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                                                                                                         With many thanks,
                                                                                                         The Authors


Chapter 2: Reference Services

Chapter 3: Reference Sources

Chapter 4: Library Instruction

Chapter 5: Interlibrary Loan

Chapter 7: Reserve Services

Chapter 8: Special Collections

Chapter 10: Media

Chapter 11: Government

Chapter 12: Security

Appendices



Chapter 1:   INTRODUCTION


Chapter 2:   REFERENCE SERVICES

[Note #3] Information Services for Information Consumers: Guidelines for Providers.
New version, new title: Guidelines for Information Services.
                                    
URL updated http://www.ala.org/rusa/stnd_consumer.html

[Note #5]
New Resource  For current lists of readers advisory sources, see the list of best books compiled by the Reference and User Services Association:
                                      http://www.ala.org/rusa/bestbooks.html

[Note #9]  Access to Electronic Information, Services and Networks, etc.
                                      http://www.ala.org/alaorg/oif/electacc.html
                 Statement on Internet Filtering (NCPLDA)
                                      http://statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us/hottopic/pubacc/filtering.pdf

Suggested Readings

New Resource   Reference and User Services Association, American Library Association. Guidelines for Medical, Legal, and Business Responses.
                                      http://www.ala.org/rusa/stnd_general_ref_desk.html


Chapter 3:   REFERENCE SOURCES

TIGER, for Census mapping information      http://tiger.census.gov/

TIGER Gazeteer: information has been moved to the U.S. census site. 1990 information only.
                                        
URL updated   http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/gazetteer



Chapter 4:   LIBRARY INSTRUCTION

Chapter Proper:

TILT, the Texas Information Literacy Tutorial      http://tilt.lib.utsystem.edu/
NOTE: TILT is available under an Open Publication License in a version called "yourTILT". This licensed version can be tailored to an institution's own resources or can simply be loaded onto a local server for use or modification.

Bobby, the Internet page accessibility monitor       http://www.cast.org/bobby/

LIRT's list of tutorials links
URL updated     http://www3.baylor.edu/LIRT/lirtproj.html

Irene E. McDermott. "Solitaire Confinement: The Impact of the Physical Environment on Computer Training." Computers in Libraries 18 no. 1 (January 1998).
Online version
URL updated    http://www.infotoday.com/cilmag/jan98/story1.htm

Keeping Up:

IS (Instruction Section) of ACRL  
URL updated   http://www.ala.org/acrl/is/

LIRT (ALA Library Instruction Round Table) 
URL updated   http://www3.baylor.edu/LIRT/
See also the links there to the annual "Top 20 Instruction Articles" lists, and to the list of links for "Library Instruction Tutorials".

LOEX (Library Orientation EXchange)  

                                      URL updated
  http://www.emich.edu/public/loex/loex.html

WILU (Workshop on Instruction in Library Use)  
URL updated   http://flay.hil.unb.ca/WILU/
2002 Conference site. Note: Site of Canada's WILU annual conference & pertinent Web site change each year.

IIL (Institute for Information Literacy)       http://www.ala.org/acrl/nili/nilihp.html 
Check this site for intensive training workshops on information literacy, as well as standards, statements and informational updates.

Organization Change   ILSIG (Information Literacy Special Interest Group) 
This division of ALIA, Australia's information literacy group, is no longer active. It has been replaced by the ALIA Information Literacy Forum.   http://www.alia.org.au/groups/infolit/
This group has its own listserv: aliaINFOLIT. See Web site for details.

Listserv Change  BI-L, Martin Raish's major international listserver dedicated to library instruction for over a decade, with members in over 35 countries, ceased in June, 2002. It is being replaced by the new ACRL IS listserver, entitled ILI-L (Information Literacy Instruction Listserv), now moderated by Sarah McDaniel.   Messages will continue to include announcements, inquiries and answers from members about all manner of relevant instruction issues, from philosophy to pedagogy to equipment.
BI-L's archives (1995+) are still available at this writing at the BUBL site: http://bubl.ac.uk/mail/bild/ .
BUBL is also the proposed site for ILI-L's future archives.
NOTE: You can subscribe to ILI-L by sending the e-mail message    subscribe ILI-L your name   to listproc@ala.org . It is suggested that you "lurk" this professional site (read daily messages, get a sense of the tone and tenor of messages, etc.) for a week or two before sending any inquiries to the list.

Suggested Readings:

Ormondroyd, Joan, Michael Engle and Tony Cosgrave.  How to Critically Analyze Information Sources. 
                                             http://www.library.cornell.edu/okuref/research/skill26.htm

Proposals for a New Curriculum." Educom Review 31 no. 2 (March/April 1996): 31-35.
 Web version (from Educause)   http://www.educause.edu/pub/er/review/reviewarticles/31231.html

United States Department of Education. Getting America's Students Ready for the 21st Century. Meeting the Technology Literacy Challenge. Washington DC: U.S. Department of Education, 1996.
                                         http://www.ed.gov/Technology/Plan/

Brandt, D. Scott. "Why We Need to Evaluate What We Find on the Internet." No longer available at site. But see his article "Evaluating Information on the Internet": 
                                          http://thorplus.lib.purdue.edu/~techman/evaluate.htm

Caywood, Carolyn. "Library Selection Criteria for WWW Resources."
                      
URL updated   http://www.pilot.infi.net/~carolyn/criteria.html

"Evaluating Internet Resources: A Checklist."  
                       
URL updated   http://www.infopeople.org/howto/bkmk/select.html

Grassian, Esther. Thinking Critically about World Wide Web Resources.
                       
