Hey! I did it! Is this the place to leave our comments on library blogs we've found, as requested Acctivity One, Finding Library Blogs? I posted some already, on the class bulletin board, but here they are again, without the entire http part of the address, as that was for some reason disallowed. Why??
thinkinglibrary.blogspot.com/
According to the blurb, this blog is "One librarian's exploration of ways that libraries can learn from other industries to grow and thrive!"; this sounds right up our alley, and the articles were acessible to me at least
johnfudrow.wordpress.com
This one is actually entitled Library Science and the World Around Us, and was my favourite. Check out the article from July 13; I am one of those who spent time looking for the 'any key', so this really hit home.
scanblog.blogspot.com/
"A blog from four OCLC Online Computer Library Center staff about all things present and future that impact libraries and library users"; whoo. Our heroes. We will all be more familiar with OCLC as time goes on, I imagine.
I found two archives (of course!) blogs that I thought were particularly interesting, probably because they focus quite a bit on photography and digital preservation.
The first is: practicalarchivist.blogspot.com/
Though I get the feeling in reading that the author is not actually an archivist, she has a lot of information on photo handling and preservation. She describes her blog as: "Archiving tips and geeky tidbits for genealogists, keepers of the family photo album, and anyone who loves a beautiful anachronism. Written by an archivist never met an antique photograph (or a Czech beer) she didn't like." She has a sense of humour, which makes the page even better!
The second one is called The Ten Thousand Year Blog, at www.davidmattison.ca/wordpress/.
David Mattison is an archivist-historian, and focuses on 'digital culture preservation issues'. This page certainly has a more professional feel than the first one. I think this one is my favourite, for the mere fact that it has so much more variety in the information it presents, (anything from links to relevant articles, to technological developments, to information on specific collections, and more.
Thank you for those links. I had a look at the John Fudrow blog; I noticed that under 'Topics', the following terms had the highest number of posts: 'innovation', 'library science' and 'technology'... how appropriate! An indication of the industry.
Hi I found the site that could be useful: Blogging Libraries Wiki; it "collects links to library blogs" and those are neatly categorized. URL is long, it's easier to google it.
www.pelhamlibrary.blogspot.com
t's an interesting blog - "a discussion on censorship through Pelham Public Lib"(Ontario). It provides lists of banned books and links on intellectual freedom and censorship.
Hi all! I found a fairly interesting library blog if you're interested in how a small school library is set up. Its called: Issues and Challenges of a Small School Library .
http://asmalllibrary.blogspot.com/
Basically, this blog has good information on "how it is" to set up and run a small school library.It documents "the issues, challenges and problems that present themselves in setting up and managing a small school library", and gives much of the information about what is going on in the library in great detail. It definitely gave me a good insight on a job I thought would be a lot easier!
Another fairly good blogger site I found was: http://lisnews.com/
This site offers rich, in-depth new on the current events and news in the Library and Information Science world. I found some particulary interesting areas on there, such as an article on Librarians and gender, and articles on some new books as well.
I checked out the thinkinglibrary.blogspot.com/ site posted by Karen, and found the blog on the site LibraryThing.com very interesting. I went to LibraryThing: its a pretty cool site which I recommend checking out. I know I'll go back there again;)
Hi everybody! I'm still trying to figure this all out...
I found an interesting blog at
otherlibrarian.wordpress.com/
This blog is written by Ryan Deschamps, e-learning service manager at Halifax Public Libraries. The description given for the blog is:
"A blog about trying to be the librarian that everyone wants to talk to."
I found this blog to be very readable. The latest entries discuss the challenges librarians are facing in the ever changing world of technology. The author highlights the fact that sometimes it is not librarians that are resistant to change, but libraries.
Hi everyone, still trying to figure this whole thing out, I've unfortunately already lost my post once..sigh...
So the blog I checked out was The Other Librarian at:
otherlibrarian.wordpress.com/
It is written by Ryan Deschamps, the E-Learning Services Manager at the Halifax Public Library.
A very brief description of the blog is listed as:
"A blog about trying to be the librarian that everyone wants to talk to."
