Library Success: A Best Practices Wiki
Join the Community
When you register for this wiki, you can then add to your own user profile page. Please add your profile to the Wiki User List so we can all get to know each other!
Note: If you are going to add to the list of recommended vendors or software, please put your name on your recommendation so we know that it's not from a vendor. From here on in (7/8/05), we will have to delete any new vendor/software recommendations that do not have the author identified.
If you want to see recent changes made to the wiki, visit Recent Changes. There is also an RSS Feed for the Recent Changes page...
Categories
Check out the alphabetized list of categories with alphabetized lists of articles in each category.
If you add a new category, please add it to this list on the main page so people can easily find it. You can also add new pages off of the pages in each category (subpages). For example, if you want to go into depth with a "success story" about gaming, you can create another page for the details on the success story and just put a little teaser or title on the gaming page (with a link).
You can easily add a new page by putting the title of the new page inside double brackets on the front page (you can see the formatting when you go to edit this page). Then, when you click on that link, you will be taken to a new page that you can add to.
Community
- Recent Changes Page
- Tips page for getting started on the right foot
- Guidelines for Wiki Use
- Wiki User List
- Librarians who IM
Management and Leadership
- Communications - Internal and External
- Human Resources and Labor Management
- Leadership Development and Education
- Management Ethics
- Organizational Culture and Knowledge
- Organizational Structure
- Project Planning and Development
- Strategy, Vision, and Focus
- Team Building
- Pipeline: Future Professionals
Materials Selection and Collection Maintenance
Professional
- Conferences and Continuing Education Opportunities
- Keeping Up With the Profession
- Looking for a Job
- Publishing and Speaking
- Self-Promotion Tips for New Librarians
- Workplace Organizing
Programming
- Book Clubs for Adults
- Book Talks and Story Time for Youth
- Cultural Programming
- Displays
- Gaming
- Getting Kids to Read
- Grants for Programming
- Literacy Programs
- Outreach
- Programs for Adults
- Programs for Children
- Programs for Faculty
- Programs for Young Adults
- Technology Training in Libraries
- Tool Banks and Tool Lending Libraries
Readers' Advisory
Reference Services and Information Literacy
- Online Reference (IM, Web-based, etc.)
- Free Online Reference Resources
- Information Literacy
- Online Tutorials
- Radical Reference
- Subject Guides
- Traditional Reference Services
Selling Your Library
Services to Specific Groups
- Library Services in Academic Institutions
- Library Services in Schools
- Services for Distance Learners
- Services for the Disabled
- Services for the Elderly
- Services for First Year Students
- Services in a Multi-lingual Environment
- Services for the Poor and Homeless
- Services for Teens
- Libraries Services in Rural, Native, and Tribal Libraries
Training and Development for Librarians
- Staff Training
- Online Training Resources for Librarians
- Resources for Library & Information Technology students
Technology
Access
- Cataloging
- Digitization
- Electronic Databases
- Institutional Repositories
- Improving Access (open_url, metasearch, metadata harvesting, etc.)
- Library Systems (integrated systems, automated systems, circulation systems]
- Online Library Card Registration and e-Card Services
- OPACs
- Web Browser Extensions
- Web Services
- Widgets (desktop tools, usually based on JavaScript)
- Public Access PC Management
Implementing Tech in the Library
- Grants for Technology Projects
- Free/Open Source Software
- PLA TechNotes
- Providing Technology to Patrons (computers, wifi, iPods, etc.)
- Virtual Worlds
- Self Checkout
- Technology Planning
- web4lib Manager's Reference Center
- Website Design
- Web Tips and Tricks
Information Sharing and Education
- Collaborative Tools in Libraries (Blogs, Wikis, etc.)
- Social Networking Software
- Courseware (Blackboard, WebCT, Angel, etc.)
- Online Communities
- Podcasting
- Search Engines
- Management of the WSF Information
Working Together
Need help?
Please visit the Wikipedia Style Guide for instructions on how to format text in the wiki. Another great way to figure out how to do things in the wiki is to click edit on a certain page and see how things are formatted. Check this tips page if you're new to wikis and just want a quick intro on how to get started.
Not seeing the stuff you added? Try this fix.
Any questions? Contact Meredith Farkas.
