Not that you haven't already noticed the link over on the right there, but I'm maintaining a bibliography of books/articles on blogging and the library world. Have a look.    link | |

Why and How to Use Blogs to Promote Your Library's Services, by Darlene Fichter on Information Today. A good, basic article on some of the things libraries can do with blogs, like promoting library events, supporting community, and building new ties [via stuff].    link | |

The first draft of my book chapter, the one that spawned this blog in the first place, is back from my editors. They liked it. If I sound surprised, it's because I am. This whole publication experience has been a curious one. First off, I had trouble breaking out of essay mode, I had to continually tell myself, no this is not a paper for a class, no it is not going to be graded, yes, it is much more important than that. It took a while to get into the habit of emailing my editors for answers to questions and for guidance: yes they're there for guidance, no they're not trying to weed you out of their class. I'll be exporing more of these first-time-publishing experiences in an article I'm writing for LISCareer.com early next year. Until then, revisions. They're due on the 21st, a deadline I can actually meet.    link | |

The current issue of Computers in Libraries has three, count them, THREE articles on blogging in the library world. And two of those articles are about institutional blogging too: Building a Home for Library News with a Blog by Doug Goans and Teri M. Vogel & Here a Blog, There a Blog, Even the Library Has a Web Log by Janet L. Balas (not online).    link | |