Bibliography of Professional Resources

Advocacy

PLA Issues and Advocacy

http://www.pla.org/ala/pla/plaissues/issuesadvocacy.htm September 2005.

ALA Online Advocacy Tools

http://www.ala.org/ala/issues/toolsandpub/toolsandpub.htm September 2005.

MLA Legislative Committee Website

http://www.masslib.org/new/sectionsandcommittees/legislative.htm September 2005.

Childrens Service

Butler, Dorothy. Babies need books : sharing the joy of books with children from birth to six . Portsmouth, NH : Heinemann, 1998.

Feinberg, Sandra and Sari Feldman. Serving families and children through partnerships: a how-to-do-it manual. New York : Neal-Schuman Publishers,Inc., 1996.

Steele, Anitra T. Bare bones children's services : tips for public library generalists. Chicago : American Library Association, 2001.

Sullivan, Michael. Connecting boys with books : what libraries can do.

Chicago : American Library Association, 2003.

Sullivan, Michael. Fundamental of Children’s Services. Chicago : American Library Association, 2005.

Walter, Virginia A. Children & libraries : getting it right. Chicago : American Library Association, 2001.

Collection Development

Barr, Catherine and John T. Gillespie. Best Books for Children: Preschool

Through Grade 6, 8th Edition, Westport: Libraries Unlimited, 2005.

Horning, Kathleen T. From cover to cover: evaluating and reviewing children's books. New York: HarperCollins, c1997.

Lima, Carolyn W. and John A. Lima. A to Zoo: Subject Access to Children's

Picture Books, Seventh Edition. Westport: Libraries Unlimited, 2005.

Scheps, Susan G. The librarian's guide to homeschooling resources .

Chicago : American Library Association, 1998.

Collection Development Training for Arizona Libraries (CDT) site. Sponsored by the Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records.

http://www.dlapr.lib.az.us/cdt/map.htm August 2005.

Klopfer, Karen. "Weed It! For an Attractive and Useful Collection”.

http://www.wmrls.org/services/colldev/weed_it.html August 2005.

Periodicals for Collection Development:

School Library Journal
360 Park Avenue South
New York, New York 10010<
Tel: 646-746-6759
Fax: 646-746-6689
E-mail: slj@reedbusiness.com                 ISSN: 0362-8930

The Horn Book, Inc.
56 Roland Street, Suite 200
Boston MA 02129
phone: 800-325-1170 or 617-628-0225
fax: 617-628-0882
e-mail: info@hbook.com                         ISSN:0018-5078

Periodicals for Collection Development:

Booklist
P.O. Box 607
Mt. Morris, IL 61054-7564.
Phone: 888-350-0949
http://www.ala.org/ala/booklist/booklist.htm    ISSN: 1055-4742

Book Links
P.O. Box 615
Mt. Morris, IL 61054-7564
Phone: 888-350-0950                                          ISSN: 1055-4742
http://www.ala.org/ala/productsandpublications/periodicals/booklinks/booklinks.htm

The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
501 E. Daniel St.
MC-493
Champaign, Illinois 61820
Phone: (217) 244-0324
E-mail: bccb@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu              ISSN: 0008-9036

SB&F (Science Books & Films)
1200 New York Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20005
http://SBFonline.com                            ISSN: 0098-342X

ALA Online Resources for Internet Safety and Use

Internet Tool Kit: http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/iftoolkits/litoolkit/librariesinternet.htm September 2005.

Internet Privacy and Safety Information for Parents: http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/alscresources/forlibrarians/internettech/

internetprivacysafety.htm September 2005.

 ALA Resources for Children and Families: http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/alscresources/forchildren/childrenfamilies.htm 
September 2005.

ALA Great Websites for Kids: http://www.ala.org/gwstemplate.cfm?section=greatwebsites&template=/cfapps/gws/default.cfm  September 2005.

Keeping Children Safe in Cyberspace: http://www.karinrex.com/internetsafety.html September 2005.

