Weblogs

The SciTech Library Question (STLQ) - Randy Reichardt at the University of Alberta posts items of interest to engineering and scitech librarians.
http://stlq.info/

J's Scratchpad - Thoughts on journalism, librarianship and blogging from a news librarian at a prestigious American university.
http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/jkbaumga/

Heretical Librarian - Moderate conservative writes about politics, librarianship, and other topics of interest.
http://hereticallibrarian.blogspot.com/

TangognaT - Ambivalent librarian writes mostly about her work.
http://www.tangognat.com/

Tom Roper's Weblog - A weblog on librarianship, among other things, by a UK medical/veterinary librarian.
http://tomroper.typepad.com/tr/

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.
http://foia.blogspot.com

Wanderings of a Student Librarian - A student in library school, Joy Weese Moll, records wanderings on the web and through library literature.
http://joy.mollprojects.com/myblogs/wanderings/

Kegliography - Central Ohio Reference Librarian Jay Kegley shares his web findings.
http://www.kegliography.blogspot.com/

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.
http://asknettieday.blogspot.com/

Archivalia (English) - Weblog dedicated to archiving. Also available in Dutch and German.
http://archiv.twoday.net/topics/English+Corner/

Library School Blues - Journal of Sarah Mae, UCLA library school student.
http://flapperchick.blogspot.com/

Confessions of a Mad Librarian - Weblog addressing LIS issues by a soon-to-graduate LIS student.
http://edwards.orcas.net/blog/

LibTalk Blog - "Inspiration for library communicators." Thoughts on public relations, communications, and marketing.
http://libtalk.blogspot.com/

eGovernment Weblog - Grad student covers issues related to online government information transfer.
http://egov.cathexes.net/

LibraryPlanet.com - News with a library focus.
http://www.libraryplanet.com/

Travelin' Librarian - Journal of Colorado librarian, trainer and writer Michael Sauers.
http://www.travelinlibrarian.info/

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.
http://blog-bib.blogspot.com/

Stephen Gallant Review - A select survey of readings for librarians and information specialists.
http://gallant.blogspot.com/

Libraryman - Seattle's Michael Porter, librarian superhero, narrates the world "where libraries and Pez collide."
http://www.libraryman.com/blog/

Free Range Librarian - Karen Schneider's meditations about librarianship and any other issue that interests her.
http://freerangelibrarian.com/

ASC Online - News for information science education and mentoring for library school graduates.
http://radio.weblogs.com/0109575/

Infomancy - A weblog about information, libraries, and technology by a school library system director from New York State.
http://www.schoolof.info/infomancy/

Librarianguish - Personal weblog which covers library issues and life at home.
http://librarianguish.blogdrive.com/

AbsTracked - Links weblog covering the topics of law, libraries, reference and fun.
http://abstracked.blogspot.com/

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.
http://www.philb.com/blog/blogger.html

Lost in the stacks - The adventures and misadventures of Jess Webb.
http://lostinthestacks.blogspot.com/

The Medium is the Message - Library, technology, and information thoughts and trends (with respect to Marshall McLuhan). A weblog by Eric Schnell.
http://ericschnell.blogspot.com/

Bentley's Journal - Comments and links from Betsy Vera.
http://bentleywg.livejournal.com/

Literature, Libertines and Lenin's Wife - Article is subtitled, "Famous people and libraries" [PDF]
http://www.library.unisa.edu.au/about/papers/famouslb.pdf

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.
http://marylaine.com/neatnew.html

NHS eLibraries - Ben Toth, Head of Knowledge Management at the National Health Service Information Authority, discusses digital libraries in the NHS.
http://nelh.blogspot.com/

Andersja's Blog - Knowledge management and information architecture topics covered by Anders Jacobsen.
http://www.jacobsen.no/anders/blog/archives/categories/km_ia/

