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Library Support Staff Resources

Library Support Staff Resource Center: http://www.ala.org/ala/hrdr/librarysupportstaff/Library_Support_Staff_Resource_Center.htm
This web site links to overviews of the roles and duties of library support staff and paraprofessionals, information about issues affecting library support staff, as well as continuing education information, publications, and additional resources for library support staff.

3rd Congress on Professional Education: Focus on Library Support Staff (COPE III): http://www.ala.org/ala/hrdrbucket/3rdcongressonpro/3rdcongressprofessional.htm
The American Library Association's 3rd Congress on Professional Education addressed career ladders, compensation, access to continuing education opportunities amoung library support staff.

ALA Library Support Staff Interests Round Table: http://www.ala.org/ala/lssirt/lssirt.htm
The web site of the Library Support Staff Interests Round Table of the American Library Association contains information about its purpose, organization, benefits, services, and strategic plan.

Council on Library/Media Technicians: http://colt.ucr.edu/
COLT, an international organization, tackles issues of interest to library support staff, such as education, certification, job description uniformity, and the pursuit of recognition and respect.

Associates: http://associates.ucr.edu/
Associates, published three times a year, is an electronic journal devoted to library support staff issues. Issues published before November 2000 are available at http://bubl.ac.uk/archive/journals/associates/.

Directories

Use these directories to find even more about links and resources for and about library support staff.

LibrarySupportStaff.com: http://www.librarysupportstaff.com/

Internet Library for Librarians: Support Staff: http://www.itcompany.com/inforetriever/staff.htm

Paraprofessional Links: http://www.mtlib.org/paras/paralinks.html

Blogs

Read these blogs for news of interest to library support staff.

LibrarySupportStaff.org: http://blog.librarysupportstaff.org/

Paraprose: Weblog of North Carolina Paraprofessional Association: http://nclpa.wordpress.com

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