Rutgers:
SCI: Home page of the School of Communication & Information.
Career Services at SC&I: SC&I Student Service’s Career website
LISSA: The Rutgers University graduate student chapter of the American Library Association.
Professional Organizations:
American Library Association (ALA): The oldest and largest library association in the world.
American Association of School Librarians (AASL): A division of ALA focused on serving school librarians.
New Jersey Association of School Librarians (NJASL): The professional association for school librarians in New Jersey.
New Jersey Library Association: The oldest and largest library organization in New Jersey.
Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA): A division of ALA, whose mission is to expand and strengthen youth services.
School Library Certification:
NJASL’s Certification Page: Information detailing the required coursework in library science and education needed for becoming a school librarians.
School Library Media Specialist Certification: Applying for certification through Rutgers.
NJ Department of Education: Information for being certified to work in schools.
Career Help & Job Postings:
I Need A Library Job: Job openings in New Jersey.
Library Job Boards: iGuide to professional job boards
ALA Job List: ALA’s compilation of job ads and resources that appear in American Libraries magazine
NJ DOE Career Page: New Jersey Department of Education’s website for prospective teachers.
NJ School Jobs: Search for school jobs in New Jersey.
SCI Placement Services: Job openings listed by Rutgers-SCILS.
Main: Job postings for Main Library Alliance.
OCL: Job openings for the Ocean County Library.
SCLS: Current job openings for all branches of the Somerset County Library System.
Library Link: Library jobs throughout the state.
New Jersey Library Cooperatives:
BCCLS: Bergen County Cooperative Library System.
Highlands: Serving Bergen, Hunterdon, Morris, Passaic, Somerset, Sussex and Warren counties.
LMxAC: Middlesex County Automation Consortium.
Main: Morris, Hunterdon, Somerset, Union, and Warren county library consortium.
South Jersey: Serving Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester and Salem counties.
Publications:
School Library Journal: Carries more book reviews and wins more awards for editorial excellence than any other publication in the field.
KnowledgeQuest: Published bimonthly by AASL and offers substantive information to assist school librarians, supervisors, library educators, and other decision makers concerned with the development of school libraries and school library services.
Children & Libraries: the official journal of the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association.
Resources for the Classroom:
Free Technology for Teachers: Education technology blog
Kathy Schrock’s Guide to Everything: Guides for incorporating technology in classroom instruction.
Literature for Children & Young Adults:
Booklist: The American Library Association’s review of books and media.
We Need Diverse Books: A nonprofit that helps put books featuring diverse characters in the hands of readers.
Web Sites for Children & Young Adults:
Kidspace@Internet Public Library: An advertising-free online library with encyclopedias, book reviews, science links and US history pages.
The Best of the Web for Teachers: Scholastic’s recommended websites for e-learning.
Scholastic Kids: Learn more about the books published by Scholastic while browsing, enter book discussion forums, and play games.
Media for Children & Young Adults:
Center for Media Literacy: Resources from the nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting and supporting media literacy education.
FCC Parents’ Place: Information about children’s media from the Federal Communications Commission.