EngLib - News, technology, services and resources of interest to engineering librarians, from Catherine Lavallée-Welch at the University of Louisville.
http://www.englib.info/

The Laughing Librarian - Links, news and humor from Brian Smith.
http://www.laughinglibrarian.com/

Dispatches from a Public Librarian - Periodic tales set in a public library.
http://www.mcsweeneys.net/links/librarian/

Books Do Furnish A Room - Perspectives from a used book store owner in Durham, North Carolina.
http://www.edifyingspectacle.org/usedbookdealer/

Digital Dog - RAHarris' journal of library school, digital libraries, and related issues.
http://raharris.livejournal.com/

Open Access News - News from the free online scholarship movement.
http://www.earlham.edu/~peters/fos/fosblog.html

Real Public Librarian - Public librarian from a small coastal community in Australia shares thoughts and ideas about public libraries.
http://paradigmlibrary.blogspot.com/

Conan the Librarian's Journal - Stories of unintelligent people in the public library.
http://librant.livejournal.com/

The Well Dressed Librarian - Celebrity librarian-at-large offers advice and commentary on etiquette, fashion, and the proper behavior of librarians and their customers.
http://welldressedlibrarian.blogspot.com/

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. <small>(November, 2003)</small>
http://www.infotoday.com/mls/nov03/fichter.shtml

That Rabbit Girl - Web chronicle of Alice, a legal library assistant in Chicago.
http://thatrabbitgirl.blogspot.com/

Confessions of a Science Librarian - York University's John Dupuis provides links and information of interest to academic science librarians.
http://jdupuis.blogspot.com/

The Playful Antiquarian - Explores children's literature, printing and paper history, rare books, and related topics.
http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/thinking/

Tinfoil + Raccoon - Rochelle the librarian writes a bit about herself and other topics of interest to her.
http://rochellejustrochelle.typepad.com/

blogwithoutalibrary.net - A continually updated look at what libraries are doing with blogs.
http://www.blogwithoutalibrary.net

Bloug - News from Lou Rosenfeld, pioneer of information architecture.
http://louisrosenfeld.com/home/

Ref Grunt - Highlights and lowlights of days working at the Reference Desk, split into morning and afternoon sections. Archives available.
http://refgrunt.blogspot.com/

Webfeeds, Blogs & More - Teri Vogel provides news and commentary about tools for library and information professionals.
http://georgiasla.blogspot.com/

Life in the Stacks - Satirical weblog about working in a library maintained by a disgruntled clerk.
http://freakparade.blogspot.com/

Blog of a Bookslut - Bookslut's editor-in-chief, Jessa Crispin, provides links and commentary for those who love to read.
http://www.bookslut.com/blog/

LibraryCog - Library systems and stuff from Art Rhyno, U. of Windsor Systems Librarian.
http://librarycog.uwindsor.ca/

The Library Despot - Devoted to the ramblings and disconjointed thoughts of a brand new academic librarian.
http://librarydespot.weblogs.us/

The Shifted Librarian - Library weblog intent on "making librarians more portable" from Jenny Levine
http://www.theshiftedlibrarian.com/

Serials Scene - Issues and technology related to the acquisition and cataloging of print and digital serial publications.
http://serialsscene.blogspot.com/

Law Librarian Blog - Information and news for the law librarian.
http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/law_librarian_blog/

The Library Ass - A weblog dedicated to the library assistant, the librarian's overworked apprentice.
http://libraryass.blogspot.com/

Explodedlibrary.info - Morgan Wilson, academic law librarian, covers information overload, disintermediation, preserving analog information rights and search techniques.
http://explodedlibrary.typepad.com/salonblog/

Library Stuff - Daily library "stuff" dedicated to resources for keeping current and professional development, by Steven M. Cohen.
http://www.librarystuff.net/

Library Monk - Thoughts of Dan Greene on Library and Information Science, Information Technology, web design, life, religion and perhaps monks.
http://www.librarymonk.com/

