Organizations

• New England Library Association
• Council on Library/Media Technicians: An international organization which works to address the issues and concerns of library and media support staff personnel.
• Support Staff Interest Round Table, American Library Association: The purpose of the SSIRT is: 1) To provide an arena within ALA for addressing a wide variety of issues of concern to library support staff, including but not limited to basic training programs, education, career development, job duties and responsibilities; 2) To foster communication and networking among all people working in libraries; and 3) To be responsible for the timely dissemination of information to local, regional, state, and national support staff organizations.

• LIBSUP-L is a list for the discussion of all library-related topics as they pertain to library support staff. Topics have included the changing roles of paraprofessionals, library working conditions, training opportunities, conference announcements and reports, and a wide variety of public and technical services issues.
To subscribe, send the following message to listproc@u.washington.edu:
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• SERIALST (Serials in Libraries Discussion Forum) serves as an informal electronic forum for most aspects of serials processing in libraries. Appropriate topics include (but are not limited to): cataloging, acquisitions, collection management, serials budgets and pricing concerns, binding, preservation, microfilm and other non print serials media, union list activities, announcements, news, and job postings that are of interest to the serials community. SERIALST is a moderated list.
To subscribe, send the following message to listserv@list.uvm.edu:
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• Associates: the Electronic Library Support Staff Journal Library Mosaics (a bi-monthly magazine focusing on library, media & information center support staff issues, trends, and developments)

[$21/yr]
PO Box 5171
Culver City, CA 90231
(310) 410-1573
Back issues table of contents available at: http://www.lib.rochester.edu/ssp/pubs/lm.htm

• Serials in Cyberspace: Collections, Resources, and Services (excellent collection of Internet resources, leading you on to lots of other resources)
• Tools for Serials Catalogers (another excellent collection of Internet resources, leading you on to lots of other resources)
• Library Support Staff Resource Center (as indicated, geared to support staff, links to many useful sites)
• Internet Libraries for Librarians (a search site with all sorts of "stuff")

Evans, G. Edward & Sandra M. Heft. Introduction to technical services. 6th ed. Englewood, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited, 1994. Formerly titled Introduction to technical services for library technicians.

Library Mosaics (see above)

• Oberg, Larry. "Support staff in an age of change: the challenges of tomorrow." Library Mosaics, Jan./Feb. 1999, p. 12-15.
• Rodgers, Terry. The library paraprofessional: notes from the underground. Jefferson, NC: MacFarland, 1997. Extensive bibliography for further reading.