Chicago Library System: Blogging

Blogging the Arts.

Mon, 14 Jul 2003 15:10:09 GMT

Blogging the Arts:

"Andy Rhinehart found another big blogging anouncement via E-Media Tidbits : The Blogging Revolution "Starting July 14, ArtsJournal.com , a daily digest of arts and cultural journalism, will also launch its own set of weblogs. AJ Blogs will be written by critics from the Wall Street Journal, Commentary and New York Magazine ." ... [The Shifted Librarian]"

New Blog for ILL news

Thu, 03 Jul 2003 20:18:04 GMT

New Blog for Interlibrary Loan News:

Kate Boyle at the Suburban Library System has a new blog for Interlibrary Loan News. To subscribe, use this RSS feed.

BloggerCon 2003

Wed, 25 Jun 2003 15:51:14 GMT

BloggerCon 2003

BloggerCon 2003 is scheduled for October 4 at Harvard University. They have a blog that chronicles the conference's planning process and other useful information about the conference. The conference aims to cover blogs in art, business, journalism, education, librarianship, etc.

Roogle, a search engine for RSS feeds...

Tue, 11 Mar 2003 18:04:03 GMT

Roogle, a search engine for RSS feeds...

"Roogle is a search engine for RSS feeds. It is just starting, so it only has a limited number of feeds. Go add your favorite 'blog RSS feeds and increase the value of this tool." [Catalogablog]

Chi Lib Rocks! has been added today. I also ran a sample search and a number of library news blogs also provided hits.

Blogging in Corporate America

Fri, 07 Mar 2003 20:46:28 GMT

Blogging in Corporate America:

Michael Gartenberg has written this article entitled Blogging for Fun and Profit. While written for IT departments and professionals, much of the advice applies equally well to information centers/ libraries and librarians. Thanks to Scripting News for the link.

Upcoming RSS Presentation at GILS Conference!.

Mon, 24 Feb 2003 20:53:19 GMT

Upcoming RSS Presentation at GILS Conference!.

" I just got off the phone with Ray Matthews from the Utah State Library Division . You may recall that the USLD is doing wonderful things with RSS , especially in relation to their Government Information Locator Service (GILS) project . I am ecstatic to announce that Ray will be attending the 5th Annual State GILS Conference in April in nearby Lisle, IL, in order to speak about RSS! We both hope this will be an RSS wake-up call for libraries and government agencies and that it will help put ... [The Shifted Librarian]"

Thanks for the heads up, Jenny. I wonder how many libraries would like a news aggregator service for their patrons. Maybe this is something that can be integrated into the My Chicago Library portal.

Blogs in education

Tue, 11 Feb 2003 15:35:41 GMT

Blogs in Education:

In its February 2003 issue, Technology & Learning has an article entitled "Writing with Web Logs" by Kristen Kennedy that gives resources for educators in using blogging in the classroom for writing assignments. In the print issue, this article runs from page 11 to page 14.

Another Literary Blog

Thu, 06 Feb 2003 18:49:18 GMT

Another Literary Blog:

Alice, a MLIS student at Dominican University, has a literary blog, entitled That Rabbit Girl.

The Bloggies

Thu, 02 Jan 2003 20:49:42 GMT

The Bloggies:

The 2003 weblogs awards are accepting nominations until Jan. 12, 2003. Winners will be announced on March 9, 2003. Do you have a favorite blog? Here's your chance to vote for it.

Bookslut

Tue, 17 Dec 2002 18:15:55 GMT

Bookslut:

Veronda recommends this colorful blog on books and literature.

Another Blogs Article for Libraries

Wed, 11 Dec 2002 21:10:29 GMT

Another Blogs Article for Libraries:

"Morgan Wilson (another blogging librarian ) has posted online his current article on blogs and aggregators that appears in the Nov/Dec 2002 issue of the Minnesota Association of Law Libraries (MALL) newsletter. It's called Blogs and News Aggregators without the Aggravation (and Only a Little Serendipity) ... [The Shifted Librarian]" (Thanks for the tip, Jenny!)

RSS feeds for online library technology journals

Mon, 09 Dec 2002 18:09:41 GMT

RSS feeds for online library technology journals:

Ed Summers has recently created RSS feeds for D-Lib and Ariadne. The RSS feeds are available at:

http://www.inkdroid.org/rss/ariadne.xml

http://www.inkdroid.org/rss/dlib.xml

(Thanks, Ed!)

Utah State Library related blog

Mon, 25 Nov 2002 19:03:17 GMT

Utah State Library -related blog.

Jenny of SLS reports that she "just picked up on the Utah Government Information Weblog , which is run by Craig Neilson, the Information Resources Manager for the Utah State Library . Very cool! Of course, my plan is to have the Illinois State Library blogging within the next year, complete with RSS feeds so that Illinois librarians can subscribe to information about grants, legislative notices, event announcements, etc. [The Shifted Librarian]"

CLS is working with the Suburban Library System, the River Bend Library System, and the Heritage Trail Library System on a grant project to share content via blogging. If the pilot project takes off, it will probably spread across the state.