ResearchBuzz - News and information about search engines, databases, and various info-piles, provided by Tara Calishain.
http://www.researchbuzz.org/wp/

The Days & Nights of the Lipstick Librarian! - Diary of a librarian fashionista.
http://www.lipsticklibrarian.com/blog/

Information Literacy Librarian - An exploration of Information Literacy Instruction theory and practices.
http://infolitlibrarian.blogspot.com/

Info Ediface - Explores the world of information architecture, library science and technology.
http://infoediface.blogspot.com

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.
http://liberry.blogspot.com/

Bad Girl Librarian - An action figure you can have sexual fantasies about. Includes musings on library related issues.
http://badgirllibrarian.blogspot.com/

Librarians Corner - A forum for media specialists and librarians in the school and public libraries featuring discussion, stories and information.
http://librariansforum.blogharbor.com/blog

Bibliotheke - Watching libraries evolve: comments on technology, copyright, privacy and information science.
http://bibliotheke.org/

Tame The Web - Michael Stephens presents news on current technology uses in libraries.
http://www.tametheweb.com/ttwblog/

Vancouver Law Librarian Blog - Points of interest to the West Coast law librarian. Highlighted sources on KM, web development, and law library management.
http://vancouverlawlib.blogspot.com/

Peter Scott's Library Blog - Weblog of a compiler of the first hypertext index of Internet resources-Hytelnet and librarian stuff.
http://xrefer.blogspot.com/

Library Stuff - Daily library "stuff", brought to you by Steven M. Cohen. [RSS]
http://www.librarystuff.net/index.rdf

Librarian Way - Connections for librarians - Web-based technology and research resources.
http://programmingpeers.com/librarianway/

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.
http://catalogueblog.blogspot.com/

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
http://thelifeofbooks.blogspot.com/

Librarian.net - Links to pertinent alternative web sites of interest, presented by Jessamyn West.
http://www.librarian.net/

Tiny Little Librarian - Musings and stories from an inner-city children's librarian.
http://tinylittlelibrarian.blog-city.com/

Legal References. - A weblog covering law, librarianship, research, and technology.
http://legalreferences.blogspot.com/

Marjorie's Catalog - Chronicling the reference situations presented during an internship at NPR.
http://marjorita.blogspot.com/

SHUSH - Massachusetts author writes for the conservative librarian.
http://www.shush.ws/

Annoyed Librarian - An annoyed librarian rants about the state of librarianship.
http://annoyedlibrarian.blogspot.com

The Young Librarian - Chronicles of a recent MLIS graduate seeking employment. [Atom]
http://younglibrarian.blogspot.com/atom.xml

Open Stacks - Greg Schwartz promotes information access and literacy for all.
http://openstacks.net/os/

The Aardvark Speaks - Commentary from Horst Prillinger, librarian at the Vienna University Library. [RSS]
http://homepage.univie.ac.at/horst.prillinger/blog/rss.xml

Foxy Librarians - A foxy public librarian blogs about life in a large urban city by the bay.
http://foxylibrarians.blogspot.com/

Explodedlibrary.info - A cross of libraries, culture, law, politics and the internet.
http://www.explodedlibrary.info/

Future of the Book News - Book format news from Gary Frost.
http://futureofthebook.com/

TeleRead Blog - News and commentary from a digital libraries advocacy site.
http://www.teleread.org/blog/

Transforming Scholarly Communication - New electronic and printed resources about scholarly electronic publishing efforts on the Internet.
http://weblogs.lib.uh.edu/weblogs/scomm/

Library Writer's Blog - Source to help librarians identify publishing and presentation opportunities in library and information science, as well as other related fields.
http://librarywriting.blogspot.com/

Caveat Lector - Reader Beware - Librarian has lots to say.
http://cavlec.yarinareth.net/

