Quick Links
- How Safe is Safe?
Websites on Internet safety for children and their responsible adults - Public library catalogs in DLS
- Other catalogs
- Cataloging resources
- Reference and public services resources
- Social networking/Web 2.0/Library 2.0 resources
- Teen and young adult resources
- Website accessibility resources
- Website design/software resources
- Other library-related resources
Public Library Catalogs in DuPage and Kane Counties
- Addison Public Library
- Aurora Public Library
- Bartlett Public Library District
- Glenside Public Library District (Glendale Heights)
- Helen M. Plum Memorial Library (Lombard)
- LINC libraries
- MAGIC libraries
- Naperville Public Library
- Roselle Public Library District
- Warrenville Public Library District
- Wheaton Public Library
- Winfield Public Library
Other Catalogs
- Cooperative Computer Services
- eMediaLibrary
- The European Library
- I-Share (formerly ILLINET Online)
- Libweb - Library WWW Servers
- MyMediaMall
- NIC - Northern Illinois Cooperative
- PrairieCat
- Schaumburg Township District Library
- SILC (Statewide Illinois Library Catalog)
- SWAN
- WorldCat.org
Cataloging Resources
- Anglo-American Cataloging Rules
- Cataloging Futures blog
- Cataloging Principles and RDA
Library of Congress webcast on 6/10/2008 - Cataloging Service Bulletin
- Dewey Decimal classification
- Library of Congress authorities
- Library of Congress cataloging/acquisitions home page
- MARC standards
- OCLC Bibliographic Formats and Standards
- RDA: Resource Description & Access
- RDA Toolkit webinar on 2/8/2010 and 2/9/2010
- Resource Description and Access
Library of Congress webcast on 5/14/2008
Reference and Public Services Resources
- DuPage County Health Department
- ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center
- Federal Digital System (FRSys)
- GPO Access (U.S. Government Printing Office)
- Great Web Sites for Kids
- How Safe is Safe?
Websites on Internet safety for children and their responsible adults - Illinois CLICKS!
- IngentaConnect
- The Internet Public Library
- MEDLINEplus
- Museum Adventure Pass
- Ovid's Resource of the Month
- Project Next Generation
- Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award website
- School libraries and educational success
- Secretary of State Illinois gateway
- Shelfrenewal
- Thomas - Legislative Information on the Internet
Social Networking/Web 2.0/Library 2.0 Resources
- Let's Get Social: Photo and Video Sharing (OPAL event on Jan. 21, 2010)
- Streaming audio with links and text chat
Run time 66:02 minutes; use Internet Explorer for best playback - MP3 recording
Run time 66:02 minutes; 20.2 MB - Let's Get Social with ... YouTube
Presentation by Lynn Dennis - YouTube links from Lynn Dennis (PDF)
- Using Flickr to Promote Your Library
Presentation by Renee Anderson
- Streaming audio with links and text chat
- Let's Get Social: Twitter (OPAL event on March 24, 2010)
- Streaming audio with links and text chat
Run time 74:06 minutes; use Internet Explorer for best playback - MP3 recording
Run time 74:06 minutes; 26.9 MB - Links mentioned during the presentations
- Twitter:
Reaching Your Patrons in 140 Characters or Less (PDF)
Presentation by Ann McDonald and Carol Waller from Glen Ellyn Public Library - Presentation by Dianna K. Wiggins (PDF)
2010 President, Illinois Chapter of the Special Libraries Association - Presentation by Jane Plass (PDF)
Director of Network Services, DuPage Library System
- Streaming audio with links and text chat
- Library 2.0 links on delicious
- Mashable
- Social Media Governance policy database
- TechCrunch
- 23 Things
Teen and Young Adult Resources
Website Accessibility Resources
- Accessibility of State and Local Government Websites to People with Disabilities (PDF)
From U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Disability Rights Section - Illinois Information Technology Accessibility Act (IITAA)
- Library Success best practices wiki: Website accessibility
- MSF&W Information Technology Solutions: Accessibility tools
- Section 508 standards--Web-based intranet and internet information and applications
- Web accessibility evaluation tool (WAVE)
- Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)
- W3C web accessibility initiative
- How to Meet WCAG 2.0: a customizable quick reference to Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 requirements (success criteria) and techniques
Website Design/Software Resources
Other Library-Related Resources
- Acronyms list from DLS (PDF)
- Acronyms list from ILSDO
- Administrative Ready Reference
- Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library
- American Library Association (ALA)
- Barcode prefixes of Illinois libraries (alphabetic order)
- Barcode prefixes of Illinois libraries (numeric order)
- Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois (CARLI)
- ELI (Every Library in ILLINET) - Use L2 (Library Learning) instead
- Find-It! Illinois
- FirstSearch
- ILDS participants
- ILLINET/OCLC services
- Illinois Association of College and Research Libraries (IACRL)
- Illinois Board of Higher Education
- Illinois Heartland Library System
- Illinois Library Association (ILA)
- Illinois Library System Director's Organization (ILSDO)
- Illinois School Library Media Association (ISLMA)
- Illinois State Board of Education
- Illinois State Library
- Internet Library for Librarians
- LibDex: The Library Index
- Librarian's E-Library
- Library Days and Dates to Remember
- Library Learning (L2)
- Library of Congress
- Medical Library Association (MLA)
- OCLC (Online Computer Library Center, Inc.)
- Open WorldCat
- Online Programming for All Libraries (OPAL)
- Special Libraries Association (SLA)
- Special Libraries Association - Illinois Chapter
- WebJunction
- WebJunction Illinois
- Weeding matrix for collection development (PDF)
