Libraries & Literacy


Libraries, librarians, and our fundamental concepts of literacy must continue to coevolve with technology.

Librarianship
The ultimate search engine is a reference librarian.
Internet Public Library - founded by Joseph Janes
The Future of Libraries
The Future of Libraries and Collections - by Reg Carr
The Shifted Librarian - blog by Jenny Levine
Digital Libraries - column by Roy Tennant
The Resource Shelf - by Gary Price
LISNews - by Blake Carver
The Internet Archive - by Brewster Kahle
The Internet Archive Bookmobile
The Long Now Foundation - by Stewart Brand
The All Species Foundation - by Kevin Kelly

Library Organizations
Membership associations and library cooperatives.
International Federation of Library Associations
Library Organizations & Associations
Online Computer Library Center
Chartered Institute for Library and Information Professionals
American Library Association
The Canadian Library Association
Special Libraries Association
Libweb

21st Century Literacy
Literacy ain't what it used to be.
Center for Media Literacy
Institute for Multimedia Literacy
National Forum on Information Literacy
Information Literacy Competency Standards - site by ALA
Cultural Literacy - by E.D. Hirsch Jr.
Stop Saying "Computer Literacy" - article by Brian Harvey

Literacy Organizations
Organizations working to strengthen literacy.
National Institute for Literacy
Literacy Online
Literacy Center

"A man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them."
- Mark Twain

"What are documents? They are, quite simply, talking things. They are bits of the material world - clay, stone, animal skin, plant fiber, sand - that we've imbued with the ability to speak."
David Levy in Scrolling Forward