1. Take a look at these 3 blogs. Share an interesting idea from one of them (include the blog name and date of the interesting post--no repeats!).
"Something Different Every Day": http://blogs.nsls.info/different/
"Youth Services Librarians Unite!": http://youthserviceslib.blogspot.com/
"The Shifted Librarian": http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/
2. If you already have an RSS aggregator (like http://www.bloglines.com/) tell us about one of your feeds.
3. Find one other job-related blog which you think would interest your co-workers, and tell us what you like about it (no repeats!).
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1. I looked at "Youth Services Librarians Unite!"
What I like about this blog is all of the wonderful links it provides to many other blogs and websites for ideas. I subscribed to this blog a few weeks ago and I have found that it has linked me to great sites like:
"Library Storytime" http://librarystorytime.wordpress.com/, from which I have found some storytime ideas.
The site I.N.K. http://www.inkrethink.blogspot.com/which is Interesting Non-fiction for kids and this has led me to some titles to purchase. An interesting not is that local author Bob Raczka is one of the contributing authors of this site!
I also found from this site on Wednesday, October 17, 2007 a link to a list of 100 books kids should hear before they start school. We are asked this type of thing often and I have already referred to the list while helping a patron.
So I guess there wasn't one specific idea that I liked on this blog, but it is a great place that pulls together useful information for Youth Services Librarians!
2. One of my feeds is Cybils: http://dadtalk.typepad.com/cybils/
Which is a Children's & YA Bloggers Literary Award. Sorry Kathleen but The Chicken-Chasing Queen of Lamar County was one of their winners.
3. Another job-related blog is "Book Buds Kidlit Reviews" http://dadtalk.typepad.com/book_buds_kidlit_reviews/
This is a site done by a mother who started talking about books that she has read to her child. I use it as another source to find books to purchase and to recommend to patrons.
1. I looked at the NSLS blog entry dated 12/3/07. It has a great commentary on YS librarians as readers (seems like a "duh" doesn't it, but it's not). We can be proud of our RA group. Do you all agree with what she says about it getting harder to read with all the other demands on our time? I agree that I feel much more confident making recommendations if I've read, or one of you has read and commented on, the book.
2. I do not have an RSS aggregator. I really needed that clarified so I found a great article here http://rss.softwaregarden.com/aboutrss.html
that helped explain it. Next step, do it!
3. I've had this blog in my favorites for months, ever since one of the d41 Literacy specialists told me about it. These teacher bloggers clearly love books and are always on top of the newest stuff. They also talk about teaching strategies and trends and their information seems very current. They also have a great list of blogs on their site (including the cybils Melissa, I think one of them is on that committee). I read this one pretty regularly. http://readingyear.blogspot.com/
FYI, on the "Year of Reading" blog they also have their link to their "LibraryThing" shelf in the bottom right corner. Cool.
Melissa--I just can't see the attraction of the Chicken Chasing Queen. Maybe it's just me ;-).
I put "About Contemporary Literature" on my blogline account several months ago. I have yet to find anything useful on this site so I'm going to delete it.
I have frequently used the "Children's Literature Web Guide" to compile bibliographies. However the site is apparently no longer being maintained. (www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/index.html)It is still valuable as a resource and has good links.
Librarian Chick (librarianchick.pbwiki.com) contains a hundreds of links to web sites. It is well organized by subject but can be overwhelming. The blog written by the "librarian chick" Stacy Reed is okay. I'd give it 3.5 stars out of 5. One site linked is www.bibme.org creates bibligraphies for papers and is great for students.
My favorite quote so far:
“Offering videogames in libraries is like serving martinis at AA meetings.”
It's from an article on the Shifted Librarian blog, and very timely for us.
Out of the three, I prefered Youth Serives Lib. Unite - they had so many links to good sites. My favorite was Best Kids Book Site - they had storytime themes, with related books, fingerplays, crafts, songs, coloring pages. Another site - Kids Know It All also had links to fingerplays.
If youread my previous comment, you will know I can't type and didn't bother to proof either! Anyway...
Re: part 3: I found a blog called The Laughing Librarian
www.laughing librarian.com/index.htm
It had song lyrics (The Bookmobile Ran Over My Dog), a link to quotes - "Don't judge a book by its video case", a link to videos, and other amusing things. when patrons get you down, this may a good sight to look at for a chuckle.
Due to the obvious nature of my job at GEPL my comments may be brief,yet I wanted to contribute.
1."Project Awesome" December 17 I'm all for "Nerdfighter Power" and the trends towards more innovative literature for Young Adults
2. No Really Simple Syndication aggregator as of yet...
3.Now for the latest on GREEN libraries. This had been of interest to me from the times I spent in Technical Services was astounded by the waste generated from the withdrawn materials.
http://libraryjuicepress.com/blog/?p=275
I think that the RSS aggregator seems like a good idea. Don't know if I would ever use it but. . .
1. I took a look at Jenny Levine's blog, one I always say I'm going to try to read regularly, but never remember to do. I skimmed a lot of it, but was pretty struck by the posting from March 19th, titled "Visiting the Most Modern Library in the World." Normally, I'm not a fan of the high-tech contemporary libraries, that seem to be more concerned with overly-bright colors and weird architecture than comfortable places to sit and read, but her description of the library in Delft, as well as the pictures she took, made it seem like a great library. From her post, I got the idea that this library has found a good blend of "information center" hi-tech modernity and classic, comfortable library space. Though my cluttered mindset still prefers a little less empty space (it looks too much like a warehouse), this seemed like a library I would actually want to explore. The signage in particular was eye catching in the pictures and made me start thinking about ways American public libraries could try to follow their example.
2. Honestly, I really only use my RSS for newsfeeds. I love the BBC feed.
3. I sporadically read Michael Stephens's blog "Tame the Web" at http://tametheweb.com/
also, not a blog, but regularly updated with a lot of blog-like features, I love http://www.teenreads.com for the book reviews written about YA books by actually teenagers.
wow!
can i just say wow again?
i snuck over here to take a peek and am i ever glad that i did! lots of great ideas & websites to check out.
and btw kate, the page looks fanTAStic.
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