Library and Information Science Weblogs
Below are some useful links about Weblogs on Library and Information Science:
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- Computers: Internet: On the Web: Weblogs (749)
- Reference: Libraries: Library and Information Science: Journals (69)
- Science: News and Media: Weblogs (98)
 | AbsTracked - Links weblog covering the topics of law, libraries, reference and fun. |
| Adventures of an InfoMage in Training - Library news from the Pacific Northwest and tidbits about Darci Chapman's adventures in grad school. |
| Aggy - Aggregator weblog for the Indiana University School of Library and Information Science. |
| Andersja's Blog - Knowledge management and information architecture topics covered by Anders Jacobsen. |
 | Annoyed Librarian - An annoyed librarian rants about the state of librarianship. |
| Archivalia (English) - Weblog dedicated to archiving. Also available in Dutch and German. |
| ASC Online - News for information science education and mentoring for library school graduates. |
 | Ask Nettie Day: Alter Ego of a Student Librarian - Nettie Day (aka student xine) speaks her mind on library school, the reference desk, fiction and extra-curricular activities. |
 | AskALibrarian - Transcribed librarian-patron interactions. |
 | Bad Girl Librarian - An action figure you can have sexual fantasies about. Includes musings on library related issues. |
| Bentley's Journal - Comments and links from Betsy Vera. |
| Better Living through Software - Joshua Allen's weblog, covering issues such as the semantic web and Internet programming. |
 | Biblioblog - Chronicle of a freshly-minted MLS learning the ropes at a tiny West Texas college library. |
| Bibliotheke - Watching libraries evolve: comments on technology, copyright, privacy and information science. |
| BlissPix - Analysis of mass media and discussion of alternative media for librarians in all sectors. |
| Blog of a Bookslut - Bookslut's editor-in-chief, Jessa Crispin, provides links and commentary for those who love to read. |
 | BlogBib - Susan Herzog, university librarian, provides a scholarly introduction to weblogs and assembles an annotated bibliography of articles, essays, books, presentations and studies about them. |
| blogwithoutalibrary.net - A continually updated look at what libraries are doing with blogs. |
| Bloug - News from Lou Rosenfeld, pioneer of information architecture. |
| BookBitchBlog - Breaking book news from the BookBitch. |
| BookLab II - News and links focused on books, bookbinding, and the future of reading technology. |
| Books Do Furnish A Room - Perspectives from a used book store owner in Durham, North Carolina. |
 | 'Brary Blog - Book news from Stephanie Davidson, law librarian. |
 | Canuck Librarian - Links and moments from the life of Jennifer, a young information specialist. |
 | Catalogablog - Library cataloging issues and related topics. |
 | Catalogue Blog - A miscellany of links, library news and observations, such as interesting names, unusual titles and quotations. Accompanied by some original articles on books and reading. |
| Caveat Lector - Reader Beware - Librarian has lots to say. |
| Cedar Librarian - Saving the world daily through information. |
 | Christina's Library Rant - Christina Pikas, a sci/tech librarian, discusses topics of interest to the library world. |
| Conan the Librarian's Journal - Stories of unintelligent people in the public library. |
| Confessions of a Mad Librarian - Weblog addressing LIS issues by a soon-to-graduate LIS student. |
 | Confessions of a Science Librarian - York University's John Dupuis provides links and information of interest to academic science librarians. |
 | Country Librarian - News and notes about libraries in rural areas. |
| The Days & Nights of the Lipstick Librarian! - Diary of a librarian fashionista. |
| Digital Dog - RAHarris' journal of library school, digital libraries, and related issues. |
| The Digital Librarian - Commentary about digital services to bring people to digital libraries. |
| Dispatches from a Public Librarian - Periodic tales set in a public library. |
| The Distant Librarian - Comments on the world of distance librarianship. |
| diy librarian - Tara Murray brings do-it-yourself and librarianship together. |
| Eclectic Librarian - Links, commentary, and other musings by a serials cataloger. |
| eGovernment Weblog - Grad student covers issues related to online government information transfer. |
| EngLib - News, technology, services and resources of interest to engineering librarians, from Catherine Lavallée-Welch at the University of Louisville. |