Lately, the author has explored the challenges that librarians face in regards to technology. Specifically, the idea that 2.0 Librarians (my take on this being Librarians who are "in the know" in regards to the latest technology) are often having to work in 1.0 Libraries. (ie libraries that are resistant to change)
Great posts everyone and I will post more comments later . Richard's instructions were to comment on some "useful" blogs and of course I want to comment about the not so useful ones.
However, I did find …
http://onlinesocialnetworks.blogspot.com/
The description is as follows, " devoted to the use of online social networking sites for any and all types of library-related programs or services." There I discovered a search tool/resource called LibGuides. This resource combines social networks, wikis, bookmarks and blogs to help librarians share knowledge and promote library resources to the community
I really love K.G. Schneider’s blog also.
http://freerangelibrarian.com/
The author has sadly made her last post Sept 30 2007. She has a very fun irreverent writing style and posts great topics which I appreciate. I enjoyed the post about Wyoming Library's marketing campaign. I want to order some of those bumper stickers!
Thanks for reminding me about ELN, Electronic Library Network. They don lots of great stuff for the public library community, especially forming consortiums which enable even the smalller libraries to offer new products and services to their patrosn, keeping up with changes and so on. Am I right that they spearheaded AskAway, the new bc-wide chat ref service? And were instrumental in enabling (by huge purchases of e-books) every BC library to get on board if they wished? karen
The blog I looked at was called "Inspyration" http://inspyre.ca/inspyration/nfblog/?cat=9
This blog seemed very helpful in listing Canadian job postings for people in the library field. The focus of this blog is employment opportunities; however, there are several other topic categories such as, "conference announcements", "continuing education", "interesting links", and "publishing and presenting".
My only concern is that the most recent post is July 2007. I am wondering if this blogger has given up, because before July there were consistent monthly postings. Best, Haidee
Cordelia... posted Just wondering if Livejournal blogs can be counted? Or does it have to be blogspot? Any blog system is fine, there is Wordpress, Livejournal and undoubtedly some other ones I have not heard of. Richard
Hello! It is late so my tastes are a bit bent. I liked the articles about "Librarians in Leather" and "Make Mine a Shiraz" on corviviallibrarian.blogspot.com Also the the libetiquette.blogspot.com had some insightful information. "A polite librarian is a good librarian" There was a bit about whistling in the library that made me laugh (wolf whistles/nose whistles) Wish I had more time to peruse all the interesting looking blogs out there Dalene
Just a couple of comments about your posts. Thanks Karen for the link to johnfudrow, I found the site useful for starting my blog search.
And Marta, I see you already posted Pelham Library's Fahrenheit 451 banned book blog.
http://www.pelhamlibrary.blogspot.com/
That is the BEST blog I have come across yet! Did you check out the list? Someone challenged Charlie & the Chocolate Factory! I wish I had done my evaluation on that blog.
Hi, My best find is http://the shiftedlibrarian run by Jenny Levine, an Internet Development specialist working for the ALA. Her enthusiasm is contagious (nice after some rather dry blogs). Some of her latest posts are about bringing gaming into the libraries. She specializes in the interconnectedness of technological gadgets. Her main theme is "how the change from pursuing information to receiving information is and will be affecting libraries."
I am so frustrated after loosing several of my posts. I was confident after getting my first post finally submitted. I wasn't expecting to loose my second attempt chasing the verification URL.
I'm posting this to check that now things are running smoothly. Linda
My second really good blog find is http://www.librarygarden.blogspot.com
Its intention is to ensure the health and relevance of libraries. It is run by a slate of 5 people posting about every week. It is a more relaxing presentation than the shifted librarian, yet full of info. It includes a long list of blogs that would be an excellent start to any one else trying to catch up on our assignments. Also, it has a feature that may be on alot of blogs, but I didn't notice it before. You can subscribe to it so that the newest posting comes automatically to you! Nice.
And finally, http://pimp-my-library.blogspot.com caught my eye. Its not as outrageous as it sounds. I may bring this one to the attention of my library Friends group as they are always brainstorming for ways to promote and support our local library. Linda
I wanted to compare and contrast the quality and post frequency of the blog of a huge library in contrast with a small town public library. So I chose the blog of the Library of Congress with the library of one of my former hometowns, Dawson Creek. The Dawson Creek blog sadly has ceased to be updated, but I did get enough infor to compare the two sites.
