Publicity venues

Suggested venues to send communications to:


ALA—American Library Association
ALCTS - Associations for Library Collections and Technical Services. Comprised of nearly 5,000 members from across the United States and 42 countries from around the globe, ALCTS is the premier resource for information specialists in collection development, preservation, and technical services. We are the leader in the development of principles, standards, and best practices for creating, collecting, organizing, delivering, and preserving information resources in all forms.
ARL- Association of Research Libraries influences the changing environment of scholarly communication and the public policies that affect research libraries and the diverse communities they serve. ARL pursues this mission by advancing the goals of its member research libraries, providing leadership in public and information policy to the scholarly and higher education communities, fostering the exchange of ideas and expertise, facilitating the emergence of new roles for research libraries, and shaping a future environment that leverages its interests with those of allied organizations.
CRL- The Center for Research Libraries is an international consortium of university, college, and independent research libraries.
IAALD- The International Association of Agricultural Information Specialists is the international professional association of people and institutions who are professionally involved in creating, capturing, accessing, or disseminating information and knowledge concerning agriculture and rural development. AALD was established in 1955 as the International Association of Agricultural Librarians and Documentalists.
IFLA- The International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) is the leading international body representing the interests of library and information services and their users. It is the global voice of the library and information profession.
OCLC- Online Computer Library Center, Inc.Above the Fold is a weekly electronic newsletter that seeks to bring attention to items of interest from beyond our normal reading sphere. This serial publication consists of a compendium of articles that relate to the work of the RLG Partnership and the information context in which we're all operating
http://www.oclc.org/research/publications/newsletters/abovethefold/default.htm
SLA- Special Libraries Association The Special Libraries Association (SLA) was founded in 1909 in the state of New York and is now the international association representing the interests of thousands of information professionals in over eighty countries worldwide. Special librarians are information resource experts who collect, analyze, evaluate, package, and disseminate information to facilitate accurate decision-making in corporate, academic, and government settings.

SPECIAL LIBRARY ASSOCIATIONS

North AmericanSerials Interest Group NASIG www.nasig.org Established in 1985, the North American Serials Interest Group, Inc. (NASIG) is an independent organization that promotes communication and sharing of ideas among all members of the serials information chain - anyone working with or concerned about serial publications.

UKSG http://www.uksg.org/ exists to connect the information community and encourage the exchange of ideas on scholarly communication. It is the only organisation spanning the wide range of interests and activities across the scholarly information community of librarians, publishers, intermediaries and technology vendors.
In a dynamic environment, UKSG works to:

• facilitate community integration, networking, discussion and exchange of ideas
• improve members' knowledge of the scholarly information sector and support skills development
• stimulate research and collaborative initiatives, encourage innovation and promote standards for good practice
• disseminate news, information and publications, and raise awareness of services that support the scholarly information sector.

CALA- Chinese American Librarians Association Chinese American Librarians Association (CALA) started in 1973 as Mid-West Chinese American Librarians Association, a regional organization in Illinois. A year later, Chinese Librarians Association was formed in California in 1974. In 1976, Mid-West Chinese American Librarians Association was expanded to a national organization as Chinese American Librarians Association. By 1979, CALA had five chapters in Northeast, Mid-West, Atlantic, Southwest and California respectively. Chinese American Librarians Association and Chinese Librarians Association were merged in 1983. The merged organization retains CALA's English name and Chinese Librarians Association's Chinese name 華人圖書館員協會.

CNI- Coalition for Networked Information is an organization dedicated to supporting the transformative promise of networked information technology for the advancement of scholarly communication and the enrichment of intellectual productivity. Some 200 institutions representing higher education, publishing, network and telecommunications, information technology, and libraries and library organizations make up CNI's Members

ICOLC- International coalition of Library Consortia http://www.library.yale.edu/consortia/icolcmembers.html

OTHER
CEE - Center for Environmental Education CEE works with K-12 schools to address climate change issues and to cultivate healthy lifestyles. Children learn best through experience. If their schools are green, children will learn to live that way.
http://www.ceeonline.org/

