I really like the free and easy style of writing on this blog, lots of techie stuff and how work is these days
http://vancouverlawlib.blogspot.com/
Steve Matthews has quite the reputation for being a bleeding edge techie/librarian, I have has a few really informative email exchanges with him, very good blog for the tech minded student.
I've been on to this site for awhile now-it blends a healthy sense of humour with current news items regarding freedom of speech and accessibility issues, related links and media features,event and conference announcements and witty commentary on library and social activism-related themes.There are also valuable links to progressive library journals and resources for library activism.
blog.winnipeg.ca/loomware
This site is a treasure chest of information on library technology and how it relates to computers, academic libraries, popular resources such as blogs and Google and current issues in the world of digital archiving. There is plenty of information and the author writes thoroughly and often.
I found this blog by chance, and it is very good. It is funny, entertaining and very informative. It has lots of links to useful websites. It is more concentrated on technological aspect of librarianship. There is lots of info about digital collections and government documents. It is written by Starr Hoffman.
This is a fascinating blog about subject cataloguing in museums and the use of folksonomies, a potential tool for providing improved searching and retrieval of museum objects.
The blog is from staff at RLG, part of the OCLC Program and Research division which is a partnership of libraries, archives and museums where they can talk about the intersections they see between the three different types of institutions. So authority as well as quality of opinion comes from experienced people in the field of technical services.
Folksonomies are becoming the new everyperson’s thesauri. There are many social sites being created where people create their own 'subject headings', tags, metadata, etc., rather than use a formal thesaurus. Examples include del.icio.us and Flickr.
The scope of the discussion i.e. the debate of the pros and cons of folksonomies is very timely. As Lib. Tech. students studying subject headings we will be affected by the opinion of bloggers such as this one.
Many people in the library world wonder if it is worth all the trouble to spend a lot of time assigning formal subject headings, when most people start with a keyword search.
I just finished looking at the blog recommended by Raphael and Dean "Fahrenheit 451: Banned Books" from Pelham Public Library. I hate to admit this, but I wasn't aware of the banned book week that took place. After looking at this blog, I'm still trying to figure out what's wrong with Where's Waldo?
Hello, The blog http:..vancouverlwolib.blogspot.com./ is very interesting, with lots of useful links. I also like http://www.paradigmlibrary.blogspot.com/, and the article “Youth in libraries - are you really ready to welcome them in?”.
My blog is: //librarian.lishost.org/ - there are lots of interesting links there.
But truthfully, I don’t like blogs very much – although they are great for news and entertainment, I think they consume too much time with not that many results when you want to find something specific. Halina
I've read the blog links mentioned by Stephen and Brenda. I found them interesting. I uaually go to Chinese Blogs which are mainly related to cooking. :) Just like Brenda, I found the article on HDTV really interesting because I had one at home. Before buying it, I didn't do that much research like the writer. That's no wonder she is a librarian and I am a student who learns to be a library technician. For sure, I will check these blogs regularly, not only to find information on library but also on something out of library.
The blog I found was from a librarian, Lynn Copeland at SFU in the research library. I have to admit I first picked it because of the name "distracted truffle pig" made me laugh. She writes about issues that affect her library and plans they have for staying current. Her writing is very business like and seems aimed strictly for others in the her specific field. Sarah rees http://blogs.lib.sfu.ca/index.php/copeland
I really liked the blog geeky artist librarian. Nice to see someone who is artsy and technical. I'm hoping to meld several interests together as well in the library field. I accidentally posted the last entry as anonymous, sorry about that... Sarah Rees
An interesting blog that I came across was found on:
http://www.paradigmlibrary.blogspot.com/
The blog has been created by a librarian Deb in Queensland, Australia. The site was well laid out with direct links to current postings and fairly up-to-date as the last posting was on Oct.1, 2006. The Archives links were found very useful too in going back to past postings. An important topic covered was how to welcome the youth in libraries. Some suggestions made were to have funky furniture, electronic resources, the Internet and perhaps some music listening posts. Most important would be the attitude of the librarians towards the so called "troubled teens" and how to encourage them to use the library instead of sending them away.