On finding new blogs

Mon, 18 Nov 2002 19:24:37 GMT

On finding new blogs:

"WSJ article on weblogs. [Scripting News]" offers plenty of places to look to find blogs that might be of interest to you or your readers.

Library Science Students Study Blogging

Tue, 15 Oct 2002 14:45:56 GMT

Library Science Students Study Blogging:

So far this week a couple of library students (independent of each other) have contacted CLS to ask questions about blogging for papers on which they are working.

New Chicago Literary Magazine

Fri, 27 Sep 2002 14:38:59 GMT

New Chicago Literary Magazine:

No East Magazine has just debuted with their first issue. The electronic magazine is put together by a group from Chicago's blogging community.

Thu, 26 Sep 2002 20:31:46 GMT

Chicago Public Library to host the Ultimate Chicago Bloggers Event:

"How Many Bloggers Does It Take To Blog A Gathering Of Bloggers?. October 5 weblog panel in Chicago . All About Weblogs announces an upcoming program on October 5, at 2 pm, at the Sulzer Branch of the Chicago Public Library at 4455 N. Lincoln Ave.: I'll explain what a weblog is, what types and genres of weblogs exsist, taking the audience on a short tour to a few of my favorites. I'll explain some simple ways to find blogs that you might be interested in, and ways to track them. I'll also briefly cover how to start you own..." [The Shifted Librarian]

I hope to have an official announcement on this event soon. But after talking to Kathryn Panares of CPL's Sulzer Branch, I know they will have some big names in the blogging and knowledge management communities at this event. It sounds like a pleasant way to spend a Saturday afternoon.

Steven M. Cohen on blogging as legal research

Thu, 19 Sep 2002 15:56:44 GMT

Steven M. Cohen on blogging as legal research:

Steven will be in NYC today speaking at Legal Tech, according to his blog Library Stuff. He's part of a dynamic panel that will also be festuring Genie Tyburski and Kaltheen Price, entitled "Using the Internet for Legal Research 201: Way Beyond the Basics".

"For those who have Power Point, my presentation can be found here." [Library Stuff - Updated daily by Steven M. Cohen]

Is there any interest in getting him to come to Chicago?

blogging and schools

Mon, 16 Sep 2002 19:07:55 GMT

Blogging & Schools:

Technology & Learning mentioned blogs (in the newslet "Attack of the Blogs") in their Trend Watch column (p. 8) of their September 2002 issue.

blogchalking and another search engine for blogs

Thu, 05 Sep 2002 15:53:22 GMT

Blogchalking and Another Search Engine for Blogs:

Bstpierre.org has a search engine for blogs that have been blogchalked. Blogchalking is a movement to make blogs searchable on the web using an iconic note and metatags. Thanks to David Bigwood of Catalogablog for the search engine update.

Blogging as Content Management System for Librarians

Wed, 04 Sep 2002 16:00:16 GMT

Intro to Blogging as Content Management System for Librarians:

Greg Notess, Reference Librarian at Montana State University and SearchEngine Showdown fame, tackles blogging in his September 2002 column for Online. The column is titled "The Blog Realm: New Sources, Searching with Daypop, and Content Management."

ProSUA

Wed, 28 Aug 2002 16:59:05 GMT

New Blog on Copyrights Issues:

"New Blog "Dedicated to the Clarification of Copyright Law for Legislators and Citizens". Kevin Marks has a new blog dedicated to taking the copyright fight to the politicians..." [Blogcritics]

ProSUA, Kevin Mark's blog, has lots of tips on how to advocate for copyright issues that affect libraries.

Library Weblogs

Tue, 27 Aug 2002 20:19:24 GMT

Library Weblogs:

'"The first public library weblog in the UK."' [Library Stuff - Updated daily by Steven M. Cohen]

For an international index to library weblogs, see "Library Weblogs."

metadata for Blogs

Tue, 27 Aug 2002 16:51:46 GMT

BlogMD

"BlogMD is a new initiative, involving the author of this blog and loads of interesting developers including Cameron Marlow of Blogdex, to improve the interoperability between weblog software and increase the amount of metadata available on weblogs by defining some standard formats and APIs to transfer it around." [Via Weblog Interop] [Sylvain Carle: Content Management]

This will help to catalog blog content. Definitely an Idea/Standard to watch!

Law librarians as newscasters

Tue, 27 Aug 2002 14:58:03 GMT

Law Librarians as Newscasters:

Law.com has an article entitled "Breaking News: Law Librarians as Newcasters" by Susannah Crego on its site. The article explains how newsletters, blogs, and current event summaries by law librarians can provide just in time information to law practioners and others in the firm.

Thanks again, Jenny.