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Many libraries and librarians publish weblogs (also called "blogs"). For more information on blogs in general, see the Blog entry in Wikipedia.

Blogs with a Google PageRank of 7 or more are listed in bold. See also 2006 Best Blogs for another selected list, and Weblogs - Medical Librarianship for a topical subsection.

Individuals[edit]

Below is a list of blogs related to libraries or librarianship alphabetized by blog title.

0–9[edit]

  • 025.431: The Dewey blog
  • 18th Century Reading Room
  • 2CoolTools for Librarians and friends

A[edit]

  • Photo
  • SMS
  • Journal
  • Cooking
  • The Aardvark Speaks Horst Prillinger (Austria)
  • Ab's Blog Last updated in 2010
  • Academic Librarian
  • adj.librarian
  • Adventures in Library Land! Alice Kim writes about assisting the Chronicling America newspaper digitization project and other digitization project as a graduate research assistant at the University of Hawaii library. A writer and information synthesist, Alice is an MLISc graduate and master's degree student in English.
  • Alaska Bush Library A blog by Darla Grediagin District Librarian in Unalakleet, Alaska
  • All Things Amy Last updated in 2009
  • ALS Academic & Special Librarians Last updated in 2010
  • Amici delle biblioteche Italian blog with emphasis on user iteraction with libraries
  • ASC Online A weblog of Information Science & Technology education and mentoring for LIS graduates. Last updated in 2006.
  • @ the Library Last updated in 2010.
  • Aνάβασις An MLIS student blogging about Web 2.0, digitization, and more. Last updated in 2007.
  • https://librarybvbvprtpjpr.wordpress.com/

B[edit]

  • best gallery Photo
  • B_LISSBlog Edith Cowan University
  • Baby Boomer Librarian Bill Drew
  • Bad Girl Librarian
  • banned librarian for librarians who support social justice & activists who love libraries
  • Belgrade and Beyond by Danica Radovanovic, MSc.Information management professional
  • BentleyBlog
  • BeSpacific
  • Bessie Chin Library Leaves Library news from the Bessie Chin Library @ Redwood HS in Larkspur, CA, USA
  • Beyond the Job Sarah Johnson and Rachel Singer Gordon
  • Biblioblatherblog
  • Biblioblog
  • Biblioblond A Montreal MLIS student blog
  • BiblioGETAFE Concepción Campos-Asensio, a medical librarian.
  • Bibliomaniac, Future Librarian, Jedi Knight An MLIS student blogging about Web 2.0, web design, and transitioning to the Real World.
  • Biblioteca del Seminario Vescovile di Cremona
  • BiblioTech Web How technology is changing libraries and education
  • Bibliotherapy for obsessive/compulsive Readers
  • Bigenarian Librarian Tales of a twenty-something librarian trying to find her way in the library world.
  • The Binder Blog An MLIS student talks tech, social media, libraries and policy
  • Bits n Pieces o Books n stuff James E. Weaver
  • Blisspix by Fiona Bradley, a librarian from Sydney
  • Blog about Libraries
  • Blog da tese
  • Blog of a Bookslut by Jessa Crispin
  • Blog on the Side Darlene Fichter
  • blog.skagirlie.net - blog of a Librarian and Webmaster
  • BlogJunction
  • blogwithoutalibrary.net libraries, technology, UX, &c. - Amanda Etches-Johnson, McMaster University
  • Bluestalking Reader
  • Blyberg.net
  • Book Kitten
  • Books to curl up with: a librarian's musings
  • The Book's The Thing
  • Booktending
  • 'Brary Web Diva
  • Brave New World: The World of a 21st Century Librarian Bryan Loar
  • Brennan's Blog on Libraries, Lexicons and Life An MLIS student blogging about the state of libraries in the digital world, learning online, Web 2.0, and more…
  • The Brewin' Librarian
  • Brockton Public Library Reader's Advisory Blog Brockton, Mass.
  • Bronwyn's Library Blog
  • Business Information Review Journal Blog

C[edit]

