New in 2005 a Blog for Library Support Staff
Check out
http://librarysupporter.blogspot.com/
and
Library Technician
Life as a long term techie of the library variety.
http://librarytechnician.blogspirit.com/

See too : LIS Blogsource
The library weblog about library weblogs
BLOGRUNNER is a portal for blog content
Bloogz  - a Blog Search Engine
BlogsCanada - BlogsCanada Directory contains more than 6,770 Canadian blogs organized by topic and region.

Examples of some current
LIBRARY / LIBRARIAN - RELATED 
BLOGS TO VISIT:
**excerpts quoted from individual web sites**

beSpacific Info quoted from website:
beSpacific focuses on the expanding resources in the public & private sector
related to law and technology news.
Daily postings provide updates on issues including copyright,
privacy, censorship, e-commerce, e-government and freedom of information.

bibcognito - personal commentary of a Librarian

Bibliolatry
http://www.etches-johnson.com/bibliolatry/

blogwithoutalibrary
a blog about what libraries are doing with blogs
http://www.blogwithoutalibrary.net/
libraries doing good things with blogs - links

Blog along with the Weblog: BookSurfer
Books & Related Internet Resources

Catalogablog
Library cataloging issues, concerns and related topics. 

EngLib
Engineering Libraries...news, technology, services and resources. 

ExLibris - an E-Zine for librarians and information junkies
 Am A Librarian

I am a Librarian
http://www.iamalibrarian.com/

Blogs
http://www.iamalibrarian.blogspot.com

http://www.xanga.com/iamalibrarian

The Information Literacy Land of Confusion

Laurabelle's blog
Being a chronicle of the life of an MLIS graduate student,
including commentary on and links to library
and information-science-related events, information, and resources

Liberry Blooze

Liblog
By Monitor library staff | The Christian Science Monitor

Librarian Avengers

Librariness - the 'brary blog

Library Dust
http://librarydust.typepad.com/library_dust/

Library Girl - An Information Super Hero
Who needs a cape and tights when you have books and imagination? 

Library Juice

LibraryMan
Where Libraries and Pez Collide
http://www.libraryman.com/blog/

Library Stuff
The library weblog dedicated to resources for keeping current and professional development
by Steven Cohen

Library Supporter
New in 2005 a Blog for Library Support Staff
Check out
http://librarysupporter.blogspot.com/

Library Technician
Life as a long term techie of the library variety.
http://librarytechnician.blogspirit.com/

Libronaut 
Library resources, controversies and culture

The Handheld Librarian
Librarians sharing news, applications, and ideas 
of interest with others working with handheld computer technology. 

Future of the book.com 
preservation and persistence of the changing book 

L.A.C.K. - Librarians Are Computing Kids

LibTech Weblog
Diary of a library technology associate -or- life in the IT trenches at a public library system 

LoopyLibrarian
Chartership Junk & other stuff as it all crops up. AKA music, mayhem and a bit of librarianship

NewPages Weblog
The Alternative Guide to New Books, Magazines & Music along with
News & Views from the Net of Interest to Booksellers, Publishers, Librarians, Writers & Readers.

Ref Grunt blog
Some days I love working the reference desk, some days I hate it, and it's often the same day.

Research Buzz - current news about databases & search engines

Schooliblit
News, ideas, questions, tips, links, and musings about school library media centers, information literacy, books and reading, and technology in education. 

Scissors and Glue 
A nice little blog where you can catch up on what's going on over here. The name comes from the two most frequently requested items in the library ... ha! And you thought people only wanted books.

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. 

Tame the Web : Technology & Libraries

TechnoBiblio
Where librarians and technogeeks speak the same language.

The Illustrated Librarian
Tattoos and librarians DO mix!

The Shifted Librarian
Shifting Libraries at the speed of byte

The Well Dressed Librarian
Young, fabulously well dressed MLIS student takes on the world of Corporate libraries, and anything that comes at him while he's at it.