URL updated   http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/college/help/critical/index.htm

Web-Based Instruction

Scholz-Crane, Ann. "Reflections on Creating Web-Based Instruction ." Internet Trend Watch for Libraries 2, no. 7 (July 1997). Journal ceased publication. Site no longer available.

New Resource   McFadden, T. G., issue editor. Computer-Based Instruction in Libraries and Library Education. Library Trends 50, no .1 (Summer 2001). Dedicated issue.

CAI for Library Instruction

Johnson, Anna Marie, and Phil Sager. "Creating and Implementing a Self-Paced, Multimedia Tutorial."
                  
URL updated   http://www.louisville.edu/infoliteracy/tutorial/tutor.htm

Library Instruction Round Table. "Library Instruction Tutorials: Interactive Tutorials".
                   
URL updated   http://www3.baylor.edu/LIRT/lirtinte.html

Internet Trend Watch for Libraries 2 no. 7 (July 1997). [Web online journal] Journal ceased; articles no longer available.

Institute for Information Literacy. [Web homepage]   http://www.ala.org/acrl/nili/nilihp.html



Chapter 5:  INTERLIBRARY LOAN

Suggested Readings:

General
Revised Version The National Interlibrary Loan Code of 1993 has been superseded by the 2001 revision:
                                  
New Version URL  http://www.ala.org/rusa/stnd_lnc.html

Photocopying and Handling
Interlibrary Loan Packaging and Wrapping Guidelines
                                  
URL updated  http://www.ala.org/rusa/stnd_illpack.html



Chapter 6:  CIRCULATION


Chapter 7:  RESERVE SERVICES

Suggested Readings:
New Resource  Harper, Georgia K.   Copyright in the Library.
                                    http://www.utsystem.edu/ogc/intellectualproperty/l-resgen.htm


Chapter 8:  SPECIAL COLLECTIONS

ACRL Rare Book & Manuscript Section. "ACRL Guidelines for the Security of Rare Book, Manuscript, and Other Special Collections." College & Research Libraries News 51 no. 3 (March, 1990): 240-244 ; "Erratum" No. 5 (May, 1990): 420.
Also available at:   http://www.ala.org/acrl/guides/raresecu.html

ACRL Rare Book & Manuscript Section. "Standards for Ethical Conduct for Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Librarians, with Guidelines for Institutional Practice in Support of the Standards, 2nd.edition, 1992." College & Research Libraries News no. 4 (April 1993): 207-15.
Also available at:   http://www.ala.org/acrl/guides/rarethic.html

ACRL Rare Book & Manuscripts Section. "Guidelines for the Loan of Rare and Unique Materials."
Available at:   http://www.ala.org/acrl/guides/loanrare.html

Copyright checking:      http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/title17/

Sally Lancaster's Preservation Education and Awareness for Library Users (UCSD):
                                   http://gort.ucsd.edu/preseduc/index.html

New Site for Public Education:
  Preserving My Heritage (Canadian Conservation Institute): http://www.preservation.gc.ca

ACRL/RBMS   "Guidelines Regarding Thefts in Libraries": http://www.ala.org/acrl/guides/theftinl.html
Proposed New Draft, 2001:
    
"Guidelines Regarding Thefts in Libraries: A Draft" http://www.ala.org/acrl/guides/theftdrft.html

ALCTS   "Disaster Preparedness Clearinghouse"    http://www.ala.org/alcts/publications/disaster.html


Chapter 9:  SERIALS SERVICES

Chapter 10:  MEDIA

Video Recording formats:      http://www.hut.fi/~iisakkil/videoformats.html


Chapter 11:  GOVERNMENT

Government Printing Office:       http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs

University of Tennessee UNCLE SAM government depository site:
            
URL updated        http://exlibris.memphis.edu/govpubs/deplib.htm

Excerpt from migrating titles list:   http://www.lib.memphis.edu/gpo/migrate/title5.htm

Yahoo!'s "Government: U.S. States:
            
URL updated   http://dir.yahoo.com/Government/U_S__Government/State_Government/

Minnesota's North Star page:      http://www.state.mn.us/

North Carolina's page:      
URL updated  http://www.ncgov.com/

Utah's page:     http://www.state.ut.us/

State and Local Government on the Net:
                  
URL updated   http://www.statelocalgov.net/index.cfm

Riverside County's site (California):   http://www.co.riverside.ca.us/

Blacksburg Electronic Village (Virginia):      http://www.bev.net/

Geneva International:       http://geneva.intl.ch/

Yahoo!'s "Government: Countries":       http://www.yahoo.com/Government/Countries

UN Publications Catalogue:       http://www.un.org/publications

Federal Depository Member Libraries:        http://www.gpo.gov/libraries

General Accounting Office site:      http://www.gao.gov/


Chapter 12:  SECURITY

Betty Walsh's "Salvage at a Glance":
                      http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/waac/wn/wn19/wn19-2/wn19-207.html

Conservation OnLine (CoOL):       http://palimpsest.stanford.edu/

New Site  California Preservation Clearinghouse:      http://cpc.stanford.edu/
Good collection of materials on disaster preparation, staff training for preservation, etc.

New Resource   Banks, Paul N. and Roberta Pilette, editors. Preservation: Issues and Planning.
      Chicago: American Library Association, 2000.



APPENDICES

A. ALA Code of Ethics:     http://www.ala.org/alaorg/oif/ethics.html

B. ILL code, 1993 has been superseded.
  
New Version, Revised 2001  http://www.ala.org/rusa/stnd_lnc.html

C. Freedom to View Statement:   
URL updated   http://www.ala.org/alaorg/oif/freedomtoview.html




Last updated and tested 5 June 2002
Comments to Tony Amodeo