  • California Dreamin' about libraries, online learning and education by Rob Darrow
  • Callinan the Librarian
  • Canuck Librarian
  • Can You Paradigm? MLIS student & visual artist with a predilection for manifestos. Maxim: Be More Ridiculous!
  • Carolyne's pages of interest
  • Catalogablog by David Bigwood. Cataloging news
  • Cataloging Futures by Christine Schwartz
  • The Cataloguing Librarian by Laurel Tarulli. Cataloguing issues and professional ethics.
  • Cat in Alexandria by M.E.J. Kressler. A library clerk offers a unique glimpse into "a diary of a life lived, aided by public libraries." Kressler also gives fascinating, well written accounts from the circulation side of the library.
  • cathy the librarian Catherine Kyle
  • Caveat Lector
  • The Caveman Librarian
  • The Centered Librarian
  • checking out and checking in
  • The Cheeky Librarian
  • ChicagoLibrarian by Leo Robert Klein. Design, Technology & Culture from a Librarian living in Chicago.
  • Chornomore A New Librarian's Perspective
  • Christina's LIS rant Christina Pikas
  • Christopher Kupec's Weblog
  • Chronicles of Bean
  • The Chronicles of The (almost) Bald Technology Trainer by Maurice Coleman. New and Old Technology, Libraries, Staff Development, Training and other interests.
  • The Civil Librarian Chris Freeman, City Librarian, Stockton-San Joaquin County Public Library
  • Clam Chowder Chris Deweese
  • Clifford's Blog An MLIS student blogging about becoming a Reference/Instruction librarian.
  • Closed Stacks A collaborative blog covering everything from resources, youth services, current events, MLIS programs, Library 2.0, books, law librarianship, and more.
  • CoffeeCode by Dan Scott. Mostly talking library software development.
  • The coffeehouse librarian
  • CogSci Librarian
  • Collecting my Thoughts
  • Conan the Librarian
  • Concerned Librarians of British Columbia, Canada
  • Confessions of a Curator Lynne M. Thomas. Rare Books, Special Collections, Popular Culture, and Technology
  • Confessions of a Mad Librarian Eli Edwards
  • Confessions of a Science Librarian John Dupuis
  • Connecting Librarian Thoughts and discoveries of an Australian librarian working in a public library
  • Connie Crosby Toronto-based law librarian/social media consultant
  • ContentReflections by Mary Alice Ball. Thoughts on content and how people use it.
  • Continuing Education! A Web 2.0 blog started during my experience with School Library Learning 2.0
  • Convivial Librarian
  • The Cool Librarian
  • copy this blog
  • Corporate Librarian opinion and comments
  • corrigenda Paul Pennyfeather
  • Country Librarian
  • Creative Librarian by Laura Blalock. The Creative Librarian is a hub for matters important to librarians/information scientists of today. There is a definite lean towards electronic issues, however it isn’t restricted to only those. Hopefully this site will also be useful for informing non-librarians on these issues as so many of them affect us all.
  • Curious Child's Library Wanderings by Dani Vaughn-Tucker. My random musings on my job as a histolibrarianivist.
  • The Cynic Librarian

D[edit]

  • Darth Libris
  • Data Obsessed
  • David Lee King
  • davidrothman.net Exploring Medical libraries and Web Geekery
  • David's Random Stuff
  • The Days & Nights of the Lipstick Librarian!
  • Dead Fish and Unnamed Substances
  • Dee'tjes
  • De las Carolinas
  • Depraved Librarian
  • Designing Better Libraries posts about design thinking and libraries
  • Dewey & Main
  • Dewey's Dartboard
  • digitalcommons
  • Digital Eccentric Leslie Johnston
  • The Digital Librarian Jeremy Frumkin
  • Digital Reference Stephen Francoeur
  • DigitalKoans
  • Digitization 101
  • Digitizationblog
  • Dilettante's Ball
  • The Disorganized Librarian
  • Disruptive Library Technology Jester
  • DisruptiveScholarship
  • Distance Education Library Services
  • The Distant Librarian Paul R. Pival
  • The Ditzler Blog A PhD student at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee blogging about both public and information policy.
  • DIY Librarian
  • Dojo of the Ninja Librarian
  • DRTC Blog
  • DrWeb's Domain

E[edit]

  • Eagle Dawg Blog, perspectives from a new medical librarian
  • Easy Librarian
  • EBM and Clinical Support Librarians@UCHC
  • Eclectic Librarian
  • ecolibrarian last post 11/26/2006
  • Edifice Ref
  • The.Effing.Librarian
  • Electric Forest
  • Electronic Information for London NHS by Andy Richardson, Electronic Services Manager, electronic Knowledge Access Team, London Health Libraries
  • Electronic Information Retrieval System
  • Elementary School Blog Norma Jean Smith
  • eLiterate Librarian
  • ellie <3 libraries
  • ELSUA
  • Enger 2.0 Magnus Enger
  • EngLib (Engineering and Science Librarians)
  • Ephramyfan: Tales of a Soon-To-Be Librarian
  • eprintblog E-print archives in universities and colleges, particularly those hosted by academic libraries, and the e-print phenomenon in general. Maintained by Guy Aron
  • Erie Looking Productions Blog about ELP operations that also touches upon library matters. Mainly maintained by Stephen Michael Kellat.
  • E-Resource Journal Maintenance and troubleshooting journal by Toni Fortini, University of Vermont
  • Everybody's Libraries
  • Everything is About Search An student blog that really is all about the Search, with a little bit of Web 2.0 for good measure.
  • Exploded Library Morgan Wilson, Temporarily Not Posting
  • Extrablatt Newspapers & Libraries
  • E-Resources [1] By Evan, written in Chinese

