New(ish) Librar* Blogs
November 26th, 2006Well folks, I received a bunch of submissions of new(ish) librar* blogs. Here they are:
+ BANR - “The BANR Blog focuses on library news and information of interest to faculty, staff and students in the biological sciences, agriculture, and natural resources at Colorado State University. CSU librarians contributing to the blog monitor a variety of sites and resources in order to distill items of interest.”
+ Art Library Students & New ARLIS* Professionals - “Thanks for visiting the Art Library Student & New Arlis* Professional (ArLiSNAP) Web site! Why the asterisk? Well, like a wildcard, it signifies that we are inclusive of all Art Library Society members.” (Also, check out their promotional video on YouTube!)
+ Pintini Blog - “Ce blog, bien qu’il soit professionnel, n’est pas institutionnel. Les propos tenus ici n’engagent que moi.”
+ herzogbr.net Blog - “A Hitchhiker’s Guide to Fear and Loathing at a Public Library Reference Desk”
+ Ballad in Plain E - “Emma Wood is a law library technician in Vancouver, BC, Canada. A proud graduate of SAIT’s Library and Information Technology program, she also serves as LTAIG’s newsletter editor, and belongs to both VALL and SLA. As part of the Reseach & Reference Team at Alexander Holburn Beaudin & Lang LLP, Emma works in the library doing research, providing current awareness services, and building databases to help the firm better manage its knowledge. She also develops continuing education seminars on topics such as online research and web tools.” (submitted by Steven Matthews)
+ LibTech Life - “Rob Golbeck is a Library Technician at the Vancouver law firm Clark Wilson LLP, where he splits his time between the library & records management. He is also Chair and Website Administrator of the Library Technicians & Assistants Interest Group (LTAIG) of the British Columbia Library Association.” (submitted by Steven Matthews)
+ Library Laws - “are meant to be broken” - (submitted by Steven Matthews)
+ Are You 2.0 Yet - From Brian C. Gray
+ Catalogers Vs. Metadatists, or, is RDA Going to Happen? - “I just want to get in on the discussion about RDA and the future of cataloging. Things are crazy right now and I’m just wondering… Can’t we all just get along?!”
+ Yarra Plenty Online Learning - “Our Library jumps aboard the Web 2.0 Bullet Train.”
+ Library Student Journal - LSJ Editors’ Blog
Thanks for the submissions folks. How about we do it again in a week. Send in your blogs to stevenmcohen [at] gmail [dot] com.
Since I’m on the subject of library blogs, congrats to David Rothman on the release of Libworm. It’s amazing how far RSS and librarianship has come over the past 3 years…
Remember when we launched this? 