| Explodedlibrary.info - Morgan Wilson, academic law librarian, covers information overload, disintermediation, preserving analog information rights and search techniques. |
| Explodedlibrary.info - A cross of libraries, culture, law, politics and the internet. |
| faster than light - Journal of a subversive librarian in training. |
 | Foxy Librarians - A foxy public librarian blogs about life in a large urban city by the bay. |
| Free Range Librarian - Karen Schneider's meditations about librarianship and any other issue that interests her. |
| Free Range Librarian - Daily meditations on librarianship, by K. G. Schneider. |
 | Freedom of Information Act Blog - News, views and updates on the UK Freedom of Information Act and FOI overseas from Steve Wood, Lecturer in Information Management at Liverpool John Moores University. |
| Future of the Book News - Book format news from Gary Frost. |
| Gnomic Utterances: Ramblings on Librarianship, Technology, and Academia - Deborah's meanderings on librarianship, especially as pertains to children's literature, academic libraries, new technology, and blogging. |
 | Heretical Librarian - Moderate conservative writes about politics, librarianship, and other topics of interest. |
| 30 Hours - UC-Berkeley librarian Lynn Jones talks about libraries, research, pedagogy, historical resources, kids, web art and funny/creative uses of the web. |
 | The In Season Christian Librarian - Providing information about resources and news by and for Christian Librarians, primarily those in Christian academic institutions. |
 | Info Ediface - Explores the world of information architecture, library science and technology. |
| Infomancy - A weblog about information, libraries, and technology by a school library system director from New York State. |
 | Information Literacy Librarian - An exploration of Information Literacy Instruction theory and practices. |
| infosophy: socio-technological rendering of information - Mentor Cana offers analysis of the relationship between information technology and human social structures. |
| Inspyration - Heather Matheson compiles news and commentary on topics related to Canadian academic librarians. |
 | The Invisible Web Weblog - Yazdan Mansourian discusses everything about the Invisible Web and Information Invisibility on the Web. |
| J's Scratchpad - Thoughts on journalism, librarianship and blogging from a news librarian at a prestigious American university. |
 | Kegliography - Central Ohio Reference Librarian Jay Kegley shares his web findings. |
| The Kept-Up Academic Librarian - Steven Bell helps academic librarians "keep up" with news and developments in higher education. |
| Kids Lit - Books and more for kids and teens from Wisconsin's Tasha Saecker. |
 | Krafty Librarian - Insights and essays from a medical librarian for a hospital in the USA. |
| The Laughing Librarian - Links, news and humor from Brian Smith. |
| Law Librarian Blog - Information and news for the law librarian. |
| Leah's Law Library Weblog - Legal news and commentary by Leah Sandwell-Weiss, reference librarian at the University of Arizona Law Library. |
 | Legal References. - A weblog covering law, librarianship, research, and technology. |
 | Libertarian Librarian - Melissa Zogby's political and research observations. |
 | Librarian on the Edge - Thoughts about library science, information science and the web revolution by an academic systems librarian. |
| Librarian Way - Connections for librarians - Web-based technology and research resources. |
| LibrarianActivist.org - Headlines covering the problems and solutions to political issues affecting libraries. |
| Librarianguish - Personal weblog which covers library issues and life at home. |
| LibrarianInBlack - News stories for technology-minded librarians. |
| Librarian.net - Links to pertinent alternative web sites of interest, presented by Jessamyn West. |
| Librarians Corner - A forum for media specialists and librarians in the school and public libraries featuring discussion, stories and information. |
 | The Library Ass - A weblog dedicated to the library assistant, the librarian's overworked apprentice. |
| The Library Despot - Devoted to the ramblings and disconjointed thoughts of a brand new academic librarian. |
| Library Dust - Michael McGrorty writes about library-related issues and news. |
| The Library Girl - Offers a collection of resources and information for readers of all ages, featuring in-depth book reviews, commentaries, book discussion, book recommendations, book lists and literary criticism. |