F[edit]

  • Family Man Librarian
  • Far Off Librarian Musings on academic distance librarianship
  • Feel-good Librarian
  • Feistylibrarianlast post 1/03/2008
  • Fiddling Librarian 3.0
  • The Fifth Law dispatches from the organic side of Library Land
  • Filipino Librarian For those interested in knowing more about the Philippines, Filipiniana, Philippine libraries and Filipino librarians
  • Foxylibrarian.com
  • FRBR Blog William Denton
  • Free Government Information - Because government information nee
  • Free Range Librarian by Karen G. Schneider, offers some of the more lengthy and insightful commentary on current events and other areas of interest
  • Frequently Answered Questions Rebecca Hedreen
  • From the Library Director Dover Town Library
  • from your science librarian’s desk
  • Frontier librarian The blog of two Australian librarians temporarily living in Sarawak
  • The Future of the Book Weblog Gary Frost

G[edit]

  • Game On: Games in Libraries Last updated in 2008.
  • Gaming in Libraries
  • Gather No Dust Documenting the Experiences of a Library Manager
  • The Geek Librarian Folksonomies, open access, information technology and LIS
  • Geeky Artist Librarian a NextGen digital librarian who loves art & geekery - Starr Hoffman
  • Government Info Pro Marie Kaddell
  • Going Green @ your Library
  • The Gossiping Librarian Last updated in 2008.
  • Gothos A Geospatial Librarian's World
  • Grassroots Librarian Miguel Ramos. Last updated in 2007.
  • Green Earth Journal
  • Grumpator
  • The Gypsy Librarian

H[edit]

  • Half Hollow Hills Community Library
  • The Handheld Librarian
  • Haven't been this happy in minutes Beth V. Ringsmuth, LIS student and library worker. Last updated in 2008.
  • Hidden Peanuts
  • Hiring LibrariansShort, mostly anonymous interviews with people who hire librarians. And some miscellany.
  • Holisso Blog An MLIS student blogging about Web 2.0 and jumping through those last few library school hoops.
  • Hot n Happening by Anil Mishra (India)
  • How to Become a Librarian in 40 Years or Less An MLIS student blogging about her life path, Web 2.0, web design, and more…
  • Hybrid Librarian Smart, clean, and fuel efficient. Last updated in 2009.

I[edit]

  • Illuminations, Special Collections of Florida State University Blog about working with archives, manuscripts, and rare books, digital collections, and more.
  • The Illustrated Librarian Last updated in 2009.
  • i love libraries Leah Larson. Last updated in 2006.
  • The Imaginary Journal of Poetic Economics
  • Impromptu Librarian Mary Beth Sancomb-Moran. Extemporaneous musings on things library and not.
  • In the Library with the Lead Pipe Gaming in libraries.
  • Indoor Sunglasses (The Exploits of an Aspiring Librarian) Last updated in 2010.
  • Infoblog
  • Infollectual Last updated in 2009.
  • Infomancy Last updated in 2010.
  • Info Doodads Five librarians review online information tools
  • The InfoMan's Blog John Burke. Last updated in 2006.
  • info-mational char booth
  • Information Literacy Land of Confusion Librarian Michael Lorenzen discusses library user education, library instruction, librarianship, information literacy, and search engines. Also covers other observations on life in general
  • Information Literacy Weblog
  • Information Literacy Meets Web 2.0 Last updated in 2009.
  • Information Overlord
  • Information Manager Saravanan'sLibrarian from Tamil Nadu, India, blog some of the interesting news, tools, jobs, resources and updates in his profession and in general
  • Information Tyrannosaur Andy Burkhardt's blog about transitioning from MLIS student to the top of the information food chain
  • Information Visualization
  • Information Wants To Be Free Meredith Farkas
  • InfoMatters
  • The In Season Christian Librarian
  • InfoPill Last updated in 2007.
  • Information Perks An MLIS student blogging about Web 2.0, public policy, information retrieval, librarianship, and design. Last updated in 2008.
  • Infosophy: Socio-technological Rendering of Information Last updated in 2010.
  • Innovate Peta Hopkins
  • Inquiring Librarian
  • Interesting Music Stuff Colin Homiski's blog on the evaluation of music, film, media, performing and dramatic arts resources and promotion of information literacy skills.
  • Instructional Design Resources Last updated in 2008.
  • The Invisible Web Weblog
  • ISHUSH Woody Evans. Last updated in 2010.
  • The Itinerant Librarian

J[edit]

  • Immortal
  • JasonUnbound
  • Joeyanne Libraryanne
  • John Battelle's Searchblog
  • John Miedema Books, libraries, technology
  • j's scratchpad
  • Judithsviews
  • JulieShen.com
  • Just an Old-Fashioned Blog An MLIS student blogging about Web 2.0 and library classification.

