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@yourlibrary http://www.atyourlibrary.org/career/how-get-great-...
This article contains advice on customizing your resume each time you apply to a job posting.
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Tech Soup http://www.techsoupforlibraries.org/cookbooks
Learn from the experiences of others! Download the free Cookbooks, packed with tips and techniques on maintaining public computers. Each Cookbook has valuable and practical information collected from hundreds of public libraries throughout the U.S. and Canada. From troubleshooting to setting up wireless networks or solving many technology issues, all these great ideas are captured and published here to share solutions from the field.
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National Telecommunications and Information Administration http://www.broadbandmap.gov/
The National Broadband Map (NBM) is a searchable and interactive website that allows users to view broadband availability across every neighborhood in the United States. The NBM was created by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), in collaboration with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), and in partnership with 50 states, five territories and the District of Columbia. The NBM is a project of NTIA's State Broadband Initiative. The NBM will be updated approximately every six months and was first published on February 17, 2011.
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California School Library Association (CSLA), State of California http://www.csla.net/
Several free, online web 2.0 professional development tutorials for teacher librarians and classroom teachers.
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Institute of Museum and Library Services http://www.scmemory.org/index.php
The South Carolina Digital Library (SCDL) is a collaborative effort that includes South Carolina’s schools, libraries, archives, museums, and other cultural heritage institutions. SCDL’s mission is to encourage our collaborators to create, maintain, and promote digital collections that represent South Carolina's historical and cultural resources while following state-level guidelines that are based on national standards and best practices. Currently there are over 80,000 primary resources available in the database from approximately 30 cultural heritage institutions around the state. The primary resources include photographs, books, manuscripts, maps, audio and video files.
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Net Literacy http://www.digitalliteracycorps.org/DLC-P4.html
Non-profit organization was founded by a middle school student. To date, over 1000 students from middle schools, high schools and colleges have volunteered to repurpose computers or teach in their communities and provide extensive one-on-one training for those who were formerly on the wrong side of the digital divide.
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Oregon School Library Information System http://www.oslis.org/
OSLIS is a K-12 web portal providing access to quality licensed databases within an information literacy framework.
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San Diego Futures Foundation http://www.sdfutures.org/
The purpose of this organization is to improve access to computers and services by making information technology available to underserved individuals, organizations and disadvantaged small businesses through training, education, technical services and equipment.
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State of North Carolina http://digitalpreservation.ncdcr.gov/
To provide visitors with digital preservation information and resources that are tailored to their current level of knowledge.
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UNC Health Sciences Library http://www.nchealthinfo.org/index.cfm
NC Health Info is an online guide to web sites of quality health and medical information and local health services throughout North Carolina. Designed to meet the needs and interests of North Carolinians, NC Health Info leads users to resources that are reliable and easy to understand. Links on NC Health Info are selected and maintained by North Carolina librarians.
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Zero Divide http://zerodivide.org/
Zero Divide provides access to an ecosystem of broadband technology, training, and education programs for workforce development, asset building, microenterprise, and small business assistance we hope to improve the economic opportunity of low-income, disadvantaged individuals.
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University of Illinois http://www.library.illinois.edu/diglit/
This portal for digital literacy includes various tutorials, guides, and digital tools created to help find, evaluate, and critically use information sources.
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American Library Association (ALA) http://acrl.libguides.com/slilc/home
Resources and tools on literacy in an online format.
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Net Literacy http://www.digiliteracy.org/
Educator resource that believes that many of the best practices of how to effectively approach increasing digital inclusion and digital literacy have already been established by many organizations in other countries all over the world. Works to collect that information and distribute laptops to children.
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California School Library Association (CSLA), State of California http://www.csla.net/
Several free, online web 2.0 professional development tutorials for teacher librarians and classroom teachers.
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U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) http://www.careeronestop.org/competencymodel/learn...
Sponsored by the Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, this guide or clearinghouse of job related digital literacy skills that job-seekers should possess in various employment fields. The goal of the effort is to promote an understanding of the skill sets and competencies essential to educate and train a globally competitive workforce.
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State of North Carolina http://www.elearningnc.gov/
eLearning is learning utilizing electronic technologies to access educational curriculum outside of a traditional classroom. In most cases, it refers to a course, program or degree delivered completely online. This site contains a resource of links to virtual resource that can be searched and soon will be personalized to the user.
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National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/evaluatinghealt...
Guide to evaluating health information.
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Design for Democracy http://www.aiga.org/content.cfm/design-for-democra...
Seeks to make government more accessible by making information, instructions, forms, websites and service centers easy to find, understand and use. Design for Democracy has access to specialists in information, interaction, environmental and graphic design, as well as experts in usability, plain language, ethnographic research and branding.
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Institute of Museum and Library Services http://www.scmemory.org/index.php
The South Carolina Digital Library (SCDL) is a collaborative effort that includes South Carolina’s schools, libraries, archives, museums, and other cultural heritage institutions. SCDL’s mission is to encourage our collaborators to create, maintain, and promote digital collections that represent South Carolina's historical and cultural resources while following state-level guidelines that are based on national standards and best practices. Currently there are over 80,000 primary resources available in the database from approximately 30 cultural heritage institutions around the state. The primary resources include photographs, books, manuscripts, maps, audio and video files.
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