Online Resources

This page will be devoted to sites that provide good examples or information likely to be of interest to participants.

Technology Use Policies

• American Library Association Documents
  • Access to Electronic Information, Services and Networks
  • Interpretations of the Library Bill of Rights
  • Libraries: An American Value
  • Library Bill of Rights
  • Statement on Library Use of Filtering Software

• Sample Internet Acceptable Use Policies
  • Dade County (FL) Public Schools: Acceptable Use Policy for the Exploration and Utilization of the Internet as a Tool of Learning
  • Winona (MN) School District 861: Student Access to Technology and Networked Information Resources

• Policy Writing
  • Checklist for Writing Internet Policies

Technology Transfer

• Networking Schools: Managing Quandaries, Dilemmas and Conundrums by Jamie McKenzie.

Selection Policies and Challenge Procedures

• How Books Get Banned--or Not--in Schools: Perceptions of censorship by Texas school library media specialists--article by Terri Boucher Vrabel published in the Texas Library Association.

• Nueva Library Material's Selection Policy --the selection policy and challenge procedures (with links to sample forms) for the school library media center at the Nueva School in California.

School and Library Web Pages

• The Alta Sierra Intermediate School Library Media Center--school library web page that provides a tremendous variety of resources, including a virtual tour, book lists, class projects, subject area web pages, and homework helps. (Recommended by Holli).

• The Grady Brown Elementary School Home Page--school web site designed by technology specialist Dan Sparlin, to provide Internet resources and school information to students, teachers, and parents.

General Resources

• Edweb - a site that provides information on the role of the World Wide Web in education.

• The Electronic Emissary - a project created by the College of Education at the University of Texas, Austin to connect educators to experts in various fields.

• EvaluTech - provides reviews of instructional materials (print, non-print, and software) specifically related to the North Carolina Standard Course of Study. Based on Infotech, a review publication published by the Department of Public Instruction.

• HTML Tutorial- an excellent online and interactive tutorial put together by Eric Meyer of Case Western Reserve University. The tutorials start at the level of complete novice and continue through an intermediate user.
• Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators - " a classified list of sites on the Internet found to be useful for enhancing curriculum and teacher professional growth. It is updated daily to keep up with the tremendous number of new World Wide Web sites." (Description quoted from her opening page)
• INLS 181 Class Resources Page--links to technical resources on HTML, networking, searching, and more. Compiled by Scott Barker for his Internet Applications class.

• North Carolina Standard Course of Study -part of the LearnLC homepage, which provides lesson plans and discussion forums for North Carolina educators.

• The Public Service Librarian's Professional Guide to Internet Resources--a large collection of internet resources for librarians, compiled by the Winsor School Library in Boston.

• Teacher Connect--educational resources for North Carolina teachers. Includes professional resources, discussion forums, teaching treasures, and an online journal.

• Top Ten Reasons Why Teachers Use the Internet by Ferdi Serim, coauthor of Netlearning.

• Walt Howe's Internet Learning Center - includes a general guide to Internet tools, links to Internet training resources, and a guide to search engines.

• Where the Wild Things Are : Librarian's Guide to the Best Information on the Net - vast collection of resources compiled by the O'Keefe Library at St. Ambrose University. Includes links regarding Internet issues, copyright information, and Great Librarians on the Web.

• Virtual Reference Desk- links to a large number of resources, including dictionaries, North Carolina sites, maps, and references on a wide variety of subjects.

Page maintained by:Elaine Cameron and Ashley Larsen (willa@ils.unc.edu)
Last updated: 6/8/98