General Collection Development Web Sites
Internet Scout Project (web organizing project)
http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/
Infomine (scholarly web resources)
http://infomine.ucr.edu/
OverDrive (digital media locator)
http://www.ebooklocator.com/
Complete Review (book reviews)
http://www.complete-review.com/
Readers' Advisory Link Farm (RA resources)
http://www.jackflannel.org/ra.html
Compare public libraries
http://harvester.census.gov/imls/compare/index.asp
OCLC Comparative Collection Assessment for Books
http://www.oclc.org/research/projects/mi/default.htm
OCLC Collection Analysis
http://www.oclc.org/collectionanalysis/
RUSA Collection Development Policies and Assessment Committee (CD policies links on left)
http://www.ala.org/ala/rusa/rusaourassoc/rusasections/codes/codessection/codescomm/colldevpolicies/collectiondevelopment.cfm
A simple book repair manual
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~preserve/repair/repairindex.htm
Graphic Novels for Children
CCBC (Children's Cooperative Book Center) Graphic Novel Resources
http://www.education.wisc.edu/ccbc/books/graphicnovels.asp
Graphic Novel Reviews from School Library Journal (there is an RSS feed to subscribe to) http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/community/Graphic+Novels/47069.html?q=graphic+novels
Graphic Novel Reviews in VOYA (Voices of Youth Advocates)
http://www.voya.com/WhatsInVoya/reviews.shtml
(click on "Graphically Speaking" towards the bottom of the screen)
Ebooks
Kindle and ebook reader notes from PALINET
http://pln.palinet.org/wiki/index.php/Kindle_and_ebook_reader_notes
and
http://pln.palinet.org/wiki/index.php/Ebook_notes
No Shelf Required (a moderated discussion of the issues surrounding ebooks)
http://www.libraries.wright.edu/noshelfrequired/
Games
Best Practices Library Gaming Wiki
http://www.libsuccess.org/index.php?title=Gaming_Resources
Libraries Circulating Games (examples of libraries and brief policies, part of the above wiki)
http://www.libsuccess.org/index.php?title=Libraries_Circulating_Games
Gaming News (ALA's Gaming Blog)
http://gaming.ala.org/news/
Mario Brothers Memorial Public Library (a fictional library, but includes real game reviews)
http://www.mbmpl.org/
4Librarians (games collection development information)
http://www.animeted.org/4librarians/
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