Library, Librarian & Library Science Blogs

Discussions of all aspects of librarianship and all types of libraries, as well as blogs written by librarians on a variety of topics.

Resources in this category:

Beyond the Job
http://www.beyondthejob.org/

Two reference librarians/professors in library and information science provides tip, news, and notices for and regarding library jobs. These two bloggers also maintain other sites that provide listings of library jobs.

Cosmopoetica
http://www.cosmopoetica.com/blog/

Blogger/poet Chris Lott, who blogs on a variety of subjects on the internet, blogs here on books, book news, art, and his own attendant psychoses. The site also provides numerous links to book, poetry, art, and music sites and blogs.

Filipino Librarian
http://filipinolibrarian.blogspot.com/

"For those interested in knowing more about the Philippines, Filipiniana, Philippine libraries and Filipino librarians."

In the Library with the Lead Pipe
http://inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/

Librarians from academic, public and school libraries take turns blogging on current and upcoming issues in librarianship.

Information Literacy Weblog
http://information-literacy.blogspot.com/

A blog from two UK professors, Sheila Webber and Stuart Boon, and one Scottish professor, Bill Johnston, its aim is to spread news and information about information literacy worldwide, and the blog seems to both spread the information worldwide and spread news from around the world (or at least from Europe and not just the U.S.).

Information Research - ideas and debate
http://info-research.blogspot.com/

"A spin-off from the e-journal dedicated to informal publication of ideas and comment on current affairs in the information world — and occasional personal posts."

Librarian.net
http://www.librarian.net/

It would be wrong of library students to drop out of their programs and simply read Vermonter Jessamyn West’s blog about creatively integrating techonology and a human-centered approach into library services. But it would be understandable. A great blog.

Library Juice
http://libraryjuicepress.com/blog/

"Library Juice is the library blog of Rory Litwin, and continues where his online serial of the same name left off in the Fall of 2005. From 1998 to late 2005, Library Juice, the web and email zine, covered topics of interest to passionate librarians, from a political Left perspective that he believes is linked to and implicit in the fundamental values of the profession in its modern form."

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

Geographically categorized directory of library-related weblogs.

LibraryLawBlog
http://blog.librarylaw.com/librarylaw/

Mary Minow features fascinating library law news now and again so surfers interested in library law can commisserate or opinionate -- maybe more. Alright, I’ll stop alliterating and being glib about a really great blog covering legal library and library-related legal news. (So I lied slightly; now I’ll stop.) Minow was a librarian before she went to law school, and now she tries to share pertinent knowledge she learned with librarians.

LiS Interactive Webcasting
http://sisltcast.missouri.edu/

Not blogs per se but podcasts (audio files you can listen to). From the site: "Welcome to LISRadio. This is a new and exciting series of interactive webcasts brought to you by the School of Information Science and Learning Technologies at the University of Missouri-Columbia. Our aim with these webcasts is to help in ’…creating and exploring the intersection of information and learning.’ We hope to present interesting and stimulating conversations with movers, shakers, and the odd gadfly or two in libraryland."

oss4lib -- Open Source Systems for Libraries
http://www.oss4lib.org/

Lists open source or free software designed for libraries and provides news about ongoing open source projects and related issues that could benefit libraries. Maintained by Dan Chudnov, staff programmer at Yale’s Center for Medical Informatics.

Sara Ryan's blog

Sara Ryan, author of Empress of the World, writes here about her librarian day-job, her writing, what she's reading and listening to, etc. Leave a comment, or just read and keep up with news on her latest book!

The Search Lounge
http://www.searchlounge.org/

Librarian's blog providing "original reviews, interviews, and articles about the Search Engine industry."

The Shifted Librarian
http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/

You cannot judge a book by its cover or a blog by its lack of attractive graphic design elements. Jenny Levine’s blog on blogging, techonology, and libraries has so much Google juice that if you just type "Jenny" in Google--well, guess what pops up? Possibly sick of this fact by now, Levine was awestruck at the power of information superhighway rather early on (1992 or so) and has now devoted at least her blog to helping librarians become tech savvy.

The Ten Thousand Year Blog
http://davidmattison.ca/wordpress/

"Archivist-historian David Mattison's musings and Web tracks on digital culture preservation issues."

The Information Literacy Land of Confusion
http://www.information-literacy.net/

Librarian Michael Lorenzen from Mt. Pleasant, MI discusses information literacy, search engines, librarianship, library instruction, and user education. Rambling only to keep us awake, Lorenzen often posts very useful tools for librarians, e.g. the IllumiRate Directory.

You Don't Look Like a Librarian
http://www.librarian-image.net/

Focuses on the public perception of librarians and links to articles and online resources about non-stereotypical librarians.