Aside from the obvious production value and budget comparisons, it struck me as amazing that with perhaps one dedicated staff emember or volunteer taking 40 minutes of their day to input some images and data, there is little difference in what the LoC and the Dawson Creek Regional Library's blog can potentially produce.
Looking at all these library blogs however just makes me miss the VPL that much more. *sigh*
I tried out almost all the blogs and after being joyfully diverted and disappointedly thwarted, found Karen's blog suggestion of thinking library to be the most relevant to me. The postings are well written and more of a philosophical nature so that anyone could follow the content.
Hi everybody The blog that I found interesting is http://futureofthebook.com/ As the website name suggests it is about the future of the book. Mainly whether it will stay in its current form or if it will move towards digital formats. I find this debate rather intersting. I think the quality of it is quite good. It is maybe a little too intellectual, but it covers a lot of aspects of the issue and the future of the book is defaintly going to be relevant to our careers so I found it to be an interesting and relevant blog.
Ok so I am posting in reply to some one ele's blog they picked.. hopefull I am doing it in the right place? I looked at Elizabeth's at http://www.collectionscanada.ca/whats-new/index-e.html. I think you are right that the blog for the Library Archives of Canada is a good place to check out. We have had to do assigment on that site so I know its giong to be relevant, but I didn't relize it had a blog. Thanks. and yes It woudl be great to work there!
Hi all! I'm choosing to post the link for my very favorite Library Blog-- the official blog of the American Library of Congress. --> http://www.loc.gov/blog/
Why do I love it? Because Matt Raymond and co. update at least once a week with new posts on... well, on anything. From musical theatre ( many times!) to last weeks post on Hamm radio-- they really will write about anything pertaining to things in their library and they always cite a ton of sources and external links, which keep me well occupied when the topic-du-jour interests me. And it's sub categorized for incredibly easy down-narrowing of topical posts.
Since the blog is hosted by the LoC website, at the top you can explore some of their main links (like the digital collections or the Ask A Librarian) and on the left-hand navigation bar there are a ton of links to other libraries' sites. LibraryJournal.com in particular is amazing; I just discovered it today.
The weblog I chose was SciTech Library Question at: http://stlq.info/ this blog contains postings of interest to science technician librarians. Randy Reichardt, a Research Services Librarian from the University of Alberta, and the RSL at the National Institute for Nanotechnology is the main contributor to this weblog.
Two articles of interest is: Blogging and RSS: Applications and Technology-Examples from an Academic Library-a PowerPoint presentation from the CLA in 2005, website: http://www.ualberta.ca/~science3/clablog.ppt
and Weblogs: Their use and Application in Science and Technology Libraries-Science and Technology Libraries, 25 (3), 2005, p.105-116. website: http://stlq.info/blogstl.pdf. Kara Morgan
http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/ The blog of a librarian focused on technology for practical application, and sometimes for fun. I find the writing style very accessible.
http://censoredbooks.blogspot.com/ Anti-censorship is something I feel strongly about, so this is of a lot of interest to me. More general, but still a very thought provoking read.
I am also pretty interested in theshiftedlibrarian.com. I like the fact that Jenny Levine was unable to input her own resume into a word processor when she first started as a librarian, and that her passion for information has turned her into something of a technical expert.
However - I wish the site was prettier. The yellow background is giving me a headache and disappointingly I was unable to get to the page that explained "why you should fall to your knees and worship a librarian". (it redirected me, but never reached a destination. Sigh.)
Now I will try to find another blog that is brand new. I have been playing on the computer for over two hours now, and it's felt like about ten minues.
I liked the blog "Confessions of a science librarian". Like you said, many interesting links. Although, the author is the head of Science & Engineering Library, he uses "readable" language, perfect for a lay personn. Interesting interview with the so called Technology Architect, Richard Akerman. And it is a Canadian blog.
Well this is what can happen when you say "...I'll do that activity later..." and then you completely forget about it until you see a comment in the bulletin board triggering the thought "hmmmm, that sounds familiar".
