BLOGGING LIBRARIANS

a discussion led by Marylaine Block at ConvergeSouth, October 19, 2007



General Librarian Blogging Resources

  • Library Weblogs http://www.libdex.com/weblogs.html

  • Top 25 Librarian Bloggers by the Numbers http://oedb.org/library/features/top-25-librarian-bloggers-by-the-numbers

  • Blogging Libraries Wiki
    http://www.blogwithoutalibrary.net/links/index.php?title=Welcome_to_the_Blogging_Libraries_Wiki

  • iLibrarian: 18 Different Kinds of Blog Posts http://oedb.org/blogs/ilibrarian/2007/18-different-kinds-of-blog-posts/

  • North Carolina Public Libraries on the Web http://statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us/library/publib.htm


    An Incomplete List of North Carolina Librarian Bloggers

    This page is designed to help North Carolina librarian bloggers and wouldbe bloggers find each other and learn from each other. These are the ones I've been able to find so far. Please let me know about any blogs I've left out, and I'll add them to this page.

    Blogging for your Users

  • Archdale Public Library: By the Park http://archdale.blogspot.com/
  • Asheboro Public Library Children's Room Blog: Kidz Korner <http://rcplkidzkorner.blogspot.com/>
  • Asheboro Public Library Reference Blog: In the Stacks http://randolphpubliclibrary.blogspot.com/
  • Asheboro Public Library Teen Blog: The Teen Corner http://rcplteencorner.blogspot.com/
  • Cashiers Community Library Blog http://cashierslibrary.blogspot.com/ - "Posting book reviews, web resources, upcoming library events, and new additions to the collection"
  • Cumberland County Public Library: Teens@CCPL&IC, http://ccplic4teens.wordpress.com/
  • Duke University Libraries: Library Hacks Blog <http://library.duke.edu/blogs/libraryhacks/
  • Duke University Libraries: Scholarly Communications @ Duke http://library.duke.edu/blogs/scholcomm/>
  • Duke University Libraries: Biddle Beat, http://library.duke.edu/blogs/music/;
  • Duke University Libraries: all their blogs <http://library.duke.edu/blogs/index.html> and RSS feeds <http://library.duke.edu/rss/index.html>
  • Durham County Library, What's Up @ Your Library http://dclteenspace.blogspot.com/
  • Fayetteville State University's Chesnutt Library Blog, http://chesnuttlibrary.blogspot.com/, "to promptly and efficiently provide timely news, inform of library events, books, databases and more for our students, staff and faculty"
  • Forsyth County Public Library: Teen Central, http://fcplteencentral.blogspot.com/
  • Greensboro Publis Library: Booklover's Blog: http://gpl.typepad.com/reading/
  • Greensboro Public Library: Cool Books for Teens: http://coolbooksforteens.blogspot.com/
  • Haywood County Public Library: Hot Reads, http://blog.haywoodlibrary.org/hotreads/ - not recently updated
  • Hickory Public Library Blogs, http://www.hickorygov.com/library/blogs.htm - several of them on a variety of topics, but only Teen Scene seems to be currently maintained
  • James Library Herald, http://jameslibraryherald.blogspot.com/
  • North Carolina State University Libraries Newsblogs, http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/news/newsblogs.html
  • Public Library of Charlotte Mecklenburg County: Gaming Zone Blog, http://thegamingzone.wordpress.com/
  • Public Library of Charlotte Mecklenburg County: Youth Tech, http://youthtech.wordpress.com/category/plcmc/
  • State Library of North Carolina's Information Center and Genealogy Services' Renovation and Resources Blog: INFOcenter http://statelibrarync.blogspot.com/
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Law Library: Carolina Blawg, http://llauncch.blogspot.com/
  • University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill: R.B. House Undergraduate Library Blog, http://www.lib.unc.edu/house/ul_blog.html
  • University of North Carolina Graduate Department of LIS Newsblog, http://dlisnewsblog.blogspot.com/ - "The latest news for the Department of Library and Information Studies at UNC Greensboro"
  • Wake Technical Community College: Wake Tech Library Blog, http://waketechlibraryblog.blogspot.com/
  • Wayne County Public Library Blog, http://wcplorg.blogspot.com/
  • Western Carolina University's Hunter Library: Business Librarian Blog, http://bizinfohunter.blogspot.com/


    Blogging for your Staff

  • Catawba County Library: Every Child Ready to Read Blog, http://yslibrary.blogspot.com/


    Blogging for Professional Development

  • Bibliochick, http://bibliochick.blogspot.com/
  • Helene Blowers' LibraryBytes, http://librarybytes.com/
  • infomusings, http://blog.infomuse.net/ - a doctoral student in library & information science at UNC Chapel Hill muses "on LIS, grad school, academia, and other random things"
  • The Leapin' Librarian http://leapinlibrarian.wordpress.com/ - by the IT Manager at Wake County Public Libraries
  • Unclassifiable Librarian http://unclassifiablelibrarian.blogspot.com/
  • Read Me, http://ll-readme.blogspot.com/
  • University of North Carolina-Greensboro librarians: Library Games, http://librarygames.blogspot.com/ - "Investigating the worlds of gaming and libraries since at least last week"


    Blogging for the Fun of It

  • The Caffeinated Librarian, http://caffeinatedlibrarian.blogspot.com/