Child Safety on the Information Highway: http://www.safekids.com/child_safety.htm September 2005.

Intellectual Freedom

ALA/OIF. Intellectual Freedom Basics. http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/basics/Default2272.htm. February 8, 2005.

ALA/OIF. Libraries and the Internet Toolkit: http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/iftoolkits/litoolkit/librariesinternet.htm February 8, 2005.

ALA/OIF. Office of Intellectual Freedom. http://www.ala.org/oif February 8, 2005.

ALA/OIF. Privacy Tool Kit. http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/iftoolkits/toolkitsprivacy/Default4517.htm.

February 8, 2005.

Intellectual Freedom Manual, 6th edition. Chicago: OIF/ALA, 2001. ISBN 0838935192
online at: http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/iftoolkits/ifmanual/intellectual.htm February 8, 2005.

Becker, Beverley C. and Susan M. Stan. Hit list for children 2 : frequently challenged books. Chicago : American Library Association, 2002.

Literacy

Fox, Mem. Reading Magic: Why Reading Aloud to Our Children Will Change Their Lives Forever. Harvest, 2001.

Lyon, G. Reid. “Overview of Reading and Literacy Initiatives” Presented to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources, Room 430, Senate Dirkson Building

Washington, DC on April 28, 1998.

http://www.nichd.nih.gov/about/crmc/cdb/r_overview.htm  August 2005.

Trelease, Jim. The Read-Aloud Handbook, 5th Edition. New York: Penguin US, 2004.

Planning and Policy

Massachusetts Regional Library Systems Policy Collection.

http://www.cmrls.org/policies September 2005.

Brumley, Rebecca. The Public Library Manager’s Forms, Policies and Procedures Manual. New York: Neal Schuman Publishers, Inc., 2004.

Mayo, Diane and Jeanne Goodrich. Staffing For Results: A Guide to Working Smarter.   Chicago: American Library Association, 2002.

Nelson, Sandra and June Garcia. Creating Policies for Results From Chaos to Clarity. Chicago: American Library Association, 2003.

Nelson, Sandra. The New Planning for Results: A Streamlined Approach.

Chicago: American Library Association, 2001.

Nelson, Sandra and Ellen Altman, and Diane Mayo. Managing for Results: Effective Resource Allocation for Public Libraries. Chicago: American Library Association, 2000.

Programming

Benton, Gail. Ready-to-Go Storytimes: Fingerplays, Scripts, Patterns, Music,

and More. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc., 2003.

Braun, Linda W. Introducing the Internet to Young Learners: Ready-To-Go Activities and Lesson Plans. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc., 2001.

Byrd, Susannah Mississippi. ¡Bienvenidos! ¡Welcome!: A Handy Resource Guide for Marketing Your Library to Latinos. Chicago: American Library Association, 2005.

Carlson, Ann and Mary Carlson. Flannelboard Stories for Infants and Toddlers, Bilingual Edition. Chicago: American Library Association, 2005.

Ernst, Linda L. Lapsit Services for the Very Young II: A How-To-Do-It Manual.

New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc., 2001.

Fiore, Carole D. Fiore’s Summer Library Reading Program Handbook.

New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc., 2005.

 Ghoting, Saroj Nadkarni and Pamela Martin-Diaz. Early Literacy Storytimes @ your library®: Partnering with Caregivers for Success. Chicago: American Library Association, 2005.

Marino, Jane. Babies in the Library!. Lanham, MD: The Scarecrow Press, 2003.

Reid, Rob. Cool Story Programs for the School-Age Crowd. Chicago: American Library Association, 2004.

Wadham, Tim. Programming with Latino Children's Materials: A How-To Do-It Manual For Librarians. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc., 1999.

Willoughby-Herb, Sara and Steven Herb. Connecting Fathers, Children, and Reading : A How-to-do it Manual.  New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc., 2002.

Ziarnik, Natalie Reif. School & Public Libraries: Developing the Natural Alliance.   Chicago: American Library Association, 2003.