Adventures of an InfoMage in Training - Library news from the Pacific Northwest and tidbits about Darci Chapman's adventures in grad school. [RSS]
http://radio.weblogs.com/0126361/rss.xml

Free Range Librarian - Daily meditations on librarianship, by K. G. Schneider.
http://frl.bluehighways.com/

Rambling Librarian - Incidental Thoughts - Weblog of librarian Ivan Chew who works in Singapore.
http://ramblinglibrarian.blogspot.com/

Kids Lit - Books and more for kids and teens from Wisconsin's Tasha Saecker.
http://www.greenlakelibrary.org/kidslit/

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.
http://weblog.thelibrarygirl.com

infosophy: socio-technological rendering of information - Mentor Cana offers analysis of the relationship between information technology and human social structures.
http://www.kmentor.com/socio-tech-info/

Odd Things In Pitt's Libraries - One woman's unusual findings in the stacks at the University of Pittsburgh.
http://otipl.blogspot.com/

30 Hours - UC-Berkeley librarian Lynn Jones talks about libraries, research, pedagogy, historical resources, kids, web art and funny/creative uses of the web.
http://interactiveu.berkeley.edu:8000/lj/

BookBitchBlog - Breaking book news from the BookBitch.
http://www.bookbitch.com/bookbitchblog.htm

Young Librarian - Chronicles of a recent MLIS graduate seeking employment.
http://younglibrarian.blogspot.com

The Digital Librarian - Commentary about digital services to bring people to digital libraries.
http://digitallibrarian.org/

'Brary Blog - Book news from Stephanie Davidson, law librarian.
http://braryblog.blogspot.com/

nichole's auxiliary storage - Compact shelving for library-related posts and general news from one grad student in Madison, Wisconsin.
http://jumbledpileofperson.typepad.com/nichole/

Krafty Librarian - Insights and essays from a medical librarian for a hospital in the USA.
http://kraftylibrarian.blogspot.com/

Country Librarian - News and notes about libraries in rural areas.
http://countrylibrarian.blogspot.com/

Notes from the Mystery Department - Thoughts on being a new librarian by Erica Olsen at Cornell University.
http://www.librarianavengers.org/weblog/

The Misadventures of Super_Librarian - The weblog of Wendy, a mild-mannered, Midwestern public librarian and fervent book junkie.
http://super_librarian.blogspot.com/

LibraryLaw Blog - Mary Minow writes about issues concerning libraries and the law - with latitude to discuss any other interesting issues.
http://blog.librarylaw.com/

LibrarianActivist.org - Headlines covering the problems and solutions to political issues affecting libraries.
http://librarianactivist.org/

Canuck Librarian - Links and moments from the life of Jennifer, a young information specialist.
http://canucklibrarian.blogspot.com/

Librarian on the Edge - Thoughts about library science, information science and the web revolution by an academic systems librarian.
http://librariansonedge.blogspot.com/

Tomeboy the Right Minded Liberrian - Looks at librarians and libraries from a conservative viewpoint.
http://webpages.charter.net/tomeboy/t1.html

BlissPix - Analysis of mass media and discussion of alternative media for librarians in all sectors.
http://www.blisspix.net/

NewPages Weblog - Alternative guide to new books, magazines, and music.
http://www.newpages.com/weblog/default.htm

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]
http://smotu.blogspot.com/atom.xml

SpinsterLibrarian.net - The author's experiences in library school, and the public and university libraries where she works.
http://www.spnstrlibrarian.blogspot.com/

LibrarianInBlack - News stories for technology-minded librarians.
http://librarianinblack.typepad.com/

Schooliblit - News links and musings about school library media centers, information literacy, reading, and technology in education.
http://radio.weblogs.com/0122111/

Threnody for the Public Domain - Tracking the current state of copyright and related issues.
http://pdthrenody.blogspot.com/

The In Season Christian Librarian - Providing information about resources and news by and for Christian Librarians, primarily those in Christian academic institutions.
http://inseasonchristianlibrarian.blogspot.com/

