Library Management Resources
General Resources
OCLC Web Junction – https://www.webjunction.org/home.html
The Jewish Guide to the Internet – https://www.jewishinternetguide.com/
Collection Maintenance
Care, Handling and Storage of Books – Library of Congress: https://www.loc.gov/preservation/care/books.html
Caring for Books and Paper – ALA: http://www.ala.org/alcts/preservationweek/howto/books_paper
Northeast Document Conservation Center – FAQs: https://www.nedcc.org/free-resources/ask-nedcc/faqs
First Aid for Books – Poster Session at 2001 AJL Conference: https://databases.jewishlibraries.org/sites/default/files/proceedings/proceedings2001/levyposter.pdf
Book & Document Preservation Brochure from Jefferson County Public Library – presented at 2002 AJL Conference: https://databases.jewishlibraries.org/sites/default/files/proceedings/proceedings2002/preservation.pdf
Book Care and Storage – Preservation Equipment Ltd. (UK): https://www.preservationequipment.com/Blog/Blog-Posts/Volumes-of-issues-in-book-care
Archival Storage of Old Photographs: https://www.archivalmethods.com/downloadfiles/Archival%20Storage%20Photographs.pdf
Archival Methods Blog: https://www.archivalmethods.com/blog/
Caring for Books – Webinar: https://www.connectingtocollections.org/caring-for-books/
HURRICANES, EARTHQUAKES AND FLOODS, OH MY: Protecting Library and Archive Collections by Making a Preparedness and Response Plan– Presentation by Jackie Ben-Efraim at the 2013 AJL Conference: https://databases.jewishlibraries.org/node/49213
Supplies and Tools for Library Disaster Response – Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois: https://www.carli.illinois.edu/products-services/collections-management/supplies-tools
Emergency Management – Library of Congress: https://www.loc.gov/preservation/emergprep/index.html
Disaster Preparedness – AASL: http://www.ala.org/aasl/awards/beyond-words/preparedness
Disaster Plan Template – Amigos Library Services: https://www.amigos.org/sites/default/files/disasterplan_template.pdf
Disasters, Damage, Insects and Mold: https://www.sldirectory.com/libsf/resf/building.html#disaster
Weeding – from Managing and Analyzing Your Collection: A Practical Guide for Small Libraries and School Media Centers by Carol A. Doll and Pamela Petrick Barron. ©2002 by the American Library Association. All rights reserved. Permission granted to reproduce for nonprofit, educational purposes: http://www.ala.org/aboutala/sites/ala.org.aboutala/files/content/publishing/editions/samplers/doll_mayc.pdf
Collection Maintenance and Weeding – ALA: http://www.ala.org/tools/challengesupport/selectionpolicytoolkit/weeding
CREW: A Weeding Manual for Modern Libraries – Texas State Library and Archives Commission: https://www.tsl.texas.gov/sites/default/files/public/tslac/ld/ld/pubs/crew/crewmethod12.pdf
Weeding Guidelines – NYC School Library System: https://nycdoe.libguides.com/librarianguidebook/weeding
Strategies for Weeding the Small Library Collection – Presentation by Susan Freiband at the 2016 AJL Conference: https://databases.jewishlibraries.org/sites/default/files/proceedings/proceedings2016/FreibandText2016.pdf
Copyright
Copyright Basics: https://www.copyright.com/Services/copyrightoncampus/basics/index.html
Copyright Advisory Network Resources: https://librarycopyright.net/resources/
Copyright Clearance Center: http://www.copyright.com/
Copyright Tools – ALA: http://www.ala.org/advocacy/copyright-tools
Creative Commons: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/
Best Practices for Attribution: https://wiki.creativecommons.org/wiki/Best_practices_for_attribution
Permissions – Washington State University: https://printing.wsu.edu/getting-permission-where-how/
Copyright Quick Guide – Columbia University: https://copyright.columbia.edu/basics/copyright-quick-guide.html
Electronic Books
Ebooks and Kindles – a simple introduction: https://www.explainthatstuff.com/ebooks.html
E-books versus Print Books: What’s the Difference?: https://www.investopedia.com/financial-edge/0812/e-books-vs.-print-books.aspx
