A collection of articles about blogging & RSS in the library world (last updated 2004-04-27)

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Balas, J. L. (2003). Here a blog, there a blog, even the library has a web log. Computers in Libraries 23(10), 41-43.

A personal treatise on how blogging has influenced the professional development habits of one librarian.

Bannan, K. J. RSS: Lo-fi content syndication. EContent 25(1), 30-33.

Berger, P. (2003). Are you blogging yet? [pdf] Information Searcher 14 (2), 1-4.

Berger introduces the features and benefits of adding a blog to a school library's site and touches upon the value of blogs to curriculum building and student collaboration & learning.

Block, M. (2001). Communicating off the page. Retrieved June 20, 2003.

One of the early explications on the popularity of blogs with librarians. Block covers some of the reasons why the format is a natural extension of what librarians do -- from the natrual urge to co-operate to exploiting stereotypes.

Barron, D. D. (2003). Blogs, Wikis, Alt Com, and the New Information Landscape: A Library Media Specialist's Guide. School Library Media Activities Monthly 20(2), 48-51.

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Carver, B. (2003). Is it time to get blogging?. NetConnect Winter, 30-32.

You know Blake from LISnews.com. In this article he deals with the manner in which blogs build communities, encourage reader participation, and provide an alternative to rampant media conglomeracy.

Clyde, L. A. (2002). Shall we blog? Teacher Librarian 30(1), 41-46.

Chudnov, D. (2004). Library Groupware for Bibliographic Lifecycle Management. Retrieved March 31, 2004. NEW

Cohen, S. M. (2002, June 3). RSS for non-techie librarians. Retrieved August 20, 2003.

Handy step-by-step explanation of how to use aggregators & RSS feeds to stay current, from the stay-current-doyen himself, Steven Cohen.

Cohen, S. M. (2002). Using RSS: An explanation and guide. Information Outlook 6(12), 6-10.

More good RSS demystification and tips for usage from Steven Cohen. In this article he focuses on how RSS can be of particular use in the context of a special library.

Cohen, S. M. (2003). The "new breed" of library weblogs. Originally published in Public Libraries Magazine. Retrieved November 15, 2003.

Crawford, W. (2004). Starting a bicycle club: Weblogs revisited. American Libraries 35(1), 90-91. Retrieved March 15, 2004.

Walt Crawford isn't a blogging naysayer, but he certainly doesn't think everyone should blog. In this edition of The Crawford Files, he revisits the library blog phenomenon that he first discussed in 2001, tackling the notion of readership and sustainability.

Crawford, W. (2001). The e-files: "You must read this": Library weblogs [Electronic version]. American Libraries 32(9), 74-76.

One of the earliest blogs-in-the-library-world articles that introduces some trail-blazing librarian-blogs and their intents.

Crego, S. (2001, August 31). Breaking News: Law Librarians as Newscasters. Retrieved August 01, 2003.

Crego explores the ways in which law librarians can use blogs to disseminate news to their user groups.

Curling, C. (2001). A closer look at weblogs. Retrieved August 15, 2003.

Curling discusses some library-blog pioneers and provides useful (if dated) info on finding blogs online.

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Davis, G. (2002, April 22). An interview with Blake Carver, parts 1 & 2. Retrieved August 23, 2003.

Blake Carver has a vision of a collaborative-blogging universe and this two-part article does a decent job of ferreting out that the details and implications of that vision.

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Embrey, T. R. (2002). You blog, we blog: A guide to how teacher-librarians can use weblogs to build communication and research skills. Teacher Librarian 30(2). Retrieved February 15, 2004.

Estep, E. & Gelfand, J. (2003). Weblogs. Library Hi Tech News 20(5), p.11. NEW

A brief article that discusses the use of blogs in information literacy. The authors introduce an execise where their students are required to analyze a number political blogs, an exercise that is intended to encourage critical thinking and evaluation.

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Fichter, D. (2001). Blogging your life away. Online 25(3). Retrieved July 31, 2003.

Fichter, D. (2003). Why and how to use blogs to promote your library's services. Marketing Library Services 17 (6).

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Gillmor, D. (2003). RSS starting to catch on. Computerworld 37(30), 19.

Goans, D. & Vogel, T. M. (2003). Building a home for library news with a blog. Computers in Libraries 23(10), 20-26.

Goans & Vogel outline their experiences using a blog to deliver news content to their libraries' users. This article contains a lot of great info for anyone considering an institutional blog -- like whether to use third-party software or build your own in-house system, and ongoing improvements to consider.

Gordon, R. S. (October 2003). Relevant yesterday, relevant tomorrow -- but how to stay relevant today? Computers in Libraries 23(9), 10-13.

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Hane, P. (2001). Blogs are a natural for librarians. Retrieved June 20, 2003.

Hane outlines a "tool-kit" of some of her favourite library blogs in terms of the rich offering of resources each provides.

