Libraries on the Web: Writing School Library Web Pages

Library websites listed at [Strongest Links]
http://www.strongest-links.org.uk/web_schoolwebs.htm
Library websites listed at [Strongest Links]

Hong Kong Public Libraries
http://www.hkpl.gov.hk/
Hong Kong Public Libraries - lots of online databases ... CD ROM Databases ... lots of ebooks ... and, of course, the opportunity to search their own resources catalogue.

International Children's Digital Library ICDL
http://www.icdlbooks.org/
International Children's Digital Library ICDL
The International Children's Digital Library (ICDL) is a 5-year research project to develop innovative software and a collection of books that specifically address the needs of children as readers. Interdisciplinary researchers from computer science, library studies, education, art, and psychology are working together with children to design this new library. With participants from around the world, the ICDL is building an international collection that reflects both the diversity and quality of children's literature. In 2002, the collection included materials donated from 27 cultures in 15 languages.
The International Children's Digital Library is a place where kids all over the world can find lots of books from many different countries. It's a place where kids can read as much as they want without having to pay a lot of money or travel very far to find the books. If you have a computer and access to the Internet, you can see books from places like Croatia, Egypt, Japan, New Zealand, the United States and more!
digital | books | library |

Not Your Parents' Library
http://www.techlearning.com/db_area/archives/TL/2002/09/library.html
In May 2002, we examined how technology has transformed the role school librarians now play in the classroom and community. Here, we shine a light on best practices and projects.
At Scarsdale High School in Westchester County, N.Y., school librarian Phyllis DiBianco and English teacher Natalie Farina have teamed up to teach women's history in a unique fashion-by studying old clothing advertisements from the 19th century. But instead of turning to reels of microfiche, as they would have a decade ago, the two educators are taking advantage of the Library of Congress American Memory Web site.

International Association of School Librarianship
http://www.iasl-slo.org/
School Libraries Online
Principle 7 of the United Nations declaration on the Rights of the Child states: "the child is entitled to receive education which shall be free and compulsory, at least in the elementary stages. He shall be given an education which will promote his general culture, and enable him on a basis of equal opportunity to develop his abilities, his individual judgement, and his moral sense of social responsibility, and to become a useful member of society" (1).
The existence and utilization of the school library is a vital part of this free and compulsory education. The school library is essential to "the development of the human personality as well as the spiritual, moral, social, cultural and economic progress of the community" (2).

P.L. Duffy Resource Centre ( Australia )
http://library.trinity.wa.edu.au/
The online library of a Trinity College, a Catholic day school for boys in Perth, Australia.
Has a comprehensive area of Internet links organised by subject and assignment topic.
Rosemary Horton | Library | Curriculum |

e-global library
http://www.egloballibrary.com/
e-global library gives your online students immediate access to an extensive collection of authoritative electronic resources to support their research needs."
"e-global library has been developed by a team of twenty-five professional librarians who have evaluated thousands of Internet resources to identify and annotate only those deemed useful to students doing academic or professional research on the Web."
e-global library gives your online students immediate access to an extensive collection of authoritative electronic resources to support their research needs. It is the only virtual library designed specifically for online students to support your web-based educational programs.

Jamie McKenzie on Libraries
http://fno.org/fnoindex.html#Libraries
Libraries of the Future | The New Library in the Wired School | The New Vertical File |

University of Maryland Online Library
http://www.umuc.edu/library/
This University has an impressive list of online courses .... their online library support is equally impressive, much of it is open to the public.

The Doucette Index
http://www.educ.ucalgary.ca/litindex/
The Doucette Index provides access to books and websites that contain useful teaching suggestions related to books for children and young adults, and the creators of those books. The books indexed are those held by the Doucette Library of Teaching Resources, but many of these books will also be available in other libraries.

The British Council Library in Hong Kong
http://www.britishcouncil.org.hk/infoexch/hkglibrary1a.htm
The British Council Library, through a mix of print and electronic media and topical events, is your gateway to the UK and quality English language materials in Hong Kong. We can help you whether you seek information on the UK, English language improvement, professional development or entertainment.

School Library Association UK
http://www.sla.org.uk/
The School Library Association supports all those committed to the promotion and development of school libraries and information literacy.
supported and encouraged those working in school libraries
campaigned to ensure appropriate provision for school libraries and school library services
provided a significant voice to focus attention at regio

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