TheoWire - news and sources for theological librarians 

Warrior Librarian Blog

Young Librarian
A young, new librarian's ideas, musings, and news about the LIS field and her search for a place in it.

usr/lib/info
What is  usr/lib/info ?
http://usrlib.info/special/faq

Waterboro Public Library (ME) weblog of literary and library news and resources
http://www.waterborolibrary.org/blog.htm

But Wait - There's More on Library related Blogs

Library Weblogs - find all the Library related blogs
www.libdex.com/weblogs.html

Jon Udell: LibraryLookup homepage 
weblog.infoworld.com/udell/stories/2002/12/11/librarylookup.html

Open Directory - listing of Library related blogs
Reference: Libraries: Library and Information Science: Weblogs

Redwood City Public Library
Liblog: A Library Weblog

The AcqWeblog
acqweb.library.vanderbilt.edu/acqweb/ms_acqs.html

Library Lovers' LiveJournal Entries
www.livejournal.com/community/libraries/

Library Related Blogs and Links

Libdex - Listing of Library Weblogs - Worldwide

LIS Blogsource
The library weblog about library weblogs 

Open Directory
Reference: Libraries: Library and Information Science: Weblogs

MORE INFO ON BLOGGING - ARTICLES TO READ

weblogs: a history and perspective
www.rebeccablood.net/essays/weblog_history.html

Read these online articles:

The "New Breed" of Library Weblogs
from Library Stuff web blog

An Open Letter to My Fellow Library Bloggers:
From "Retro Girl's" blog

Blogs for Libraries
Author: Greg Schwartz
Publisher: WebJunction
Date Published: Aug 3, 2003
Description: WebJunction community member Greg Schwartz explains what blogs are
and why librarians should care about them.

Online article:
Blogging for research
(contains links about learning how to Blog)
News Library News (NLN)
Summer 2003 issue
http://www.ibiblio.org/slanews/nln/index.htm

PERSONAL COMPUTING
Blogs: The Latest Option in Raising Your Voice Online
by Reid Goldsborough
LinkUp Digital  May 15, 2003

Teacher Librarian Info Tech Article
Volume 30, Number 1, October 2002
Shall We Blog?
www.teacherlibrarian.com/pages/infotech30_1.html

Teacher Librarian Feature Article
Volume 30, Number 2, December 2002
You Blog, We Blog: A Guide to How Teacher-Librarians
Can Use Weblogs to Build Communication and Research Skills
teacherlibrarian.com/pages/30_2_feature.html

Read on the Shifted Librarians Weblog
Is It Time To Get Blogging?
or on the Library Journal's Net Connect Supplement
Is It Time To Get Blogging? 
Blake Carver -- 1/15/2003 
Blake Carver explains why librarians need to keep up with web logs—
and consider producing them as well . 

Filters and Rogue Librarians: Weblogs in the Library World
Abstract
Defines and discusses the history of weblogs, or "blogs." 
Examines the creation of weblogs among libraries and librarians.
Provides a framework for planning for a library-created weblog
using a standard planning process, including needs assessment, budgeting and evaluation.
Analyzes the possible uses of weblogs in a small special library. 
www.stanford.edu/~gskinner/mlis/289/weblog/index.html
References
www.stanford.edu/~gskinner/mlis/289/weblog/weblog_ref.htm
 

LISFeeds.com
The one place for library news headlines
Related:
RSS For Non-Techie Librarians
By Steven M. Cohen June 2002
http://www.llrx.com/features/rssforlibrarians.htm

How To Get Your Web Site Content Syndicated
By Kalena Jordan and DanThies 
http://webmasteryp.com/members/article13-newsfeed.htm

June 2003 llrx.com online
Excerpt quoted from website:
Online Communities: From Bulletin Boards to Blogs [PDF - 4 MB]
Presented by legal bloggers Sabrina I. Pacifici and Tom Mighell at the 2003 ABATechShow in Chicago on April 3. The authors trace the evolution of online legal communities with a focus on how the profession is increasingly embracing a range of applications known as weblogs or blogs.

