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• June 07
• Issue: 213

What’s Up on the Web?

This month’s Web picks were prompted by inquiries conducted by two librarians seeking information about their profession. I thought it worthwhile to pass along their discoveries.

Recently, an academic librarian posted an email to a list to point out to his colleagues the wealth of resources available at the New York State Library web site. In particular, he highlighted the Librarycareersny.org site http://librarycareersny.org/ which is just one of the many types of resources accessible via the state library’s Division of Library Development pages http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/libdev/. For example, all sorts of interesting facts and statistics can be found, such as a breakdown of the numbers of libraries by type (academic, public, school and special) and by 3Rs library council region http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/edocs/education/library/dir/profile.htm.

Take a look at New York’s Libraries: How They STACK UP! at http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/libdev/stackup.htm for facts compiled and presented for the purpose of showing the value of libraries in New York State. For directory-type information for locating libraries and library systems, go to http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/edocs/education/library/dir/index.html.

At a conference this spring, a librarian asked about Dewey Decimal Classification resources. I pointed her to the OCLC web site at http://www.oclc.org/dewey/ where a great deal of free information about DDC structure and the latest updates is available. There’s even a Dewey blog at http://ddc.typepad.com/025431/. A fun resource is the Dewey screensaver that takes you through the DDC in an entertaining fashion. Perfect for K-12 or public library computers, the screensaver can be downloaded for free from http://www.oclc.org/dewey/resources/screensaver/default.htm.

[Ann Gunning, Member Services Librarian, Nylink]