There seems to be a wealth of information available on the blogs on various topics, but I do agree with Halina that it is most time consuming. The blog chosen by Marianne shows Library tutorial videos on how to use a Library. This seemed like an interesting concept and would be most suitable for school libraries.
I went via Peter Scott’s link to Google and used the term “Library blogs” and got to:
http://www.libdex.com/weblogs.htmlhttp://www.libdex.com/weblogs.html . This is a blog covering a wide range of countries and various information activities there. Ifound a link to a blog of two Australian librarians working in Sarawak I am interested in librarians working in rural areas of developing countries). The link led me to: http://frontierlibrarian.blogspot.com/ but I only found a rather strange article on these two actually going to Russia in June 2006 and the remainder of the blog was 2005 entries about them back home and the little events of the day. Not really what I was expecting or hoping for. I will keep looking. .
I then went to another listing in Google and found Finding Library Weblogs http://library2.usask.ca/~fichter/weblog/library_weblogs.html set up by Darlene Fichter, Data Library Co-ordinator, University of Saskatchewan
It has various lists of libraries that have blogs, library associations that have blogs, a list of various conferences and workshops that deal with library websites, blogs and wikis etc.
This blog looked like a good resource for keeping up to date with various computer and library related issues and ideas.
On the main page we realise this is somewhat of a personal site but you can get past that as she has a navigation list on the left. There is a General Category at the bottom of the list. If you click there you get another even more personal page which is a bit strange as I wanted to know a bit more about the scope of her blog. To me, a newby to blogs I would prefer she stuck to personal or library issues but not both on the same blog.
I really enjoyed this blog, since it was science related and funny, too. It's not particularly focused. You'll find articles on the use of computers, library culture, education, the latest science news, and book reviews. There was a link to Improbable Research's Ig Noble Awards worth checking out at
This blog focuses on computer information related to the library field. It may be confusing to people (me) who's not too knowledgeable about programs and systems. Eventually, though, it could be helpful. He also talks about more personal stuff like his travels, which you might enjoy.
Noreen's blog was educational. I've pretty much never heard of folksonomies before, but it's obvious why this is a hot topic. Cataloging a big museum's collections would be a huge task, and trying to access it can be a problem. Folksonomies might be an economical solution, though I like the reliability of a tradition catalogue. Recently I read about a project in Britain that's similar. I can't quite remember what it was, but people come up with their own catalogue entries and submit it to the organization. It has something to do with union cataloging.
Posted by Gigs – Flow : information for Okavango Delta planning .http://flowhoorc.blogspot.com/
I found this blog through Peter Scott’s Libdex. It is ” a service of the Harry Oppenheimer Okavango Research Centre (HOORC) Library to stakeholders in the planning process for management of the Okavango Delta in Botswana. HOORC is a research centre of the University of Botswana”.
I was attracted to it because I used to live on the edge of the Okavango Delta in a town called Maun (pronounced Ma –oon or Ma-oun kind of slurred together). The Delta is probably my favourite place in the world (next to Vancouver) and is worth every penny to visit. Just sitting by a waterhole and watching the antics of the wild animals is something I can do for hours.
The HOORC is a well –respected research centre and the blog is a good one as it brings in all the research activities that are happening in the Delta, the latest wildlife films, and the progress of government policy in protecting the Okavango Delta. The conservation of the Delta is a hot political topic as it is a source of wonderful fresh clean water for a whole region that is mainly desert. I also like the basic layout and colours used on the blog
Posted by Gigs – Flow : information for Okavango Delta planning http://flowhoorc.blogspot.com/
I found this blog through Peter Scott’s Libdex. It is ” a service of the Harry Oppenheimer Okavango Research Centre (HOORC) Library to stakeholders in the planning process for management of the Okavango Delta in Botswana. HOORC is a research centre of the University of Botswana”.