Library & Information Technology 
Ideas, Commentary, and Dialogues
blog to blog...
manila.cet.middlebury.edu/k16continuum/

Weblogs as Libraries - blog essay
By Katie Dunneback - Young Librarian
http://www.geocities.com/young_librarian/articles/dunneback/bloglibessay.html
 
 

Creating Your Own Blog

Excerpt quoted from Smart Computing Magazine
March 2004 • Vol.15 Issue 3 | Pgs. 74-76 in print issue
PC Project: Newsletters For Newcomers
Word & PageMaker Produce Professional Results 

A Bletter Newsletter 

Bletter (http://www.bletter.com) is a free online service for creating basic electronic newsletters, in plain text and HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) with hyperlinks and graphics. Bletter is one of those old-fashioned Internet services that exists, it seems, just to help people.

Excerpt quoted from Bletter.com

Bletter is software for easily creating blogs and email newsletters (bletter). Complete the Bletter Form, click the button and you have a multi-part enewsletter (HTML and plain text), HTML web page, plus RSS and javascript syndication files. There is no charge and no registration required to use Bletter Form.

• Bletter is the software for getting the most out your content.  
• Bletter - easily making your content go further  
• Bletter - for publishing your content into "BLOGS", enewsletters and syndication 

Visit: Bletter.com and find out more. 

Visit:

Blog-City.com Create a FREE Blog
Just some of the other features offered by BlogCity quoted from website ~
No knowledge of HTML required to create fantastic looking blogs
Email alert service for you and your readers 
Integrated mailing list and advanced bookmarking
Find out MORE >>> www.blog-city.com/home.cfm

Download the Google Toolbar,  it includes a Free Blogging Tool
Excerpt quoted from GOOGLE
BlogThis! - "Blog" stands for web log, 
your own online journal for publishing information on the web. 
To use this feature you must set up a free account with Google's Blogger service. 
If you have an existing Blogger account already, you can use that as well.
When you use BlogThis!, you create a blog post that points to the web page you're visiting.
If you highlight text on the web page, that text will also appear in your blog post. 
*NOTE also: AOL users/members also have the ability to create Free Blogs

InteractiveX : Interactive-X is the ultimate in FREE online news publishing

JournalSpace www.journalspace.com
Excerpt quoted from website
Journalspace is a new site that provides a free place for your journal or weblog.
We provide the hosting, software, and everything you need.
Your weblog's URL will be yourname.journalspace.com.

Pita's Learn to Blog!

Moveable Type.org
http://www.movabletype.org

CrimsonBlog
http://www.crimsonblog.com/
CrimsonZine
http://www.crimsonzine.com/

BlogDrive
http://www.blogdrive.com/blog.html

tBlog.com
Excerpt quoted from website:
tBLOG Basic!
Choose from our free blog templates, change the settings to match your personality,
and start blogging! tBLOG Basic let's you create a free personalized weblog 
without having to deal with banners or advertising. 
To learn more about our free blog templates, visit: 
http://www.tblog.com/

MyBlog.com
http://myblog.com/

Easy Journal
http://www.easyjournal.com/

More resource listings  to build/create FREE Blogs
Weblogs Compendium

Free Blog Hosting Guide picks
http://freebies.about.com/cs/freebloghosting/

Azure - A Free Blog client for your phone & pda
Excerpt quoted from website
What is Azure? 
Azure is a free blog client. It allows you to create and edit posts for your weblog.
It runs on your phone, so you can can now blog from wherever your mobile phone 
can get usable signal reception. 
http://web.vee.net/projects/azure/

The Weblog Tool Roundup

Open Directory listing
http://dmoz.org/Computers/Internet/On_the_Web/Weblogs/Tools/Hosts/