So here is my late blog submission. There are so many interesting ones already posted and here is another one that caught my attention:
http://itnews.johntelford.com/ Digging for Truth
Described as: Digging for truth in Information Technology news is like panning for gold. Every day, tons of fools gold are found. Buried in the mountains of rubble are a few real nuggets of truth, making the effort worthy.
I appreciated his short posts but delivered with casual and often humorous prose/reflection.
It's Jessamyn West's site... she's a librarian from the US who is one of the more vocal librarian bloggers promoting the "library 2.0" concept. I like to read it because it makes me feel like I know a little more about cutting edge library field changes instead of my reality (learning the very basics!!).
Oh and I took a look at Dalys' recommendation of "the other librarian". I liked it: it's nicely designed, casually but intelligently written, and it doesn't make me feel like I'm doing homework though truth be told I'm still learning while I read it!
46 comments:
Hey! I did it! Is this the place to leave our comments on library blogs we've found, as requested Acctivity One, Finding Library Blogs? I posted some already, on the class bulletin board, but here they are again, without the entire http part of the address, as that was for some reason disallowed. Why??
thinkinglibrary.blogspot.com/
According to the blurb, this blog is "One librarian's exploration of ways that libraries can
learn from other industries to grow and thrive!"; this sounds right up our alley, and the
articles were acessible to me at least
johnfudrow.wordpress.com
This one is actually entitled Library Science and the World Around Us, and was my
favourite. Check out the article from July 13; I am one of those who spent time looking
for the 'any key', so this really hit home.
scanblog.blogspot.com/
"A blog from four OCLC Online Computer Library Center staff about all things present
and future that impact libraries and library users"; whoo. Our heroes. We will all be more
familiar with OCLC as time goes on, I imagine.
Karen
Karen, this is definitely the place to leave comments and to post about things you find.
You are in the right place.
Richard
I found two archives (of course!) blogs that I thought were particularly interesting, probably because they focus quite a bit on photography and digital preservation.
The first is:
practicalarchivist.blogspot.com/
Though I get the feeling in reading that the author is not actually an archivist, she has a lot of information on photo handling and preservation. She describes her blog as: "Archiving tips and geeky tidbits for genealogists, keepers of the family photo album, and anyone who loves a beautiful anachronism. Written by an archivist never met an antique photograph (or a Czech beer) she didn't like." She has a sense of humour, which makes the page even better!
The second one is called The Ten Thousand Year Blog, at www.davidmattison.ca/wordpress/.
David Mattison is an archivist-historian, and focuses on 'digital culture preservation issues'. This page certainly has a more professional feel than the first one. I think this one is my favourite, for the mere fact that it has so much more variety in the information it presents, (anything from links to relevant articles, to technological developments, to information on specific collections, and more.
Thanks for reading!
Karen,
Thank you for those links. I had a look at the John Fudrow blog; I noticed that under 'Topics', the following terms had the highest number of posts: 'innovation', 'library science' and 'technology'... how appropriate! An indication of the industry.
Hi
I found the site that could be useful:
Blogging Libraries Wiki; it "collects links to library blogs" and those are neatly categorized. URL is long, it's easier to google it.
www.pelhamlibrary.blogspot.com
t's an interesting blog - "a discussion on censorship through Pelham Public Lib"(Ontario). It provides lists of banned books and links on intellectual freedom and censorship.
Marta
Hi all!
I found a fairly interesting library blog if you're interested in how a small school library is set up.
Its called: Issues and Challenges of a Small School Library .
http://asmalllibrary.blogspot.com/
Basically, this blog has good information on "how it is" to set up and run a small school library.It documents "the issues, challenges and problems that present themselves in setting up and managing a small school library", and gives much of the information about what is going on in the library in great detail. It definitely gave me a good insight on a job I thought would be a lot easier!
Another fairly good blogger site I found was:
http://lisnews.com/
This site offers rich, in-depth new on the current events and news in the Library and Information Science world. I found some particulary interesting areas on there, such as an article on Librarians and gender, and articles on some new books as well.