| Library Monk - Thoughts of Dan Greene on Library and Information Science, Information Technology, web design, life, religion and perhaps monks. |
 | Library School Blues - Journal of Sarah Mae, UCLA library school student. |
| Library Stuff - Daily library "stuff" dedicated to resources for keeping current and professional development, by Steven M. Cohen. |
| Library Technology Musings - Lori provides hopes, dreams, wild ideas and practical solutions for libraries. |
| Library Web Chic - Resource for librarians who are interested in the application of web design and technologies in libraries. |
 | Library Writer's Blog - Source to help librarians identify publishing and presentation opportunities in library and information science, as well as other related fields. |
| LibraryCog - Library systems and stuff from Art Rhyno, U. of Windsor Systems Librarian. |
| LibraryLaw Blog - Mary Minow writes about issues concerning libraries and the law - with latitude to discuss any other interesting issues. |
| Libraryman - Seattle's Michael Porter, librarian superhero, narrates the world "where libraries and Pez collide." |
| LibraryPlanet.com - News with a library focus. |
 | LibTalk Blog - "Inspiration for library communicators." Thoughts on public relations, communications, and marketing. |
 | Life in the Stacks - Satirical weblog about working in a library maintained by a disgruntled clerk. |
 | Life of Books - This is dedicated to discussing the future of libraries in the "digital age" and discussing printed books as a viable information technology. It is managed by Professor Richard Leiter of the University of Nebraska |
| Linux Librarian - Weblog of a systems librarian at a small public library in a large town in Massachusetts. |
| Literature, Libertines and Lenin's Wife - Article is subtitled, "Famous people and libraries" [PDF] |
 | Lost in the stacks - The adventures and misadventures of Jess Webb. |
 | Marjorie's Catalog - Chronicling the reference situations presented during an internship at NPR. |
 | The Medium is the Message - Library, technology, and information thoughts and trends (with respect to Marshall McLuhan). A weblog by Eric Schnell. |
 | MedLib - Medical library links. |
 | The Misadventures of Super_Librarian - The weblog of Wendy, a mild-mannered, Midwestern public librarian and fervent book junkie. |
| Neat New Stuff on the Net - Weekly reviews of new sites by Marylaine Block, a former librarian and self-described "Librarian Without Walls". Usually includes new issues-related resources. |
| NewPages Weblog - Alternative guide to new books, magazines, and music. |
 | NHS eLibraries - Ben Toth, Head of Knowledge Management at the National Health Service Information Authority, discusses digital libraries in the NHS. |
| nichole's auxiliary storage - Compact shelving for library-related posts and general news from one grad student in Madison, Wisconsin. |
| Notes from the Mystery Department - Thoughts on being a new librarian by Erica Olsen at Cornell University. |
 | Odd Things In Pitt's Libraries - One woman's unusual findings in the stacks at the University of Pittsburgh. |
 | One New Thing - Weblog of Lynette Reville, a new librarian in Australia, who is on a library-like quest to find One New Thing to learn every day. |
| Open Access News - News from the free online scholarship movement. |
| Open Stacks - Greg Schwartz promotes information access and literacy for all. |
 | Peter Scott's Library Blog - Weblog of a compiler of the first hypertext index of Internet resources-Hytelnet and librarian stuff. |
| Phil Bradley's Blog - Links and news for librarians and people interested in search engines, searching the net, design issues and general whitterings and rants. |
| The Playful Antiquarian - Explores children's literature, printing and paper history, rare books, and related topics. |
 | Rambling Librarian - Incidental Thoughts - Weblog of librarian Ivan Chew who works in Singapore. |
 | Real Public Librarian - Public librarian from a small coastal community in Australia shares thoughts and ideas about public libraries. |
 | Ref Grunt - Highlights and lowlights of days working at the Reference Desk, split into morning and afternoon sections. Archives available. |
| ResearchBuzz - News and information about search engines, databases, and various info-piles, provided by Tara Calishain. |
| The ResourceShelf - Frequent news, search tips, and new resources for information professionals. By Gary Price. |
