This 23 things project item is reminiscent of thing 4 on RSS feeds, but now I have to focus on library-related blogs only. It is interesting to read how other librarians run their library programs especially since I believe my own library program is still evolving into what I had envisioned it to be when I applied for the job. It is much harder than I thought to create an effective library program, so reading other librarians' trials and tribulations are very informative. I only wish I had time during the work day to explore these resources further instead of relying on my family time to do so. Any ideas how to do this? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?
I checked out several of the suggested blog search tools during the course of this project thing. Using Google Blog Search was like using the regular Google Search. Everything was familiar and still sometimes hard to find exactly what you are looking for...just like a regular Google search. I tried out Bloglines, but didn't get far because frankly I am tired of creating accounts to do anything. So I let that one go. Next, I looked at the Edublogs Awards Blog. I liked the way the blogs were sorted into categories. I could pinpoint my search to library/librarian blogs and explore from there. I have checked out Edublogs before on one of the previous 23 things project item. I like this site for looking for education related blogs. I tried to use Suprglu to search for blogs but couldn't even get the site to come up.
I found some cool middle school librarian blogs, even though middle school in most districts have a different configuration than my middle school. The Book Bug, The Media Specialist's Guide to the Internet, and The Adventures of Library Girl are now either in my Google Reader account or in my bookmarks. I couldn't figure out how to add The Adventures of Library Girl to my reader account.
Now if I could only find the time to check the Google Reader, I could keep up!
'Til we meet and read again,
Debra
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