INSPIRATION (Best Practice in School Librarianship)

• Web 2.0 Tools for Librarians - Tutorial by the California School Library Association (CSLA)
• Database Search Widgets for Your Web Page
• TeacherLibrarianNing
• Guided Inquiry: A Framework for Learning through School Libraries in 21st Century Schools - CISSL: Center for International Scholarship in School Libraries
• Joyce Valenza's NeverEndingSearch Blog
• Online Lessons and Activities - Help from Joyce Valenza
• InfoSearcher - Pam Berger's cutting-edge but practical ideas for school librarians
• LC Online Tutorial on Copyright

CONFERENCES & PROFESSIONAL EVENTS (see also ORGANIZATIONS below)

• Why Books? (Radcliffe Institute for Advances Study) October 28-29, 2010
• MSLA (Massachusetts School Library Association) March 4-5, 2012
• AASL (American Association of School Librarians) Conferences and Continuing Education
• Christa McAuliffe Technology Conference November 29 - December 1, 2011
• NESLA Leadership Conference in Boston January 2011 (archived presentations)
  
• ALA Midwinter & Annual
• NEAISL (New England Association of Independent School Librarians) April 13, 2012 St. George's School, Newport, RI
• AISL(Association of Independent School Librarians) 2012 Annual Conference Denver Dates TBD
• NHSLMA (New Hampshire School Library Media Association)
• Harvard's Project Zero Classroom (Summers)
• Building Learning Communities (Summers)
• Worcester State College Author Institute (Summers)
• Teaching History with Technology (Summers)
• Taft Educational Center (Summers)
• Oxbridge Teacher Seminars (Summers)
• ALA's Listing of Library Association Conferences through 2024
  

ORGANIZATIONS

• Elementary Independent School Library Association (EISLA)
• Association of Independent School Librarians (AISL)
• International Association of School Librarianship (IASL)
• Massachusetts School Library Association (MSLA)
• Massachusetts Library Association (MLA)
• New England Library Association (NELA)
• American Library Association (ALA)
• New England School Library Association (NESLA, formerly NEEMA)
• NCISR: National Center for Independent School Renewal

ONLINE RESEARCH GUIDES

Middle/Secondary School Online Research Guides

• Dana Hall's LIBGUIDES
• Philips Academy's STEPS IN THE RESEARCH PROCESS
• Thayer Academy's RESEARCH GUIDE FOR STUDENTS
• Cambridge Rindge and Latin's RESEARCH GUIDE
• Fay School's RESEARCH ROAD
• Kentucky Virtual Library's HOW TO DO RESEARCH (perfect for elementary/middle school)

  College Online Research Guides

• Online Writing Lab (OWL), Purdue University
• Duke University Guide to Library Research
• UCLA's Research Reference Resources

OF INTEREST

• Future of the Book Conference
• Library Thing: Create your own library online!

PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION ONLINE

• Rutgers University MLIS: Take individual courses or complete your degree in the School Library Media Program.