Selectors Guide: Getting Up to Speed

ACRL-AFAS-L is the official discussion list of the African American Studies Librarians Section, a part of the Association of College and Research Libraries, a division of the American Library Association.

The aim of the Collection Evaluation and Development Interest Group is to provide a forum for discussion of the various themes in collection evaluation and development.

IFLA-L is an electronic mailing list that brings you: news and information relevant to the international library sector, a forum of general interest to the international library community, congress updates, announcements, newsletters and new publications. And of course, subscriber or not, you can also post messages yourself to this moderated list.

A list of listservs for librarians

The RSS Listserv promotes communication between members of the RSS membership. The Reference Services Section (RSS) represents the interest of librarians engaged in direct service to the public and of those responsible for the administration of public services in all types of libraries.

Web4Lib is an electronic discussion for library Web managers. Topics appropriate to the Web4Lib discussion include anything relating to Web systems and libraries. Some examples include: web resource selection in relation to existing acquisition and collection development procedures, cataloging and metadata issues regarding Web information, in-house patron access to Web servers (e.g., Netscape on patron-accessible computers), and training staff or users to use the Web or to create Web resources.

Local and national listservs for children and youth services.

The Library Collections and Acquisitions blog focuses on collections and acquisitions in Canadian libraries.

Library Juice was originally an e-zine written and compiled by librarian and activist Rory Litwin.

This blog covers a lot of ground, but it is useful for general current awareness about libraries and technology, new resources, and politics.

Marydee Ojala, editor of ONLINE Searcher, contributes to this news site, which provides information, issues and reviews about electronic information products and the information landscape.

The Shifted Librarian blog provides up-to-date information on advances in information technology.