Believe it or not, 2007 is coming to an end! I’ve just started putting together our list “must read” library blogs for 2008. Like our 10 Blogs To Read in 2006 & 2007, I want the list to reflect a wide a range of opinions.
What blogs do you read every day? What blogs help you learn? What blogs keep you informed? What blogs make you laugh? Who’s the best writer out there? Think of it this way: “I read many others, but these are the LIS blogs that read even when time is short.”
Your list need not be complete, fair, or even have more than one blog listed. I’m looking for input from everyone so the final list is full of new faces. My goal again this year, 10 blogs that paint picture of what’s going on in our little world.
Send me your ideas, or leave a comment below.
Note: We all know LISNews is obviously the single most important web site in the entire history of the internet, so therefore I won’t be including it on any final list.
Second Note: Anyone who made it to 10 Blogs To Read in 2006 & 2007 won’t be included this year.
Third note: As John points out, I forgot to link to the past years lists: 10 Blogs To Read In 2007 and 10 Blogs To Read in 2006.
Some of my favorite library blogs
Gather No Dust: http://gathernodust.blogspot.com/
OPL Plus: http://opls.blogspot.com/
Shelf Check: http://shelfcheck.blogspot.com/
Tales from the Liberry: http://liberry.blogspot.com/
And if I may, my own blog: http://charlierb3.blogspot.com
What was on the 2006 & 2007 lists?
Can you link to them so we know what not to bother mentioning?
blogs to read
Librarian in black
Miss Information
Judge a book
My favorite blogs
There are so many! Thank goodness for Google Reader.
A Librarian’s Guide to Etiquette
Annoyed Librarian
Confessions of a Real Librarian
Miss Information
The.Effing.Librarian
Favorite Blogs
library stuff
http://librarystuff.net
Very up to date with library and library related news.
what I learned today
http://web2learning.net/
General good take on library issues
uncontrolled vocabulary
http://uncontrolledvocabulary.blogspot.com/
Good discussion of current library events
The Talking Books Librarian Blog!
How about the Talking Books Librarian Blog at http://talkingbookslibrarian.blogspot.com/? It is a blog about Talking Books and other great resources for blind or visually impaired persons… Find out what’s happening in the world of libraries and Talking Books! The blog also includes information and resources of importance to older adults, as well as those with disabilities.
It points to important resources that ALL librarians should be aware of!
http://talkingbookslibrarian.
http://talkingbookslibrarian.blogspot.com/
My favorite blogs!
Librarians Guide to Etiquette
Miss Information
Pop Culture Librarian
Tales from the Liberry
Mine
LISNews.com (although not a blog)
Below in random order:
Annoyed Librarian
A Librarian at the Kitchen Table
Shush- The Notebook
Collecting My Thoughts
Tinfoil Raccoon
Walt at Random
Iranian Librarian Bloggers
Uncaged Librarian
Alaskan Librarian
Gorgeous red-headed anti-stereotypical librarian
I am sure there are more I visit frequently but I can’t think of them just now. These are some of those I check reqularly, most of whom with which I don’t completely agree. Although I do agree with something each of them has to say. I like to see what others have to say, especially those who don’t share my views. I really don’t like yes men.
All Time Favorite Library Blog
Information Wants to Be Free by Meredith Farkas. Always thought provoking.
See http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/index.php
Ditto
Ditto on:
OPL Plus: http://opls.blogspot.com/ – it’s just awesome
Sites & Soundbytes
I almost forgot my other favorite is: http://sites.menashalibrary.org/
Nomination
infodoodads — a superb new kid in the blogosphere.
My Favorite Blogs
BeanWorks
Blog on the Side
iLibrarian
Infodoodads
LibraryTechtonics
OPL Plus
Uncontrolled Vocabulary
And my own blog:
Senior Friendly Libraries – Resources and Discussion of Library Services for Older Adults
how could we have missed this one?
My nomination is Stephen’s Lighthouse, the wonderful blog by Stephen Abram. He is one of the best bloggers on the future of our profession and how we are going to adapt to the next generation of students, users, and librarians.
(In the interest of full disclosure, I was an Abram fan even before I compiled a book of his writings.)
The two on my links toolbar
The two blogs on my links toolbar (i.e. always there, and I read them regularly) are:
Law Librarian Blog – http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/law_librarian_blog/
Library Law Blog – http://blog.librarylaw.com/
Great LIS related Blogs
Enquiring Minds Want to Know
Connie Crosby
Binary Law
Paige Turner
Lo-Fi Librarian
The Running Librarian
Vancouver Law Librarian
Phil Bradley
http://www.judgeabook.blogspot.com
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http://www.judgeabook.blogspot.com
http://www.yourneighborhoodlibrarian.blogspot.com
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