Open Access Webliography In basic terms, the goal of the open access movement is to make scholarly articles freely available in digital form worldwide with minimal restrictions on their use (e.g., proper attribution of authorship). In reality, it's more complex than this because of differences of opinion about what open access should or shouldn't try to achieve. Some advocates say free access to scholarly articles is enough, minimal restrictions are not needed. Others say that the basic goal is correct, but permanent archiving is also required. Still others say why stop at scholarly articles, make all types of scholarly literature freely available in digital form. Such doctrinal differences are normal and healthy in such an important and dynamic movement.
http://www.escholarlypub.com/cwb/oaw.htm#introduction




OpenDOAR - The Directory of Open Access Repositories OpenDOAR is an authoritative directory of academic open access repositories. Each OpenDOAR repository has been visited by project staff to check the information that is recorded here. This in-depth approach does not rely on automated analysis and gives a quality-controlled list of repositories. As well as providing a simple repository list, OpenDOAR let you search for repositories or search repository contents. Additionally, we provide tools and support to both repository administrators and service providers in sharing best practice and improving the quality of the repository infrastructure. Further explanation of these features is given in a project document Beyond the list
http://www.opendoar.org/

LISTSERVS

ACRL Science & Technology Section Discussion List The STS-L electronic discussion is for the discussion of issues relating to the science and technology libraries. Any questions regarding the pertinence of any particular topic should be sent to one of the STS-L moderators.
http://lists.ala.org/wws/info/sts-l

ALA -American Library Association University Libraries Section
uls-l@ala.org
NYSCILIB- The Upstate New York Science Librarians Group is a loosely affiliated group of predominately academic science librarians in New York State. While we have identified ourselves with a general geographic region of the state, we are not bound by it, and we have had science librarians attend our annual get-togethers from as "far south" as Stony Brook University on Long Island. What ties us together are our interests in science librarianship and our interests in one another.
NYSCILIB@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU

NYSOEA- New York State Environmental Education NYSOEA is the professional membership organization supporting outdoor and environmental education and interpretive services in New York State since 1968. NYSOEA is a professional organization that promotes interdisciplinary life-long learning in, for, and about the outdoors and seeks to inspire appreciation of the environment by all people.
nysoea-l@list.cornell.edu

Lyris is the name of the List Server software that UNC uses for its listserv service. A listserv is an email-based mailing list that uses one address to distribute mail to all members of a specified group. A list enables members to communicate with or reply to the whole group without typing a lengthy list of email addresses and without maintaining a large address book.
newslib@listserv.unc.edu

The PUBLIB electronic discussion list is for the discussion of issues relating to public librarianship.
publib@webjunction.org

DBIO- Special Libraries Association (SLA) BioMedical and Life Sciences Division
provides members specializing in the fields of life, biomedical and health sciences information management with opportunities for education, mentoring and networking. The Division promotes the exchange of information and ideas among its members who belong to diverse research, educational and commercial organizations.
sla-dbio@sla.lyris.net



TFOE- ALA Task Force on the Environment The Task Force on the Environment (TFOE) was created in 1989 in the spirit of the 20th Anniversary of Earth Day (1990). TFOE is one of the issues-oriented task forces that comprise the Social Responsibilities Round Table (SRRT) of the American Library Association (ALA). TFOE includes librarians, publishers, vendors, and other interested parties from a wide variety of settings, from public libraries, school libraries, and college and university libraries, to government agencies, public interest groups, publishers, vendors and other information providers.
TFOE@ala.org

UNYSLA- SLA Upstate New York Chapter This space will keep you informed on the activities of your Chapter, including opportunities for learning, networking, collaborating and socializing with local members.
sla-cuny@sla.lyris.net


BLOGS
ACRLog- Association of College and Research Librarys Blog of ALA The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), a division of the American Library Association, is a professional association of academic librarians and other interested individuals. It is dedicated to enhancing the ability of academic library and information professionals to serve the information needs of the higher education community and to improve learning, teaching, and research.
http://acrlog.org/who-we-are/

Adventures in Science This blog function is to promote science education to children in an engaging fashion using TECHNOLOGY.
Agriculture Agricultural Technology @ Wadalba Community School, NSW, Australia
Animal Science Blog
http://www.biology-blog.com/blogs/animal-science-blog.html
Aquaculture This blog represents a progress report on the Aquaculture Research Center (ARC) at Wadalba Community School, NSW, Australia
Brian Bartel - Hints, help and thoughts for technology in education.
Dale Basler - Science Education Resources Blog
Biology Blog
http://www.biology-blog.com/blogs/biology-blog.html