I was attracted to it because I used to live on the edge of the Okavango Delta in a town called Maun (pronounced Ma –oon or Ma-oun kind of slurred together). The Delta is probably my favourite place in the world (next to Vancouver) and is worth every penny to visit. Just sitting by a waterhole and watching the antics of the wild animals is something I can do for hours.
The HOORC is a well –respected research centre and the blog is a good one as it brings in all the research activities that are happening in the Delta, the latest wildlife films, and the progress of government policy in protecting the Okavango Delta. The conservation of the Delta is a hot political topic as it is a source of wonderful fresh clean water for a whole region that is mainly desert. I also like the basic layout and colours used on the blog
The blog that I chose is about "parenthood, children, reading, libraries, librarianship, and books. Contains random thoughts and observations, personal happenings as well as library matters."
I liked this blog because it had a very family orientated aspect on libraries and family. I escpecially liked the stories on reading to your children. I guess I was drawn to this blog because I am a expectant mother, so family is a very exciting and important subject for me right now.
How is the studying going everyone? The problem with blogs is that most of them have enough interesting content to sidetrack me from what I am supposed to be doing - a final review of course material.
Well its that time when we are all cramming for the final, it is always a challenge to practice just the right stuff for a practical exam, while at the same time have done the reading so you can answer the essay questions,,,don't you just love college, lol
23 Comments:
this is where you want the blog commentary, right Richard??
Stephen
http://freerangelibrarian.com/
I really like the free and easy style of writing on this blog, lots of techie stuff and how work is these days
http://vancouverlawlib.blogspot.com/
Steve Matthews has quite the reputation for being a bleeding edge techie/librarian, I have has a few really informative email exchanges with him, very good blog for the tech minded student.
Stephen Read LIBR 1111 sec 88
www.librarianactivist.org/
I've been on to this site for awhile now-it blends a healthy sense of humour with current news items regarding freedom of speech and accessibility issues, related links and media features,event and conference announcements and witty commentary on library and social activism-related themes.There are also valuable links to progressive library journals and resources for library activism.
blog.winnipeg.ca/loomware
This site is a treasure chest of information on library technology and how it relates to computers, academic libraries, popular resources such as blogs and Google and current issues in the world of digital archiving. There is plenty of information and the author writes thoroughly and often.
This is the place, I am glad to see you underway. In 2411, we will get into wikis but blogs are still a very effective medium.
http://geekyartistlibrarian.blogspot.com/
I found this blog by chance, and it is very good. It is funny, entertaining and very informative. It has lots of links to useful websites. It is more concentrated on technological aspect of librarianship. There is lots of info about digital collections and government documents. It is written by Starr Hoffman.
http://hangingtogether.org/?p=68.
This is a fascinating blog about subject cataloguing in museums and the use of folksonomies, a potential tool for providing improved searching and retrieval of museum objects.
The blog is from staff at RLG, part of the OCLC Program and Research
division which is a partnership of libraries, archives and museums where they can talk about the intersections they see between the three different types of institutions. So authority as well as quality of opinion comes from experienced people in the field of technical services.
Folksonomies are becoming the new everyperson’s thesauri. There are many social sites being created where people create their own 'subject headings', tags, metadata, etc., rather than use a formal thesaurus.
Examples include del.icio.us and Flickr.
The scope of the discussion i.e. the debate of the pros and cons of folksonomies is very timely. As Lib. Tech. students studying subject headings we will be affected by the opinion of bloggers such as this one.
Many people in the library world wonder if it is worth all the trouble to spend a lot of time assigning formal subject headings, when most people start with a keyword search.
Noreen
Mary's paradigmlibrary blog was a great choice.
I really enjoyed reading about a "Real Public Librarian" and her spunky quest to promote literacy.
