Email, listservs, and forums all play an important role for the school library media professional.
For many other examples in for librarians and educators, go to Teacher Tap: Discussions and Technology-Rich Learning.
The following websites listed on this page will be of interest to school library media specialists:
Listservs
Listservs are automated email message services. As a professional, you subscribe to the service using your email address. Then, you receive all the emails that are sent to the listserv. Some of these mailing lists are restricted to members of organizations. They are sometimes moderated by a professional to ensure that only messages that meet the guidelines of the list are shared.
LM_NET
http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/
This is by far the most well-known and high traffic listserv for the profession. It is a discussion group serving worldwide school library media community. This website contains searchable archives
To subscribe,
address an email message to listserv@listserv.syr.edu
in the body of the message put Subscribe LM_NET firstname lastname
AIME List Serv
http://www.ilfonline.org/units/aime-listserve/
This listserv is sponsored by the AIME organization.
INFOLIT Listser
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/aasl/. . ./communityinaasl/aasledisclist/INFOLIT.cfm
The Information Literacy discussion list - INFOLIT - is a forum for school, academic, and public librarians to exchange ideas on information literacy programs and experiences that demonstrate a collaborative relationship between K-12 and higher education institutions.
CataList
http://www.lsoft.com/lists/listref.html
This is the catalog of public listservs on the internet.
Email Discussion Listsservs
http://www.doe.in.gov/htmls/listservs.html
Directory of all public discussion lists at the Indiana Department of Education.
SLIS-INDY Listservs
http://www.slis.iupui.edu/student/current/list.asp
In order to stay connected to important SLIS news and announcements, SLIS students are expected to subscribe to SLIS-INDY.
SLIS Listservs at IU-Bloomington
http://www.slis.indiana.edu/technology/slis-l.html
Forums
21st Century Teacher-Librarians
http://21centurylibrarian.ning.com/
An online social community .
Librarians / Info Science Chatboard from Teachers.net
http://teachers.net/mentors/librarians/posts.html
This forum is dedicated to discussions of issues related to curriculum support through library and media services and the information sciences. Can also access teacher discussions in each state, grade level, subject content area, etc.
Teacher Librarian Ning
http://teacherlibrarian.ning.com/
An online community for teacher-librarians and other educators.
Blogs, Wikis, and other Social & Collaborative Tools
Information / resources related to Blog communications:
Blog How To's and What are Blogs from Library Support.com
http://www.librarysupportstaff.com/4blogs.html
This page contains links to information about blogging, links to lists and directories of weblogs, and some sample school library weblogs.
Embrey, Theresa Ross (Dec. 2002). You Blog, We Blog: A Guide to How Teacher-Librarians Can Use Weblogs to Build Communication and Research Skills. Teacher Librarian; 30(2). (Access Requires Login)
http://www.ulib.iupui.edu/cgi-bin/proxy.pl?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx? . . . &AN=8978235&site=ehost-live
Blogs and Blogging: A Homerun for Teaching, Learning,
and Technology from Escrapbooking at eduScapes
http://escrapbooking.com/blogging/index.htm
School LIbraries - Blogging Libraries
http://www.blogwithoutalibrary.net/links/index.php?title=School_libraries
This is an index list of K-12 school library blogs.
Blogs:
1 to 1 Schools (group blog) http://1to1schools.net/
2 Cents Worth http://davidwarlick.com/2cents/ by David Warlick
AASL Blog (American Association of School Librarians)
http://www.aasl.ala.org/aaslblog/
Committed Sardine Blog, The by Ian Jukes http://www.committedsardine.com/blog.cfm
Dangerously Irrelevant: Technology, Leadership and the Future of Schools by Scott McLeod http://dangerouslyirrelevant.org/
Daring Librarian, The by Gwyneth Jones http://www.thedaringlibrarian.com/
Infinite Thinking Machine (group blog),
http://blog.infinitethinking.org/
Goal isto show how today's digital tools can impact student learning in meaningful ways.
Kathy Schrock's Kaffeekatsch http://blog.kathyschrock.net/
Learning Now with Andy Carvin, PBS http://www.pbs.org/teachers/learning.now/
Library Juice http://libraryjuicepress.com/blog/
Library Ties from Carl Harvey, President of the American Association of School Librarians (2011-2012), North Elementary School, Noblesville, IN. http://carl-harvey.com/libraryties/
Mabry Middle School - Media Center Blog http://mabryonline.org/blogs/media/
Many teachers and the principal have their own blogs.
Marc Prensky's Weblog http://www.marcprensky.com/blog/
Moving at the Speed of Creativity by Wesley Fryer http://www.speedofcreativity.org/
Neverending Search by Joyce Valenza http://blog.schoollibraryjournal.com/neverendingsearch/
ozLine by Tom March (co-developer of webQuests with Bernie Dodge) http://ozline.com/entry/
Read Roger: The Horn BooK Editor's Rants and Raves http://readroger.hbook.com/
Research Buzz by Tara Calishain (Covers the world of Internet research) http://www.researchbuzz.org/r/
Resource Shelf (Resources and News for Information Professionals) http://www.resourceshelf.com/
Savvy Technologist, The by Tim Wilsonhttp://technosavvy.org/
School Library Monthly Blog http://blog.schoollibrarymedia.com/
School Library Journal (Index to all SLJ blogsites) http://blog.schoollibraryjournal.com/allblog.php
Springfield Township Virtual Library (Wiki) by J. Valenza http://springfieldlibrary.wikispaces.com/
Teaching Now from Teacher Magazine http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/teaching_now/
Teachers Teaching Teachersby Paul Allison Susan Ettenhei, & occasional others(Skyping, webcasting, podcasting, and blogging) http://teachersteachingteachers.org/
TechLearning Advisor Blog http://www.techlearning.com/section/Blogs
Tech Savvy Educator, The by Ben Rimes and crew http://www.techsavvyed.net/
UnQuiet Librarian, The
http://theunquietlibrarian.wordpress.com/
Active site from B. Hamilton, the media specialist/teacher-librarian at Creekview High School in Canton, GA,
U Tech Tips(team blog)
http://www.utechtips.com/
Mission is to help educators learn and use technology within their school and classrooms.
Weblogg-ed by Will Richardson http://www.weblogg-ed.com/
YALSA Blog (Young Adult Library Services Association)
http://yalsa.ala.org/blog/
Other Resources
Elementary Library Routines http://elementarylibraryroutines.wikispaces.com/
A wiki site created for elementary school librarians
(Catherine Trinkle of Avon Schools was a co-creator of this Wiki).
IASL Meeting Place http://iaslonline.ning.com/
The International Association of School Librarianship Meeting Place (Ning). Note: A Ning is an online social network platform.
Keeping Up Web Site from Steven Bell http://stevenbell.info/
Designed to help library and information science professionals, information
technologists, instructional technologists, and other academic technology
support professionals develop and maintain a program of self-guided
professional development.
Librarian Center Archive from Google http://www.google.com/services/librarian_newsletter.html
Subsribe for the Newsletter or explore the archive.
School Library Media Specialists' Cadre http://doe.state.in.us/olr/slms/welcome.html
Provides assistance through email to school library media specialists.
School Library InfoTech Programs: Tapestry of Effective Practicehttp://schoollibrarytapestry.ning.com/
Another Ning aimed at the school library community.
Teacher Librarian Ning http://teacherlibrarian.ning.com/
A Ning community for teacher librarians and other educators.
Note: The above resource lists are not all-inclusive; they are just a representative collection of what is available. To find others, one can use the Google Bog Search and look for persons, groups, and organizations of Facebook, Twitter, etc.