Biology in Action is a companion website for high school and college students studying biology Currently, biologyblog is used by high school and __college classes__ studying biology with Mr. Bird in central New Jersey

Discovering Biology in a Digital World Digital biology is biological research that involves computers
Exploring The Elements of Science Literacy... Literally - new, but solid. Erin Nash. My background is in Communication Arts as well as Biology. I originally wanted to be an English teacher, until I student taught in both disciplines. I liked the inquiry behind science – the idea of “why” – so I ended up going with that route instead.
The Imaginary Journal of Poetic Economics Imagine a world where anyone can instantly access all of the world's scholarly knowledge - as profound a change as the invention of the printing press. Technically, this is within reach. All that is needed is a little imagination, to reconsider the economics of scholarly communications from a poetic viewpoint.
http://poeticeconomics.blogspot.com/

TheInfamousJ's Blog -. TheInfamousJ is now a young professional. She teaches high school science and deals daily with the dramas of the young and the hormonal. But loves every minute of it
In Search of Scientific Creativity The weblog and reflexivity journal of Frank LaBanca, Ed.D. Understanding of educational concepts by exploring and sharing ideas with others.

Lab Out Loud - A podcast, hosted by two science teachers, that discusses science news and science education by interviewing leading scientists, researchers, science writers and other important figures in the field.
Nature Conservancy Blog
http://blog.nature.org/

Open Access News News from the open access movement. The open access movement: Putting peer-reviewed scientific and scholarly literature on the internet. Making it available free of charge and free of most copyright and licensing restrictions. Removing the barriers to serious research.
http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/fosblog.html

PLA- Blog Public Library Association of ALA PLA’s core purpose is to strengthen public libraries and their contribution to the communities they serve. Founded in 1944, PLA is a member-driven organization that exists to provide a diverse program of communication, publication, advocacy, continuing education, and programming for its members and others interested in the advancement of public library service.
http://plablog.org/

Public Library of Science PLoS http://www.plos.org/cms/blog

Plant Science Blog
http://www.biology-blog.com/blogs/plant-science-blog.html

RUSA Blog- Blog of the Reference and User Services Association of ALA The Reference and User Services Association is responsible for stimulating and supporting excellence in the delivery of general library services and materials to adults, and the provision of reference and information services, collection development, and resource sharing for all ages, in every type of library.
http://rusa.ala.org/blog/


Reflections of a Techie— Middle school teacher with 2 crazy, loving dogs, and 1 kickin' mountain bike. Interests: my faith, photography, teaching, mountain biking, sci-fi movies and books

Science Blog Science news straight from the source
http://www.scienceblog.com/cms/index.php

Theoretical Librarian, in general, will include announcements of past, present, and future personal publications and presentations as well as postings on current and emerging technologies and their actual and potential application for enhanced information and library services.
http://theoretical-librarian.blogspot.com/

ZME Science is an emerging science blog featuring news, various articles and features on science, tech, environment and other miscellaneous.
http://www.zmescience.com/about/


RSS FEEDS
"RSS" stands (depending on whom you ask) for "Rich Site Summary," "RDF Site Summary," or "Really Simple Syndication." Whatever the meaning of the abbreviation, RSS is an increasingly popular way for many users to keep track of updates to their favorite Web sites.

AAAS/Science -American Association for the Advancement of Science
EurekAlert! - //RSS Feeds// www.eurekalert.org/rss.php EurekAlert! now offers eighteen customized RSS feeds featuring topics in all areas of science, medicine and technology. The feeds may be downloaded from http://www.eurekalert.org/rss
LiveScience //RSS Feeds// | LiveScience www.livescience.com/livescience_rss.html -
ScienceDaily: //RSS// Newsfeeds www.sciencedaily.com/newsfeeds.htm
http://www.sciencemag.org/rss/ The best in science news, commentary, and research
Science News - www.**science**news.org/view/page/id/45/title/syndicatio
//Science// & Technology //RSS Feeds//, on USA.gov
http://www.usa.gov/Topics/Reference_Shelf/Libraries/RSS_Library/Science.shtml
Scientific American: //Science// News //RSS Feed// www.scientificamerican.com/page.cfm?section=rss – Scientific American RSS feeds are free and a convenient way to receive the latest headlines in real time





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