Harder, G. & Reichardt, R. (2003). Throw another blog on the wire: Libraries and the weblogging phenomena [pdf]. Feliciter 49(2), 85-88.

Huwe, T. K. (2003). Born to blog. Computers in Libraries 23(10), 44-45.

Huwe discusses the ways in which blogging can help a digital librarian reach out to his/her user communities.

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Jacobs, J. (Summer 2003). Blogsphere: Exploring the New Killer App for Librarians. Documents to the People Magazine.

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Lasnick, K. & Weber, J. (2003, November 29). Blogging: One firm's experience. Retrieved February 26, 2004.

Lasnick & Weber discuss their experiences setting up and using a blog for information dissemanation in a multi-branch law firm.

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Mattison, D. (2003). So you want to start a syndicated revolution: RSS news blogging for searchers. Searcher 11 (2), 38-48.

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Notess, G. (2002). The blog realm: News sources, searching with Daypop, and content management . Online 26(5), 70-72.

Notess, G. (2002). The blog realm: RSS, aggregators, and reading the blog fantastic. Online 26(6), 52-54.

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Pedley, P. (2004). Have you thought of blogging? Update, May 2004. NEW

Pikas, C. K. (2004). Trends in blog searching [pdf]. b/ITe 21(2). Retrieved April 19, 2004. NEW

Christina provides a brief introduction to blogs & RSS and outlines some very useful search tips for finding information from blogs like performing a keyword search and adding a keyword-in-url search for something like "blog" or "archives". Handy tips. Not really about libraries and blogs but it's tough to rule out an article that provides a search tip or two.

Pomerantz, J. & Stutzman, F. Lyceum: A Blogsphere for Library Reference [pdf]. Retrieved March 10, 2004.

Pomerantz & Stutzman discuss the use of blogs for virtual reference in a collaborative environment. Further discussion of the article can be found here.

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Richardson, W. (2004). Blogging and RSS - The "What's It?" and "How To" of powerful new Web tools for educators. MultiMedia & Internet @ Schools 11(1). Retrieved February 26, 2004.

Richardson talks blog in an education context. I find that a lot of edublog articles are pertinent reading for us library folk too because much of what we do is pedagogical. Richardson also discusses the possibilities of collaborative blogging as a teaching/learning experience.

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Scharf, D. (2002). XML under the hood. Information Outlook 6(12), 20-23.

Schwartz, G. (2003). Blogs for Libraries. Retrieved August 31, 2003.

A great intro article that provides some very tangible reasons why blogging is a good thing for librarians/libraries to do. And just so you know, Greg Schwartz blogs at Open Stacks.

Sen-Roy, M (2003). Blogs: Postcards from the Web. Access: The Magazine of the Ontario Library Association 9(2), 14-17.

Sennema, G. (2004). Creating an internal content management system. Computers in Libraries 24(1). Retrieved February 24, 2004.

Not about blogging in the strictest sense, but Sennema does talk about integrating a blog into the reference part of the CMS he built for his institution's library. Worth a read for anyone who likes having a blog on their library site but prefers to integrate it into a CMS of their own.

Silla, M. L. (2003). El profesional de la informacion ante los weblogs [pdf]. Retrieved March 19, 2004.

English abstract: The following communication analyses the weblogs, though they emerge in the beginning of internet only in the last years they have became popular. Nowadays they are real alternative means of communication, the weblogs are high value informative resources. This phenomenon, the typologies than can be found, their features, origins and evolution will be analysed. Finally, a brief comment on the more relevant blog searchers the and directories, together with the most important Spanish weblogs on librarian science and documentation [source].

Stone, S. A. (2003). The library blog: A new communication tool. Kentucky Libraries 67(4), 14-15.

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Tennant, R. (2003). Feed your head: Keeping up by using RSS. Library Journal 128(9), 30.

Tennant outlines some of the ways to use RSS for current awareness, from how it works, to finding feeds & creating your own.

Thomsen, E. B. (2002). Blogging, anyone? Collection Building 21(2), 76-77.

Turner, S. (2003). Favorite library news and blog sites [pdf]. Mississippi Libraries 67(4), 122-123.

A collection of the author's favourite library/cataloguing blogs. Favourite quote: "Where to go, what to do - thank goodness librarians are such a bunch of evangelical wannabes (just give us a tent, a few folding chairs and a pulpit and we'll have you sprouting Web sites and discussing the latest technology at the water cooler the next day)".

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Vega, M. & Antonio, J. (2003). Weblogs: un recurso para los profesionales de la informacion [pdf]. Revista espanola de documentacion cientifica 26(2), 227-236. Retrieved March 19, 2003.

English title: Weblogs: a resource for information professionals. Spanish abstract available here.

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Winship, I. (2004). Weblogs and RSS in information work. Update, May 2004. Retrieved April 27, 2004. NEW