I just finished looking at the blog recommended by Raphael and Dean "Fahrenheit 451: Banned Books" from Pelham Public Library. I hate to admit this, but I wasn't aware of the banned book week that took place. After looking at this blog, I'm still trying to figure out what's wrong with Where's Waldo?
Hello,
The blog http:..vancouverlwolib.blogspot.com./ is very interesting, with lots of useful links. I also like http://www.paradigmlibrary.blogspot.com/, and the article “Youth in libraries - are you really ready to welcome them in?”.
My blog is:
//librarian.lishost.org/
- there are lots of interesting links there.
But truthfully, I don’t like blogs very much – although they are great for news and entertainment, I think they consume too much time with not that many results when you want to find something specific.
Halina
I've read the blog links mentioned by Stephen and Brenda. I found them interesting. I uaually go to Chinese Blogs which are mainly related to cooking. :)
Just like Brenda, I found the article on HDTV really interesting because I had one at home. Before buying it, I didn't do that much research like the writer. That's no wonder she is a librarian and I am a student who learns to be a library technician.
For sure, I will check these blogs regularly, not only to find information on library but also on something out of library.
The blog I found was from a librarian, Lynn Copeland at SFU in the research library. I have to admit I first picked it because of the name "distracted truffle pig" made me laugh. She writes about issues that affect her library and plans they have for staying current.
Her writing is very business like and seems aimed strictly for others in the her specific field.
Sarah rees
http://blogs.lib.sfu.ca/index.php/copeland
I really liked the blog geeky artist librarian. Nice to see someone who is artsy and technical.
I'm hoping to meld several interests together as well in the library field.
I accidentally posted the last entry as anonymous, sorry about that...
Sarah Rees
An interesting blog that I came across was found on:
http://www.paradigmlibrary.blogspot.com/
The blog has been created by a librarian Deb in Queensland, Australia. The site was well laid out with direct links to current postings and fairly up-to-date as the last posting was on Oct.1, 2006. The Archives links were found very useful too in going back to past postings. An important topic covered was how to welcome the youth in libraries. Some suggestions made were to have funky furniture, electronic resources, the Internet and perhaps some music listening posts. Most important would be the attitude of the librarians towards the so called "troubled teens" and how to encourage them to use the library instead of sending them away.
Kashmira
There seems to be a wealth of information available on the blogs on various topics, but I do agree with Halina that it is most time consuming. The blog chosen by Marianne shows Library tutorial videos on how to use a Library. This seemed like an interesting concept and would be most suitable for school libraries.
Kashmira
On October 5, 2006 – Blogs
I went via Peter Scott’s link to Google and used the term “Library blogs” and got to:
http://www.libdex.com/weblogs.htmlhttp://www.libdex.com/weblogs.html . This is a blog covering a wide range of countries and various information activities there. Ifound a link to a blog of two Australian librarians working in Sarawak I am interested in librarians working in rural areas of developing countries). The link led me to:
http://frontierlibrarian.blogspot.com/ but I only found a rather strange article on these two actually going to Russia in June 2006 and the remainder of the blog was 2005 entries about them back home and the little events of the day. Not really what I was expecting or hoping for. I will keep looking. .
I then went to another listing in Google and found Finding Library Weblogs http://library2.usask.ca/~fichter/weblog/library_weblogs.html set up by Darlene Fichter, Data Library Co-ordinator, University of Saskatchewan
It has various lists of libraries that have blogs, library associations that have blogs, a list of various conferences and workshops that deal with library websites, blogs and wikis etc.
This blog looked like a good resource for keeping up to date with various computer and library related issues and ideas.
On the main page we realise this is somewhat of a personal site but you can get past that as she has a navigation list on the left. There is a General Category at the bottom of the list. If you click there you get another even more personal page which is a bit strange as I wanted to know a bit more about the scope of her blog. To me, a newby to blogs I would prefer she stuck to personal or library issues but not both on the same blog.