I checked out the thinkinglibrary.blogspot.com/ site posted by Karen, and found the blog on the site LibraryThing.com very interesting. I went to LibraryThing: its a pretty cool site which I recommend checking out. I know I'll go back there again;)
Hi everybody! I'm still trying to figure this all out...
I found an interesting blog at
otherlibrarian.wordpress.com/
This blog is written by Ryan Deschamps, e-learning service manager at Halifax Public Libraries. The description given for the blog is:
"A blog about trying to be the librarian that everyone wants to talk to."
I found this blog to be very readable. The latest entries discuss the challenges librarians are facing in the ever changing world of technology. The author highlights the fact that sometimes it is not librarians that are resistant to change, but libraries.
Dalys
Hi everyone, still trying to figure this whole thing out, I've unfortunately already lost my post once..sigh...
So the blog I checked out was The Other Librarian at:
otherlibrarian.wordpress.com/
It is written by Ryan Deschamps, the E-Learning Services Manager at the Halifax Public Library.
A very brief description of the blog is listed as:
"A blog about trying to be the librarian that everyone wants to talk to."
Lately, the author has explored the challenges that librarians face in regards to technology. Specifically, the idea that 2.0 Librarians (my take on this being Librarians who are "in the know" in regards to the latest technology) are often having to work in 1.0 Libraries. (ie libraries that are resistant to change)
Interesting!!
Dalys
I also checked out the blog that Karen recommended:
thinkginglibrary.blogspot.com
I would definitely visit this blog again. I especially found it helpful that so many other related blogs were linked!
Dalys
Just wondering if Livejournal blogs can be counted? Or does it have to be blogspot?
An interesting one, full of book reviews, etc . . .
http://regency-cate.livejournal.com/
And:
http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6332156.html
Hopefully, I'm getting all this right. I should be. I'm using basic HTML . . . : P
I agree. The Ten Thousand Year blog seems more 'knowing'. Thanks for sharing that link. I'm very much interested in archival preservation, too.
*sigh* . . . not meaning to spam here, but Cordelia is Catherine . . .
Great posts everyone and I will post more comments later . Richard's instructions were to comment on some "useful" blogs and of course I want to comment about the not so useful ones.
However, I did find …
http://onlinesocialnetworks.blogspot.com/
The description is as follows,
" devoted to the use of online social networking sites for any and all types of library-related programs or services." There I discovered a search tool/resource called LibGuides. This resource combines social networks, wikis, bookmarks and blogs to help librarians share knowledge and promote library resources to the community
I really love K.G. Schneider’s blog also.
http://freerangelibrarian.com/
The author has sadly made her last post Sept 30 2007. She has a very fun irreverent writing style and posts great topics which I appreciate. I enjoyed the post about Wyoming Library's marketing campaign. I want to order some of those bumper stickers!
Hi, Elizabeth;
Thanks for reminding me about ELN, Electronic Library Network. They don lots of great stuff for the public library community, especially forming consortiums which enable even the smalller libraries to offer new products and services to their patrosn, keeping up with changes and so on. Am I right that they spearheaded AskAway, the new bc-wide chat ref service? And were instrumental in enabling (by huge purchases of e-books) every BC library to get on board if they wished?
karen
Sorry everyone, forgot to proof read my last one. Won't happen again!
karen
The blog I looked at was called "Inspyration"
http://inspyre.ca/inspyration/nfblog/?cat=9
This blog seemed very helpful in listing Canadian job postings for people in the library field. The focus of this blog is employment opportunities; however, there are several other topic categories such as, "conference announcements", "continuing education", "interesting links", and "publishing and presenting".
My only concern is that the most recent post is July 2007. I am wondering if this blogger has given up, because before July there were consistent monthly postings.
Best, Haidee
Cordelia... posted
Just wondering if Livejournal blogs can be counted? Or does it have to be blogspot?
Any blog system is fine, there is Wordpress, Livejournal and undoubtedly some other ones I have not heard of.
Richard
Hello!
It is late so my tastes are a bit bent. I liked the articles about "Librarians in Leather" and "Make Mine a Shiraz" on corviviallibrarian.blogspot.com Also the the libetiquette.blogspot.com had some insightful information. "A polite librarian is a good librarian" There was a bit about whistling in the library that made me laugh (wolf whistles/nose whistles) Wish I had more time to peruse all the interesting looking blogs out there
Dalene
Marta,
I scoped out the banned books blog as well. It looked well laid out and had lots of pictures. Interesting stuff.