| The Rogue Librarian - NYPL's Carrie Bickner provides news items and library stories. |
| Schooliblit - News links and musings about school library media centers, information literacy, reading, and technology in education. |
| The SciTech Library Question (STLQ) - Randy Reichardt at the University of Alberta posts items of interest to engineering and scitech librarians. |
 | Serials Scene - Issues and technology related to the acquisition and cataloging of print and digital serial publications. |
| The Shifted Librarian - Library weblog intent on "making librarians more portable" from Jenny Levine |
| SHUSH - Massachusetts author writes for the conservative librarian. |
| SiteLines - Rita Vine, professional librarian, helps web searchers stay up to date on key search tools and developments. |
 | SpinsterLibrarian.net - The author's experiences in library school, and the public and university libraries where she works. |
 | Stephen Gallant Review - A select survey of readings for librarians and information specialists. |
 | Tales from the "Liberry" - A small town West Virginia library employee's quest to remain sane while dealing with patrons who could often double as extras in a David Lynch film, not to mention dealing with life in general. |
| Tame The Web - Michael Stephens presents news on current technology uses in libraries. |
| TangognaT - Ambivalent librarian writes mostly about her work. |
| Teaching Librarian - Maintained by an information services librarian in an academic library who shares thoughts on how to make the most of educational opportunities with students. |
| TeleRead Blog - News and commentary from a digital libraries advocacy site. |
 | That Rabbit Girl - Web chronicle of Alice, a legal library assistant in Chicago. |
 | Threnody for the Public Domain - Tracking the current state of copyright and related issues. |
| Tinfoil + Raccoon - Rochelle the librarian writes a bit about herself and other topics of interest to her. |
| Tiny Little Librarian - Musings and stories from an inner-city children's librarian. |
| Tom Roper's Weblog - A weblog on librarianship, among other things, by a UK medical/veterinary librarian. |
| Tomeboy the Right Minded Liberrian - Looks at librarians and libraries from a conservative viewpoint. |
| Transforming Scholarly Communication - New electronic and printed resources about scholarly electronic publishing efforts on the Internet. |
| Travelin' Librarian - Journal of Colorado librarian, trainer and writer Michael Sauers. |
 | User Education Resources for Librarians - Topics and issues: user education, distance education support, e-learning support, librarianship, and information access. This weblog is maintained by Teresa Hartman, MLS. |
| VALIS - Weblog of a New Zealand librarian, with a focus on search, Web 2.0 and online information tools. |
 | Vancouver Law Librarian Blog - Points of interest to the West Coast law librarian. Highlighted sources on KM, web development, and law library management. |
| Wanderings of a Student Librarian - A student in library school, Joy Weese Moll, records wanderings on the web and through library literature. |
 | Webfeeds, Blogs & More - Teri Vogel provides news and commentary about tools for library and information professionals. |
 | The Well Dressed Librarian - Celebrity librarian-at-large offers advice and commentary on etiquette, fashion, and the proper behavior of librarians and their customers. |
 | Young Librarian - Chronicles of a recent MLIS graduate seeking employment. |
| Infotoday.com - Why and How to Use Blogs to Promote Your Library's Services - Defines weblog, gives examples of libraries publishing them, and gives guidelines and checklists for those contemplating doing the same. Offers a few links for further reading. (November, 2003) |
| The Aardvark Speaks - Commentary from Horst Prillinger, librarian at the Vienna University Library. [RSS] |
| Adventures of an InfoMage in Training - Library news from the Pacific Northwest and tidbits about Darci Chapman's adventures in grad school. [RSS] |
| Library Stuff - Daily library "stuff", brought to you by Steven M. Cohen. [RSS] |
 | The Medium is the Message - Library, technology, and information thoughts and trends (with respect to Marshall McLuhan). A weblog by Eric Schnell [Atom] |
 | SMOTU: Secret Masters of the Universe - A weblog containing the musings of a serials cataloguer on technology and management as well as serials cataloguing, metadata, and the future of the profession. [Atom] |
 | The Young Librarian - Chronicles of a recent MLIS graduate seeking employment. [Atom] |