PLA '06 Conference Wrap-Up

To wrap up news from the PLA conference, below you’ll find a handful of websites and books recommended by various conference speakers. In addition to perusing the list below, remember the “Keeping Current” session at JAMBOREE. In “Keeping Current,” we talked about the PLA website as a great source for conference materials because many handouts are viewable there. And don’t forget to tap into the PLA blog, too. You’ll find links to PLA conference handouts and to the PLA blog here: www.pla.org

Selected Books:
The Call of the Mall (marketing) by Paco Underhill, Simon & Schuster c2004
The Cluetrain Manifesto (how the Internet has changed business models) by Christopher Locke et.al., Perseus Books c2000.
Demonstrating Results: Using Outcome Measurement in Your Library by Rhea Joyce Rubin, PLA c2005
The Library’s Continuous Improvement Fieldbook: 29 Ready-to-Use Tools by Sara Laughlin, ALA c2005
Perceptions of Libraries and Information Resources, OCLC c2005
Small Pieces Loosely Joined (website content) by David Weinberger, Perseus Books c2002
Technology For Results by Diane Mayo, PLA c2005
Why We Buy (marketing) by Paco Underhill, Simon & Schuster c2000

Selected Websites:
http://www.niost.org/ (the National Institute on Out-Of-School Time)
http://www.afterschool.gov
www.oclc.org/reports/2005perceptions.htm
http://ia.webjunction.org/do/Home
www.aarp.org/internetresources (AARP’s Internet Resources on Aging)
http://www.tametheweb.com
http://www.bloglines.com