025.04: Michael’s blog – fighting library apathy, one Dewey Hundred at a time
Lots of posts on library issues (and an interesting recent visit to Bulgarian libraries!) by Michael, an E-Resources Librarian in Bolton. Posting 4 or more times a month on average.
(Visited 23 April 2008)
He also blogs as part of a group for Signpost Libraries Blog, “Signposting you to book and DVD reviews, and online resources for your community. Brought to you by Bolton and Wigan libraries.”, although this seems to have been abandoned since August 2007.
(Visited 23 April 2008)
101 Tips for School Librarians
A blog from Donald McLean, Learning Technologies Manager at Perth College. His aim is to give tips on various topics for librarians coming into the school library setting, with the tips "split roughly into three categories: traditional skills, CPD and new technologies." He reached his 101 tips target on 18 April 2008.
(Visited 29 April 2008)
Anabel's Children's Literature Blog
Blog of Anabel Marsh, who is repsonsible fro Children's Literatire at Jordanhill Library, University of Strathclyde. Her blog "features news about children's literature both in our collection and in general", and has lots of regular postings on these topics.
(Visited 22 May 2008)
The Batty Librarian
A blog from a UK school librarian, with her "musings, book reviews and confessions". Frequent postings on life, and the library, and the trials of trying to find a publisher for her book.
(Visited 23 April 2008)
Book Talk Bournemouth
Blog of Vicki Goldie, Reader Develoment Librarian in Bournemouth. Each post generally consists of a helpful, short book review of adult fiction and non-fiction titles.
(Visited 23 April 2008)
The Cat's Eye: Musings on Information and Life
If you can't beat 'em join 'em! I am an information professional and I've started this blog for various reasons including to work towards my CILIP Revalidation (there are so many Chartership blogs out there so want to be a bit different!) and also for random musings on what I come across in this journey called "life".
Clari's Blog
Blog of Clari Hunt, Learning and Teaching Librarians at The Open University, the blog "covers subjects like web2.0, library2.0, the future of academic libraries, science, distance learning, elearning, and whatever else I feel like." Posting at least twice a month since starting blog in August 2007.
(Visited April 23 2008)
Clip Art Must Die!
Blog of Peter Coyne, covering the topic of marketing in and of libraries. Posting in-depth musings on library relevant marketing issues at least once a month.
(Visited 23 April 2008)
Chuukaku.com
The blog of Katie Fraser - not a librarian yet, but on her way! Her blog "mainly concerns details about my graduate trainee post, my upcoming library school year, and the process of finishing off my PhD". Blogging approximately twice a month, with detailed posts.
(Visited 23 April 2008)
Enquiring Minds Want To Know
The joint blog of Jennifer Vass and Davina Gifford, law librarians for commercial firms in London. Posts two to three times a month on library, legal and Web 2.0 issues.
(Visited 23 April 2008)
GSO
The blog of Gareth, "who works for a public library in the UK. He is also the editor and admin. for Library Web, a news ticker site for library staff in the UK."
Frequent postings on library issues, social media, and whatever else catches his attention.
(Visited 29 May 2008)
Ian Snowley's Weblog
Ian is a well known academic librarian in London who also has close ties with CILIP, and is Head of Higher Education at the British Library. His weblog is an interesting mixture of professional and personal news.
(Visited 23 April 2008)
Infogeek.org
Blog of a "’twenty-something newly qualified librarian/information professional in the UK with a special interest in technology issues. I’m also a musician, a web geek, and an amateur cook!" Reasonably new blog, with a very useful recent (March 2008) posting on free resources for LIS research.
(Visited 23 April 2008)
Info Junkie
Sarah Washford's blog. She says of herself "I'm not a qualified librarian but I work in a public library in the UK and hope to be a real librarian when I grow up." Intermittent postings.
(Visited 23 April 2008, moved 27 April 2008)
Info Junkie
As above. Previously blogging on Blogger and now migrated to Wordpress, with accompanying address change.
(Visited 28 April 2008)
info NeoGnostic
Chris Armstrong's blog. Described as "iNG is a blog for 'new' thoughts about the information society - including librarianship, knowledge management, information architecture, content management, collection management - with an emphasis on electronic resources. Also about professional issues, often with a slant towards (perhaps that should be 'tilt at') CILIP and the profession." Posting 2 to 4 times a month.
(Visited 23 April 2008)
Information Literacy meets Web 2.0
Blog of Peter Godwin, a librarian in St. Albans. He posted regularly on information literacy and Web 2.0 topics, but shut the blog down on 2 April 2008, and moved to a new group blog at Information Literacy meets Library 2.0.
(Visited 23 April 2008)
Information Overlord
Blog of Scott Vine, Senior Information Officer with a London law firm. Regular posts on library, advertising, legal and Web 2.0 topics.
(Visited 23 April 2008)
Jennie Law
Blog of Jennie Findlay, Assistant Librarian at a commercial law firm in Edinburgh. Regular postings on library, Scots law and Web 2.0 topics.
(Visited 12 June 08)
Joeyanne Libraryanne
An Academic Information Assistant at the University of Wolverhampton, studying for a Masters in Information and Library Studies via Distance Learning, and focussing on technology developments, and enhancing academic library services.Regular posting and commentary on library issues.
(Visited 12 June 08)
John Wright: research support librarian
John Wright blogs about life as a Research Support Librarian within the library service of the University of Wales, Bangor. Good practice and resource sharing in user education, as well as general updates.
(Visited 12 June 08)
The Librain
The blog of the Learning Resources and Information Services Manager at Nicholas Chamberlaine Technology College in Bedworth. Posts cover developments and musings about the future of school libraries.