Dalene
Just a couple of comments about your posts. Thanks Karen for the link to johnfudrow, I found the site useful for starting my blog search.
And Marta, I see you already posted Pelham Library's Fahrenheit 451 banned book blog.
http://www.pelhamlibrary.blogspot.com/
That is the BEST blog I have come across yet! Did you check out the list? Someone challenged Charlie & the Chocolate Factory! I wish I had done my evaluation on that blog.
thanks....
Susan
Susan
Hi,
My best find is
http://the shiftedlibrarian
run by Jenny Levine, an Internet Development specialist working for the ALA. Her enthusiasm is contagious (nice after some rather dry blogs). Some of her latest posts are about bringing gaming into the libraries. She specializes in the interconnectedness of technological gadgets. Her main theme is "how the change from pursuing information to receiving information is and will be affecting libraries."
I am so frustrated after loosing several of my posts. I was confident after getting my first post finally submitted. I wasn't expecting to loose my second attempt chasing the verification URL.
I'm posting this to check that now things are running smoothly.
Linda
My second really good blog find is
http://www.librarygarden.blogspot.com
Its intention is to ensure the health and relevance of libraries. It is run by a slate of 5 people posting about every week. It is a more relaxing presentation than the shifted librarian, yet full of info. It includes a long list of blogs that would be an excellent start to any one else trying to catch up on our assignments. Also, it has a feature that may be on alot of blogs, but I didn't notice it before. You can subscribe to it so that the newest posting comes automatically to you! Nice.
And finally, http://pimp-my-library.blogspot.com caught my eye. Its not as outrageous as it sounds. I may bring this one to the attention of my library Friends group as they are always brainstorming for ways to promote and support our local library.
Linda
I wanted to compare and contrast the quality and post frequency of the blog of a huge library in contrast with a small town public library. So I chose the blog of the Library of Congress with the library of one of my former hometowns, Dawson Creek. The Dawson Creek blog sadly has ceased to be updated, but I did get enough infor to compare the two sites.
http://www.loc.gov/blog/
http://yourlibrary.blogspot.com/
Aside from the obvious production value and budget comparisons, it struck me as amazing that with perhaps one dedicated staff emember or volunteer taking 40 minutes of their day to input some images and data, there is little difference in what the LoC and the Dawson Creek Regional Library's blog can potentially produce.
Looking at all these library blogs however just makes me miss the VPL that much more.
*sigh*
I tried out almost all the blogs and after being joyfully diverted and disappointedly thwarted, found Karen's blog suggestion of thinking library to be the most relevant to me. The postings are well written and more of a philosophical nature so that anyone could follow the content.
And now back to cooking the turkey!
Linda
Hi everybody
The blog that I found interesting is http://futureofthebook.com/ As the website name suggests it is about the future of the book. Mainly whether it will stay in its current form or if it will move towards digital formats. I find this debate rather intersting. I think the quality of it is quite good. It is maybe a little too intellectual, but it covers a lot of aspects of the issue and the future of the book is defaintly going to be relevant to our careers so I found it to be an interesting and relevant blog.
Ok so I am posting in reply to some one ele's blog they picked.. hopefull I am doing it in the right place? I looked at Elizabeth's at http://www.collectionscanada.ca/whats-new/index-e.html. I think you are right that the blog for the Library Archives of Canada is a good place to check out. We have had to do assigment on that site so I know its giong to be relevant, but I didn't relize it had a blog. Thanks. and yes It woudl be great to work there!
Hi all! I'm choosing to post the link for my very favorite Library Blog-- the official blog of the American Library of Congress. --> http://www.loc.gov/blog/
Why do I love it? Because Matt Raymond and co. update at least once a week with new posts on... well, on anything. From musical theatre ( many times!) to last weeks post on Hamm radio-- they really will write about anything pertaining to things in their library and they always cite a ton of sources and external links, which keep me well occupied when the topic-du-jour interests me. And it's sub categorized for incredibly easy down-narrowing of topical posts.
