Mind Mapping

Free Mind Mapping Software
Great for visual learners. Good for planning and brainstorming, or for collating information and notes.

Cluster Search Engines
These display search results in a mind map format or in clusters

Mind Mapping Links
A collection of mind mapping links from Squidoo

Libraries & Technology

Libraries have always been at the forefront of new technologies and strategies, for advocacy, marketing, communicating, networking and learning. Check out what libraries are doing & get some tips you can use yourself

Brown University - Evaluating a Website
A useful checklist for evaluating the quality, relevance & authority of a website

Otterbein University Library Site
Looks at e-learning and the future of learning in the digital age

The Shifted Librarian
This site from Jenny Levine, aka The Shifted Librarian, has info on the latest technology as it applies to libraries, community & learning e.g. social networking etc.

University of Minnesota Library
This is a virtual library portal especially for undergraduates

Research Sources

Sixty Sites in Sixty Minutes
Jenny Levine aka The Shifted Librarian, and Susan Skyzinski shared these for the Texas Library Association - good starting points for research and exploring.

Smarter Surfing - Better Use of Your Web Time
Comprehensive list of links and resources from Sreenath Sreenivasan, Professor of Journalism at Columbia University.

He says
Be wary when you surf. Watch for giant waves of misinformation and the jagged rocks of hidden agendas. But there's plenty of useful stuff; you just need to know where to look