The Medium is the Message - Library, technology, and information thoughts and trends (with respect to Marshall McLuhan). A weblog by Eric Schnell [Atom]
http://ericschnell.blogspot.com/atom.xml

Inspyration - Heather Matheson compiles news and commentary on topics related to Canadian academic librarians.
http://www.inspyre.ca/

Library Web Chic - Resource for librarians who are interested in the application of web design and technologies in libraries.
http://librarywebchic.net

BookLab II - News and links focused on books, bookbinding, and the future of reading technology.
http://www.bookways.com/

Adventures of an InfoMage in Training - Library news from the Pacific Northwest and tidbits about Darci Chapman's adventures in grad school.
http://radio.weblogs.com/0126361/

Eclectic Librarian - Links, commentary, and other musings by a serials cataloger.
http://www.eclecticlibrarian.net/blog/

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.
http://gnomicutterance.livejournal.com/

AskALibrarian - Transcribed librarian-patron interactions.
http://askalibrarian.blogspot.com

VALIS - Weblog of a New Zealand librarian, with a focus on search, Web 2.0 and online information tools.
http://www.chamberlain.net.nz/blog/

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.
http://www.teachinglibrarian.org/weblog/blogger.html

Library Dust - Michael McGrorty writes about library-related issues and news.
http://librarydust.typepad.com/

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.
http://libeducation.blogspot.com/

SiteLines - Rita Vine, professional librarian, helps web searchers stay up to date on key search tools and developments.
http://www.workingfaster.com/sitelines/

Aggy - Aggregator weblog for the Indiana University School of Library and Information Science.
http://www.slisblogs.com/

Linux Librarian - Weblog of a systems librarian at a small public library in a large town in Massachusetts.
http://www.linuxlibrarian.org/

Libertarian Librarian - Melissa Zogby's political and research observations.
http://librarianobservations.blogspot.com/

faster than light - Journal of a subversive librarian in training.
http://fasterthanlight.livejournal.com/

MedLib - Medical library links.
http://www.medliblog.blogspot.com/

Catalogablog - Library cataloging issues and related topics.
http://catalogablog.blogspot.com/

The Rogue Librarian - NYPL's Carrie Bickner provides news items and library stories.
http://www.roguelibrarian.com/

Biblioblog - Chronicle of a freshly-minted MLS learning the ropes at a tiny West Texas college library.
http://biblioblog.blogspot.com/

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.
http://nlrp.blogspot.com/

Library Technology Musings - Lori provides hopes, dreams, wild ideas and practical solutions for libraries.
http://www.galecia.com/weblog/

The Invisible Web Weblog - Yazdan Mansourian discusses everything about the Invisible Web and Information Invisibility on the Web.
http://invisibleweblog.blogspot.com/

diy librarian - Tara Murray brings do-it-yourself and librarianship together.
http://www.personal.psu.edu/staff/t/e/tem10/

The Distant Librarian - Comments on the world of distance librarianship.
http://distlib.blogs.com/

Better Living through Software - Joshua Allen's weblog, covering issues such as the semantic web and Internet programming.
http://www.netcrucible.com/blog/

Cedar Librarian - Saving the world daily through information.
http://cedarlibrarian.livejournal.com/

Leah's Law Library Weblog - Legal news and commentary by Leah Sandwell-Weiss, reference librarian at the University of Arizona Law Library.
http://radio.weblogs.com/0109773/

Christina's Library Rant - Christina Pikas, a sci/tech librarian, discusses topics of interest to the library world.
http://christinaslibraryrant.blogspot.com/

The ResourceShelf - Frequent news, search tips, and new resources for information professionals. By Gary Price.
http://www.resourceshelf.com/

The Kept-Up Academic Librarian - Steven Bell helps academic librarians "keep up" with news and developments in higher education.
http://keptup.typepad.com/academic/