You can find some good library blogs I like to the right in the Blogroll. Many of these are some of the bigger names in the field of libraries and technology. I learned about LiveMocha from the Library 2.1 blog, which is a continuation of 23Things, begun by Helene Blowers at PLCMC, but now open to posting by others. Her own blog is Library Bytes. Meredith Farkas, who wrote Social Software in Libraries, writes "Information Wants to Be Free." Stephen Abrams, of SirsiDynix, writes Stephen's Lighthouse. David Lee King is another important figure who blogs often, and his blog is just his name. Many of us know of Sarah Houghton-Jan, the LibrarianInBlack. I enjoy the sometimes-snarky tone of Annoyed Librarian and Librarian Avengers, as well as the independent-minded (and somewhat curmudgeonly?) perspective of Walt Crawford (Walt At Large). Other leading figures who have blogs are Jessamyn West (librarian.net -- putting the rarin in librarian since 1999), who provides a thoughtful, progressive blog which is also one of the oldest continuous library blogs, and Karen Schneider, founder of Librarians Index to the Internet (LII). Karen Schneider's blog is called Free Range Librarian.
I like that there is a blog about circulation issues, Circ and Serve, that is a multi-author blog on which I have already commented (I don't know what it would take to become an author). The Common Craft blog has a good deal of podcast and vidcast and embedded YouTube content, which you might expect from the people (it seems to be mostly Lee LeFever) who make the Common Craft videos (RSS in Plain English, Wikis in Plain English, Zombies in Plain English, etc.). Many of these blogs touch on other topics and areas of interest; for instance, Karen Schneider's blog is about writing as well as librarianship and technology, and features some of her own creative nonfiction writing and links to more of the same. Joel Rane, author of Scream at the Librarian, has a blog called The California Libre Screed which is a personal blog that is all over the place, but includes a bit about librarianship and libraries since he is a public librarian.
Obviously there is a huge number and variety and breadth of library blogs out there; I like these, and would like to hear about a few other good ones, though not too many -- please -- it can be difficult to keep up with it all!
Thursday, January 10, 2008
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