One thing we hear from our clients again and again is that they value our knowledge, opinions and perspectives.  As we work with libraries of all types, and in far-flung geographies, we gather ideas, anecdotes, materials, news and more.   We like to “share the wealth”  - that’s our style. So, our Resource Center is a convenient place to find “handy things” we know about such as library news and events, thought-provoking articles, useful links and a wide variety of interesting and helpful resources. Come often to this site as we will be changing it, adding to it, and updating it, so check frequently for new things.

Useful Resources: links for your convenience

American Library Association
The American Library Association is the oldest and largest library association in the world,
http://www.ala.org/

Special Libraries Association
The Special Libraries Association is the international association representing the interests of thousands of information professionals in over eighty countries worldwide.
http://www.sla.org/

OCLC Online Computer Library Center
The Online Computer Library Center is a nonprofit, membership, computer library service and research organization dedicated to the public purposes of furthering access to the world's information and reducing information costs. More than 54,000 libraries in 109 countries and territories around the world use OCLC services
http://www.oclc.org/

Open WorldCat
The Open WorldCat program is a unique benefit of membership in the OCLC cooperative. Internet users who broadly search the Web at popular search portals can discover materials owned by OCLC libraries.
http://www.oclc.org/worldcat/open/default.htm

Great Tools: ones we respect, recommend and use

Appreciative Inquiry
Appreciative Inquiry is about the search for the best in people, their organizations, and the world around them. In its broadest terms, it involves systematic discovery of what gives “life” to a system when it is most alive, most effective, and most constructively capable in economic and human terms.
http://appreciativeinquiry.case.edu/

The promise of appreciative inquiry in library organizations (article)
By Maureen Sullivan
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1387/is_1_53/ai_n8640823

The library's continuous improvement fieldbook: 29 ready-to-use tools (book)
By Sara Laughlin; Denise Sisco Shockley; Ray Wilson
http://www.worldcatlibraries