Thanks
Gigs
http://jdupuis.blogspot.com/
I really enjoyed this blog, since it was science related and funny, too. It's not particularly focused. You'll find articles on the use of computers, library culture, education, the latest science news, and book reviews. There was a link to Improbable Research's Ig Noble Awards worth checking out at
http://improbable.com/ig/ig-pastwinners.html#ig2006
improbable.com seems to be a blog too, but it's not about the library world.
http://librarycog.uwindsor.ca:8082/artblog/librarycog/index_html
This blog focuses on computer information related to the library field. It may be confusing to people (me) who's not too knowledgeable about programs and systems. Eventually, though, it could be helpful. He also talks about more personal stuff like his travels, which you might enjoy.
Noreen's blog was educational. I've pretty much never heard of folksonomies before, but it's obvious why this is a hot topic. Cataloging a big museum's collections would be a huge task, and trying to access it can be a problem. Folksonomies might be an economical solution, though I like the reliability of a tradition catalogue. Recently I read about a project in Britain that's similar. I can't quite remember what it was, but people come up with their own catalogue entries and submit it to the organization. It has something to do with union cataloging.
Posted by Gigs –
Flow : information for Okavango Delta planning
.http://flowhoorc.blogspot.com/
I found this blog through Peter Scott’s Libdex. It is ” a service of the Harry Oppenheimer Okavango Research Centre (HOORC) Library to stakeholders in the planning process for management of the Okavango Delta in Botswana. HOORC is a research centre of the University of Botswana”.
I was attracted to it because I used to live on the edge of the Okavango Delta in a town called Maun (pronounced Ma –oon or Ma-oun kind of slurred together). The Delta is probably my favourite place in the world (next to Vancouver) and is worth every penny to visit. Just sitting by a waterhole and watching the antics of the wild animals is something I can do for hours.
The HOORC is a well –respected research centre and the blog is a good one as it brings in all the research activities that are happening in the Delta, the latest wildlife films, and the progress of government policy in protecting the Okavango Delta. The conservation of the Delta is a hot political topic as it is a source of wonderful fresh clean water for a whole region that is mainly desert. I also like the basic layout and colours used on the blog
Posted by Gigs –
Flow : information for Okavango Delta planning
http://flowhoorc.blogspot.com/
I found this blog through Peter Scott’s Libdex. It is ” a service of the Harry Oppenheimer Okavango Research Centre (HOORC) Library to stakeholders in the planning process for management of the Okavango Delta in Botswana. HOORC is a research centre of the University of Botswana”.
I was attracted to it because I used to live on the edge of the Okavango Delta in a town called Maun (pronounced Ma –oon or Ma-oun kind of slurred together). The Delta is probably my favourite place in the world (next to Vancouver) and is worth every penny to visit. Just sitting by a waterhole and watching the antics of the wild animals is something I can do for hours.
The HOORC is a well –respected research centre and the blog is a good one as it brings in all the research activities that are happening in the Delta, the latest wildlife films, and the progress of government policy in protecting the Okavango Delta. The conservation of the Delta is a hot political topic as it is a source of wonderful fresh clean water for a whole region that is mainly desert. I also like the basic layout and colours used on the blog
http://mermaidfiles.blogspot.com/
The blog that I chose is about "parenthood, children, reading, libraries, librarianship, and books. Contains random thoughts and observations, personal happenings as well as library matters."
I liked this blog because it had a very family orientated aspect on libraries and family. I escpecially liked the stories on reading to your children. I guess I was drawn to this blog because I am a expectant mother, so family is a very exciting and important subject for me right now.
How is the studying going everyone? The problem with blogs is that most of them have enough interesting content to sidetrack me from what I am supposed to be doing - a final review of course material.
Marianne
Well its that time when we are all cramming for the final, it is always a challenge to practice just the right stuff for a practical exam, while at the same time have done the reading so you can answer the essay questions,,,don't you just love college, lol
good luck everyone...
Stephen
Testing the blog.
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