Keeping Up with Technology - Resources for Library Staff

General Library Resources |  Non-library Resources |  Librarian Blogs |  Library and Technology Podcasts |  Library Organizations & Publications |  Library Listservs |  Online Courses

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General Libraries Resources

• 60 Sites in 60 Minutes
• Resources from the Shifted Librarian Blog
• Library Success Wiki -
• Librarian's Index to the Internet
• LIS news
• Steven Bell's Keeping Up Website
• TechSoup - including newsletter “By the Cup”
• WebJunction

Non-Library Technology Resources

BBC Technology News
• Bloglines
• Church of the Customer Blog
• CNET
• EContent
• First Monday
• Google News Alerts
• Life Hack
• MIT Technology Review
• Official Google Blog
• PCWorld
• Scout Report
• Slashdot
• Wired and Wired Blogs

Librarian Blogs

• Andrew Pace
• Beyond the Job
• Blended Librarian
• CLiC Blog
• Colorado State Publications Library
• John Blyberg’s Blog
• LITA Blog (Library Information and Technology Association of ALA)
• Lorcan Dempsey’s Blog
• Michael Stephens: Tame the Web
• Net-Gold Blog of Library Resources
• The Shifted Librarian
• Stephen's (Abram) Lighthouse
• The Travelin' Librarian

Library and Technology Podcasts

• ACRL Podcasts
• ALA Washington Office
• CNET Buzz Out Loud
• Info People
• LibVibe
• LITA Podcasts
• OCLC Distinguished Seminar Series
• OPAL Podcast
• Public Library Association
• Sirsidynix Institute
• Talking with Talis
• TEDTalks
• This Week in Tech (TWIT)
• Wired Podcasts
• YALSA

Library Organizations and Online Publications

• American Libraries
• Colorado State Library – Technology Resources
• EDUCAUSE
• Library Journal
• Information Today – Publisher of Computers in Libraries, ONLINE Magazine, Searcher, etc.
  http://www.infotoday.com/IT/default.shtml and http://www.infotoday.com/blogs.shtml
• School Library Journal
• Teacher Librarian
• Technology & Learning

Library Listservs

• Colorado State Library list of Colorado listservs
• Ed Tech Listserv
• LM_NET: A national school library list. To subscribe: listserv@listserv.syr.edu; Message: subscribe LM_NET

Online Courses and Webinars

• College of DuPage, Library Learning Network
• InfoPeople
• OCLC Online Training
• OPAL
• SirsiDynix Institute
• University of North Texas
• WebJunction

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List compiled by Jim Duncan and Sharon Morris, Resource Sharing Division of the Colorado State Library with input from:

Scott Brown, Information Specialist Digital Libraries & Research - Sun Learning Services	Allaina M. Howard, Librarian and Analog Data Archivist, National Snow and Ice Data Center	Lynn Reed, Boulder Public Library, Information Services Manager
Ross Callender, Regional Consultant, Colorado Library Consortium (CLiC)	Michelle Jeske, Manager of Web Information Services and Resource Sharing, Denver Public Library	David Selden, Director, National Indian Law Library/NARF
Jeff Donlan, Director, Salida Regional Library	Christine Kreger, Internet Librarian, Arapahoe Library District	Fiona Turnbull, Serials/Circulation Librarian, Archbishop Vehr Theological Library
Carol Fitzgerald, Library, National Renewable Energy Laboratory	Dan H. Lawrence, Director, Prevention Information Center	Judy Van Acker, Director, John C. Fremont Library District
Lynne Fox, Education Librarian, Denison Memorial Library (UCDHSC)	Melinda Mattingly, Reference and Collections Manager, Boulder Public Library	Barbara Wagner, President, The Access Point
Lynda Hoffmann, MSLS Student and Media Assistant	Karen Pardue, Instructional Technology Librarian, Colorado State University – Pueblo	Cookie Wolfrom, System & Database Administrator, Delta County Public Library District

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