(Visited 12 June 08)
Libraries in the NHS
"Ben Toth's notebook on libraries, informatics and electronic patient records 2.0" Frequent postings.
(Visited 27 June 2008)
Library etc.
Blog of Neil Stewart, law librarian at a law school in central London. Covers "Web 2.0, libraries, probably some obscure music and films, general thoughts", with a couple of posts a month on these topics.
(Visited 12 June 08)
Library of Digress
New blog from a PhD research student at the University of Strathclyde, (so far) looking at public libraries and Web 2.0 technologies. Frequent postings on topical issues.
(Visited 12 June 08)
Librarytwopointzero
Recently graduated UK librarian, living, working and blogging in London, currently working in a research library. Focussing on libraries and Web 2.0, regular posts and lots of links!
(Visited 12 June 08)
lo-fi librarian
Infobunny in a law library, with regular postings on Web 2.0 topics, and weekly "Useful Tools" posts, listing web tools with a wide range of uses.
(Visited 12 June 08)
Lore Librarian
An Information Officer in London, Lore Librarian blogs on "library, law-library, web stuff, 2.0, and other random wafflings." Regular round ups of library, technical, law and just generally interesting "stuff" in "Interesting Things of The Week" posts.
(Visited 12 June 08)
Making Another Library
Blog which started out as reviews of books read by the author, which has now expanded to include general posts on a
range of library and librarianship related topics from the world of Higher Education and law librarianship.
(Visited 12 June 08)
Mark Hepworth's Blog
A member of staff at the Department of Information Science at Loughborough University, the blog is mainly about the "area of information literacy which focuses on the knowledge, skills and attitudes associated with effective independent learning and knowledge creation.". Launched on 12th June 2008, and currently posting frequently.
(Visited 27 June 2008)
My:self-archive
Blog of Kara Jones, Research Publications Librarian at the University of Bath. The blog covers institutional repositories, self-archiving, open access and libraries, charting the progress of the development of the repository, as well as general postings on topical issues.
(Visited 12 June 08)
Also blogging institutionally at University of Bath Library: Science News
Oracle Librarian
Blog of Meghan Jones, working in the legal sector in London while completing her MSc in Library and Information Studies. Posts two to three times a month about "web 2.0, social networking, legal information, general shiny things and stuff that doesn’t really fit in any of those categories".
(Visited 12 June 08)
Overdue Ideas
Blog of Owen Stephens and Damyanti Patel, librarians at Imperial College, London and Royal Holloway, University of London. Blogging on "ideas linking Libraries, Computing, E-learning, and anything else that springs to mind".
(Visited 12 June 08)
Paige Turner
Interesting behind the scenes look at Swansea Public Libraries, from the viewpoint of a staff member. Reported on the recent refurbishment of their Central Library as well as general topical postings.
(Visited 12 June 08)
PG's Tips
Blog of a librarian at a higher education establishment in Coventry. Regular posts on "'UK horse racing, football and betting topics"
(Visited 9 May 2008)
Phil Bradley’s Weblog
“Internet searching, web design, search engine developments and anything that will interest librarians!” Lots of posts on search engines, useful online tools, and anything else that may be of relevance to librarians.
(Visited 12 June 08)
Phil Bradley's 'I want to...' Weblog
This weblog is limited to quick overviews and links to Web 2.0 based resources. Useful categories to help you find relevant Web 2.0 tools for different uses.
(Visited 12 June 08)
The Running Librarian
The Running Librarian is the blog of James Mullan, Information Officer at a UK law firm. Previously called LI Issues or LIG Issues, The Running Librarian posts frequently on the use of Web 2.0 technologies by law firm libraries. It also covers social networking tools, legal and legal library stuff, legal publishing, and law librarianship.
(Visited 12 June 08)
Shammond
Blog of Sarah Hammond, a student undertaking an MA in Librarianship at the University of Sheffield. Posting on the progress of her dissertation, Web 2.0 and library issues.
(Visited 14 August 2008)
Silversprite – the librarian at the end of the world
Prime contender for Most Remote UK Blogger (based in the Outer Hebrides), John Kirriemuir blogs about his business interests of digital libraries, digital gaming and online economics. Currently researching the use of Second Life in UK academic institutions for the EducServ Foundation.
(Visited 12 June 08)
The Singing Librarian
An academic librarian, working his way through a librarianship qualification, and musing on “Libraries, singing, comics, life”. Regular, often in depth posts on all the aforementioned subjects, but mainly on music and musicals!
(Visited 12 June 08)
Teen Librarian
Does exactly what it says on the tin – a blog with postings relating to teen or youth librarianship. Part of a larger site which is “the first website of its kind in the UK. It is specifically geared towards those that work with Teenagers and 'the Youth' in Libraries in the UK (and also abroad).”
(Visited 12 June 08)
Thoughts of a [wannabe] librarian
Blog written by a distance learning student of MSc Information and Library Studies at Aberystwyth currently working in a public library. The blog covers new technologies and public libraries as well as the experiences of a UK distance learning student.
(Visited 19 August 2008)
Tom Roper's Weblog
Regular short posts from Tom Roper, a "medical (and sometime veterinary) librarian based in Sussex, UK". Posting on a wide variety of topics, from library job hunting, to horseracing :-)
(Visited 12 June 08)
The UK Biblioblogosphere
Postgraduate Information and Library Management student recording the progress of his dissertation on UK biblioblogosphere. The aim of the dissertation is to "produce a substantial overview of this sector's blogging activity, including a directory of all openly-accessible blogs."
(Visited 12 June 08)
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