BlogBib
http://blog-bib.blogspot.com/
"This
annotated bibliography includes definitions, articles about blogging and
about library blogs, books, studies, links to samples of the myriad library
blogs, tools for creating and using blogs, and links to presentations on
blogging. ... "While most entries are from the United States of America, BlogBib includes blogs and commentary from Canada, Europe, and Australia as well. Coverage includes academic, public, school, and special libraries." By librarian Susan Herzog, not to be updated after January, 2007. |
Blogs - Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog
Encyclopedia entry covering history, types, popularity, relationship with
mass media, consequences, and references. |
Blogs - Weblogs in Higher Education
http://www.mchron.net/site/edublog.php
This site publishes nearly every day or, sometimes, nearly every month, on blogs,
wikis, podcasts, teaching, and related topics, starting with the first message
back on March 7, 2003. Weblogs in Higher Education is maintained by Ken Smith
in the English Department at Indiana University South Bend. |
Daypop - a current events-weblog-news search engine
http://www.daypop.com/
Daypop is a current events search engine that crawls the Internet at least once a day, thus bringing you the latest informaiton relevant to your searches. It also searches results from weblogs that may direct you to unique and valuable web resources. --Schlein Daypop allows you to search over 59,000 news sites, weblogs, and online magazines--excellent for breaking news, major news sites crawled every three hours, and blogs crawled every 12 hours. Daypop also has lists of the 40 most popular weblogs and the most popular topics written about in weblogs and the news during that day. --Ackermann |
EDUCAUSE Community Blogs
http://blog.educause.edu/
Do you have a keen interest in emerging technologies and a spirit of adventure? The play an active part in the EDUCAUSE Community Blog Service, a pilot project to give association members a hands-on opportunity to explore the use of blogs and to create a new, vibrant medium for professional information sharing. |
FAQ- Blogging on the job - CNET
http://news.com.com/FAQ Blogging on the job/2100-1030_3-5597010.html?tag=nefd.ac
This March 2005 FAQ contains questions and answers about the potential risk of being disciplined or fired from a job due to content on a personal blog. Discusses legislation, civil liberties, the specific cases of union and government employees, potential positive effects of blogging on career advancement, and more. From CNET News.com. --LII |
Feedmap.net (BETA) - Where Blogs Meet Maps
http://www.feedmap.net/BlogMap/
Here you can browse for weblogs by location, set the location of your blog, and
search for blogs by location. Not sure there's a lot to be said for location
as the basis for reading blogs! |
How to Blog Safely (About Work or Anything Else)
http://www.eff.org/Privacy/Anonymity/blog-anonymously.php
This April 2005 article about blogs lists "simple precautions to help you maintain control of your personal privacy so that you can express yourself without facing unjust retaliation." Ideas include anonymous blogging (such as using a pseudonym and limiting your audience), understanding legal implications of blogs, and related topics. Includes links. From the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). |
Into the Blogosphere
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/blogosphere/
This online, edited collection explores discursive, visual, social, and other communicative features of weblogs. Essays analyze and critique situated cases and examples drawn from weblogs and weblog communities. University of Minnesota. |
Literary Weblogs- An Overview
http://www.complete-review.com/quarterly/vol3/issue3/litblogs.htm
Discussion of literary blogs. The focus is "decidedly on the consumption of literature
(reading) rather than its production (writing)." From the quarterly literary
journal, The Complete Review. Now says to consider it a "relic of the times (2005)"
but keeps a links page up-to-date: http://www.complete-review.com/links/bloglink.htm |
Podcasts (Yahoo! Beta)
http://podcasts.yahoo.com/publish/1
"With just a few pieces of gear, this tutorial, and a little inspiration,
you can be podcasting in no time at all." Explains what kinds of
equipment and software you'll need, and how to record, link, and
publicize your podcasts. Yahoo! makes it sound pretty simple.
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Tame the Web - Libraries, Technology and the Big Picture
http://www.tametheweb.com/
Michael Stephen's blog, a well-known Indiana librarian blogger formerly from
St. Joseph's Public Library. |
Technorati- What's happening on the Web right now
http://www.technorati.com/
"Technorati is a real-time search engine that keeps track of what is going on in the blogosphere — the world of weblogs." Drop a keyword or URL into the search box, browse popular topics, or create up to three free custom notifications. |
Bloglines
http://www.bloglines.com/
Bloglines is a free service that makes it easy to keep up with your favorite
blogs and news feeds. With Bloglines, you can subscribe to the RSS feeds
of your favorite blogs, and Bloglines will monitor updates to those sites.
You can read the latest entries easily within Bloglines; and best of all,
email, save, or even post items to your own blog. (I've used it for several
years, but may now be switching to Google Reader. IE7 now has a builtin RSS
management system/reader, but no sharing options.) |
Feedster -- RSS Search Engine and Directory
http://www.feedster.com/
Looking for breaking news and information? Feedster monitors the world of RSS
minute by minute to deliver a fresh index of information from millions of
sources--"the largest quality index of RSS feeds" (though I don't
know if Google would agree). The site hosts a very helpful "Introduction to RSS and Feeds" where I learned that Firefox has some RSS management
features I was unaware of. |
NewsIsFree
http://www.newsisfree.com/
An online news reader, RSS Directory and news search engine, all-in-one; carries a broad selection of high quality news sources and headlines from sites without rss feeds. Basic services of news search, rss feeds and portal are free; premium services are offered. |
RSS Compendium - RSS Readers
http://allrss.com/rssreaders.html
Information on readers has been broken down by platform (Windows, MAC, etc.)--helpful, if you really want to "shop" for a reader; but sticking with a web-based reader is much easier! |
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