Blogs

[Bonnie Dixon]

I think one of the best things about web/library 2.0 is the rise of blogs. I use blogs to develop my understanding of issues that interest me and to alert me to new ideas and discussions that are happening. I like to be able to read and contribute to the discussion of ideas and problems that blogs allow.

I read all the blogs i follow as RSS feeds, which allows me to easily follow whatever topic is of interest in a number of blogs. There are lots of great library related blogs, that deal with virtually everything in the library world. The library blog community is often referred to as the biblioblogosphere.

I use blogs to understand mor about library issues as well as technology, marketing, books and a number of other topics.

Some library blogs I recommend are (in no particular order):

Confessions of a Science Librarian http://jdupuis.blogspot.com/
davidrothman.net - Exploring Medical Librarianship and Web Geekery http://davidrothman.net/
Head Tale - Yet another Librarian's Blog http://blog.jason.hammond.net/blog
Information Wants to be Free http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/index.php
Learning 2.1 http://explorediscoverplay.blogspot.com/
Librarian In Black http://librarianinblack.typepad.com/librarianinblack/
Library 2.0 - An Academics Perspective http://liblogs.albany.edu/library20/
Pegasus Librarian http://pegasuslibrarian.blogspot.com/
librariesinteract.info http://librariesinteract.info/
Library Bytes http://www.librarybytes.com/
Stephen's Lighthouse http://stephenslighthouse.sirsidynix.com/
The Shifted Librarian http://www.theshiftedlibrarian.com/
Librarian.net http://www.librarian.net/