COVID-19 Recovery
ALA: http://www.ala.org/tools/covid-19-recovery
Libraries and the Corona Virus: https://www.webjunction.org/news/webjunction/libraries-and-the-coronavirus.html
Risk assessment for primary school library: pdf
Management and Personnel
Library Policy Development – ALA: https://libguides.ala.org/librarypolicy
Library Media Center Management: https://www.sldirectory.com/libsf/resf/manage.html#top
Sample Library Policies: https://www.owlsweb.org/l4l/sample-library-policies-small-public-library
Guide to Developing Library Policies and Procedure: https://guides.library.illinois.edu/writing-library-policies
Top Ten Library Policies: Top 10 Library Policies Every Small Community Library Should Have.pdf
Public Relations
Marketing Your School Library: https://btsb.com/libcorner/tmyk/marketingyourlibrary.php
Promoting School Library Resources: https://www.ebsco.com/blogs/ebscopost/promoting-school-library-resources-and-services-todays-digital-tools
Programming Librarian: https://programminglibrarian.org/
Library Promotion Practices: file:///C:/Users/mrsfr/Downloads/Library_Promotion_Practices_and_Marketing_of_Libra.pdf
Basic Promotion Guide – ALA: http://www.ala.org/tools/programming/adams/adamsssn15
Library Promotion: https://www.pinterest.com/wynnscoggins/library-promotion/?autologin=true
Marketing the Library in a Digital World: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/03615261003625729
Mastering Marketing/Library Promotion: https://www.libraryjournal.com/?detailStory=mastering-marketing-library-promotion
Information Sources
People of the Books AJL’s official blog, maintained by Heidi Estrin
The Book of Lifepodcast — supported in part by AJL
AJL’s Sydney Taylor Book Award blog–
AJL Chapter Blogs
AJL NYMA, the New York Metropolitan Chapter, whose site contains recordings of many of the presentations made at their fall and spring conferences — ajlnyma.org
Cleveland– http://classicjewishchildrensbooks.blogspot.com/
Sunshine State Safranim– http://www.sfajl.blogspot.com/
Southern California Chapter– http://ajlsc.org/home.html
University blogs
Mekorot–Blog of the Librarians of the Jewish Theological Seminary features “reviews and discussion of new and classic sources in Jewish Studies, bibliographical notes, and edifying tidbits.” – https://jtslibrary.wordpress.com/
The Jewish Theological Seminary Library also has a site called Takeawaywhere they share questions submitted to the reference staff and the answers they’ve provided – http://jtslibrarytakeaway.blogspot.com/
Yeshiva University Librariesmaintains a blog. – http://blogs.yu.edu/library/
Hebrew-language blogs:
Judaica Librarians’ Group in Israel http://safranim.wordpress.com/
University of Haifa–Iris Igra http://liblog.haifa.ac.il/
Blogs about Jewish Books
AJL member Daniel D. Stuhlman maintains a blog called Kol Safran –
Steve Bergson on Jewish comics — http://jewishcomics.blogspot.com
Jewish Books for Kids with Barbara Bietz features interviews with authors who write Jewish books for children.
Hebrewbooks.org, the Society for the Preservation of Hebrew Books, that scans Torah sefarim —http://blog.hebrewbooks.org/
The Jewish Book Council’s blog, exploring the world of Jewish literature, the Prosen People – https://jewishbooks.wordpress.com/
Paper Brigade Daily – https://www.jewishbookcouncil.org/pb-daily
Jewish Book Carnival, sponsored by Association of Jewish Libraries, is a monthly roundup of Jewish literary blogs. – THIS LINKS TO THE HOME PAGE WITH THE INFORMATION – BLOG ROTATES EVERY MONTH
Information Wants to Be Free – https://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/
Library Success: A Best Practices Wiki – http://www.libsuccess.org/index.php?title=Main_Page
ALA Professional Tips Main Wiki Page – https://wikis.ala.org/professionaltips/index.php?title=Main_Page
YALSA Wiki – https://wikis.ala.org/yalsa/index.php/Main_Page
Wikipedia: WikiProject Libraries – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Libraries