Since the blog is hosted by the LoC website, at the top you can explore some of their main links (like the digital collections or the Ask A Librarian) and on the left-hand navigation bar there are a ton of links to other libraries' sites. LibraryJournal.com in particular is amazing; I just discovered it today.
The following link might be of interest if you are Facebookers!
http://blogs.library.ualberta.ca/libnews/?p=582
The weblog I chose was SciTech Library Question at: http://stlq.info/ this blog contains postings of interest to science technician librarians. Randy Reichardt, a Research Services Librarian from the University of Alberta, and the RSL at the National Institute for Nanotechnology is the main contributor to this weblog.
Two articles of interest is:
Blogging and RSS: Applications and Technology-Examples from an Academic Library-a PowerPoint presentation from the CLA in 2005, website: http://www.ualberta.ca/~science3/clablog.ppt
and Weblogs: Their use and Application in Science and Technology Libraries-Science and Technology Libraries, 25 (3), 2005, p.105-116. website:
http://stlq.info/blogstl.pdf.
Kara Morgan
This is a response to Daly's weblog choice: otherlibrarian.wordpress.com/
I wasn't crazy about the layout-it was too cluttered for my taste, but there are a few useful articles that I spotted in this weblog. Kara Morgan
I meant to thank you earlier, Elizabeth, for sharing the Library & Archives Canada blog. I only wish that they posted more regularly!
Hi Sheena here;
I found a couple of blogs that I liked.
Confessions of a Science Librarian
http://jdupuis.blogspot.com
and because it raises interesting questions and has library technician blog listing
The Industrial Librarian
http://davehook.blogspot.com
OK, better late than never.
http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/
The blog of a librarian focused on technology for practical application, and sometimes for fun. I find the writing style very accessible.
http://censoredbooks.blogspot.com/
Anti-censorship is something I feel strongly about, so this is of a lot of interest to me. More general, but still a very thought provoking read.
- Maxine
I am also pretty interested in theshiftedlibrarian.com. I like the fact that Jenny Levine was unable to input her own resume into a word processor when she first started as a librarian, and that her passion for information has turned her into something of a technical expert.
However - I wish the site was prettier. The yellow background is giving me a headache and disappointingly I was unable to get to the page that explained "why you should fall to your knees and worship a librarian". (it redirected me, but never reached a destination. Sigh.)
Now I will try to find another blog that is brand new. I have been playing on the computer for over two hours now, and it's felt like about ten minues.
Cybèle
Hi Sheena
I liked the blog "Confessions of a science librarian". Like you said, many interesting links. Although, the author is the head of Science & Engineering Library, he uses "readable" language, perfect for a lay personn. Interesting interview with the so called Technology Architect, Richard Akerman. And it is a Canadian blog.
just checking to see if this works,
haidee
I forgot my password (I know!) so I am trying this out again.
Well this is what can happen when you say "...I'll do that activity later..." and then you completely forget about it until you see a comment in the bulletin board triggering the thought "hmmmm, that sounds familiar".
So here is my late blog submission. There are so many interesting ones already posted and here is another one that caught my attention:
http://itnews.johntelford.com/
Digging for Truth
Described as:
Digging for truth in Information Technology news is like panning for gold. Every day, tons of fools gold are found. Buried in the mountains of rubble are a few real nuggets of truth, making the effort worthy.
I appreciated his short posts but delivered with casual and often humorous prose/reflection.
Nada
Hi,
I'm checking out my ability to post.
Linda
Hi, I'm wondering how the name showed. Trying.
Diann
Trying.
Diann
My library blog of choice is:
www.librarian.net
It's Jessamyn West's site... she's a librarian from the US who is one of the more vocal librarian bloggers promoting the "library 2.0" concept. I like to read it because it makes me feel like I know a little more about cutting edge library field changes instead of my reality (learning the very basics!!).
Best,
Nicole.
Oh and I took a look at Dalys' recommendation of "the other librarian". I liked it: it's nicely designed, casually but intelligently written, and it doesn't make me feel like I'm doing homework though truth be told I'm still learning while I read it!
Thanks!
Best,
Nicole.
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