Blogging : Genius Strategies for Instant Web Content Biz Stone
ISBN: 0735712999 | Publisher: Pearson Education | Publ.: August 2002
Quoted from the Publisher
Turn your home page into a microportal with fresh content that will keep readers coming back. The first hands-on book on building blogs, this is an excellent tutorial for new bloggers, and includes many advanced techniques for veteran bloggers. Simply put, web logging, known as blogging, is an easy way of updating a web page via a browser without the hassle of launching an FTP client or HTML editor. With all the templates, add-ons, and extra features associated with building this microportal, the blog is a new take on the home page. The blog brings the voice of its creator to the surface, builds it into the design, and keeps the content fresh and meaningful. This book features hands-on tutorials for building a blog, adding a user based commenting system, adding team members, syndicating with JavaScript, adding searches to a site, and much more. This is the book for creative web-enthusiasts looking for the "next thing" and it's the first book of new ideas and advanced tutorials for bloggers already numbering in the hundreds of thousands. 

Blog On: Building Online Communities with Web Logs Todd Stauffer
ISBN: 0072227125 | Publisher: Osborne/McGraw-Hill | Publ. : October 2002 

We Blog: Publishing Online with Weblogs
ISBN: 0764549626 | Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons | Publ. : August 2002 

Sams Teach Yourself Blogging in 24 Hours
Molly Holzschlag
ISBN: 0672325179 | Publisher: Sams | Publ. : March 2003 

Google Directory links: Sites with Templates for Weblogs
  Computers > Internet > On the Web > Weblogs > Templates

A few links where you can find FREE Blog Templates

• http://www.thegraphicshop.org/blogtemps.shtml 
• http://alicorna.com/blogtemplates.html 
• http://www.xs4all.nl/~mosm/English/Webdesign_us/blogger_template_us.html 
• http://webclipart.miningco.com/cs/blogtemplates/ 
• http://www.december14.net/displays/blogger/index.html 
• http://www.elated.com/pagekits/ 
• http://resources.the-protagonist.com/list.php?action=list&cat_id=2

**Note some of the websites that are considered "weblogs" 
have been created using the software
"Radio User Land" The power of Web publishing on your desktop. ($39.95)
Read all about it!
Quoted from the site
http://radio.userland.com/
What is Radio UserLand? 
It's an easy-to-use Weblog tool that runs on your desktop, so it's fast, 
and ready to go when you are. 
Radio UserLand automatically builds your site, organizes and archives your posts, 
and publishes your content -- without any knowledge of HTML, FTP, or graphic design
All you need to do is install Radio and begin publishing, in minutes, not days. 
You can publish written text, links, photos, documents, 
and much more with just a single click of your mouse. 
Best of all, you can do all of this in your favorite browser.

Other sites of interest for those who want to create a "blog" site

Quoted from individual sites:

Blogger.com - push button publishing for the people

Blog*Spot is a free hosting service for Blogger™-powered blogs. 
Blogger is the easy (non-tedious!) way to update your home page. 
Keeping a journal, what's new page, weblog, project page, 
or any other type of frequently updated web page with Blogger is as easy as typing in a form. 

BlogPhiles
If you love your blog, I mean reeeeally love your blog, 
or you want others to reeeeally love your blog, then you need to join the BlogPhiles webring. 

Remember I have lots of links to information for help with creating your own personal
slice of internet realestate....have fun creating & decorating,  your "space"!
 

News Is Free
Excerpt quoted from website
NewsIsFree!
An Advanced News Aggregator
This site collects headlines from 6505 sources around the web and lets you manage them in new ways. 
You can: 
Browse the latest headlines, from thousands of sources in many different languages. 
Search for the latest news. 
Create custom pages with your own choice of news sources, arrange them in boxes or lists. 
Send headlines to your friends and collegues by mail. 
http://www.newsisfree.com/

 
See too : LIS Blogsource
The library weblog about library weblogs
BLOGRUNNER is a portal for blog content
Bloogz  - a Blog Search Engine BlogsCanada - BlogsCanada Directory contains more than 6,770 Canadian blogs organized by topic and region.