K[edit]

  • Key to ICT in LIS by Anil Kumar Mishra (India)
  • Kamat AnthoBLOGy Vikas Kamat (India)
  • Keeping Current Susan Herzog, Kris Jacobi, Ellen Colburn
  • Kegliography Jay Kegley
  • Kenton Good
  • The Kept-Up Academic Librarian Steven J. Bell
  • Killeblog
  • Knowbodies Petter Næss
  • knowledgespace library blog Angela Dove
  • Kol Safran == A Librarian's Voice Comments on information, books, librarianship, and libraries by Daniel D. Stuhlman
  • Kongtemplation
  • The Krafty Librarian
  • The Kung-Fu Librarian
  • uniel library

L[edit]

  • The L Files
  • Laika's Medliblog A Dutch/English blog with emphasis on evidence based medicine
  • Larocque and Roll
  • The Laughing Librarian
  • Lauren's Library Blog
  • Laurie the Librarian
  • Law Librations An MLIS student blogging about law librarianship and public policy.
  • Law Librarian Blog
  • LawLibTech
  • lbr Librarians By Request
  • The Leapin' Librarian
  • The Learning Librarian
  • Legal Marketing Ruth Balkin
  • Legal References
  • Letters from the Library An MLIS student blogging about librarianship, Web 2.0, and present & future of libraries.
  • The Letter Z
  • Libby the Librarian: Ruminations of a Reader
  • LibCasting by Greg Notess, screen casting in libraries
  • Libdev
  • Liberry Air
  • Liberry Blooze
  • Liberry Bush
  • Libodyssey
  • Libr Virtual reference
  • Libraria Miscellanea Jenneffer Sixkiller, Adult Reference Librarian
  • Librarian 1.5 Thomas Brevik
  • Librarian 2
  • Librarian Avengers Erica Olsen
  • A Librarian at Every Table
  • Librarian by Day by Bobbi Newman
  • Librarian in Residence
  • The Librarian in the Basement
  • Librarian Ire
  • Librarian in the Middle Resources and News for Middle School Librarians
  • Librarian in Tie-Dye
  • Librarian Lia
  • Librarian Loose on the Web
  • Librarian of the Dead
  • Librarian of the Wastes
  • Librarian Way
  • Librarian with Class Brenda Hough & Rebecca Richardson
  • librarian.net by Jessamyn West. Headline snippets with an alternative slant, from the famous self-styled anarchist 'rarin-librarian
  • Librarian
  • LibrarianActivist.org Danielle Dennie - to offer resources to librarians who want to be active in political and social issues surrounding libraries and librarianship. To offer a forum where librarians can let others know of events that they
  • Librarianguish
  • LibrarianInBlack Tech Librarians - Sarah Houghton
  • The Librarian is In Topics of interest to public libraries, plus virtual tours of them - Justine Shaffner
  • A Librarian's Guide to Etiquette
  • Librarian's Lobby -- Articles on Judaica library materials, librarians and libraries
  • The Librarian's Lounge
  • Librarian's Rant - Louise Alcorn, Iowa librarian (libraries, library tech, geek stuff, politics)
  • Librarians' RX a blog for Canadian health sciences librarians
  • Librarians Matter It is and we do. Musing, enthusing, libraries, emerging technologies, balancing, being mum.
  • Librarianship Studies & Information Technology a blog on library and information science
  • Libraries & Life This is a place where I like to express my thoughts about libraries, library 2.0, the future of libraries, and new and interesting things about what makes libraries great!
  • Libraries and Their Impact on the Digital Divide Dave Bindle, University of Saskatchewan
  • Libraries Interact An Australian group blog
  • LibraRonin
  • Library 2.0
  • Library Advocate
  • Library Alchemy
  • The Library Ass
  • libraryassessment.info - A blog for and by librarians interested in academic library service assessment, evaluation, and improvement
  • Library Autonomous Zone
  • Library Bitch
  • Library Boy
  • Library Chic Karen A. Coombs
  • Library Chronicles
  • Library clips
  • Library Cloud
  • LibraryCog
  • Library Computer Guy An MLIS student blogging about OpenSource, Web 2.0, librarianship, and usability.
  • The Library Despot 2.0
  • TheLibraryDiva.com
  • Library Dust Michael McGrorty
  • Library Excellence John Potter
  • Library Feed Jen Waller - (libraries OR food). Sometimes (libraries AND food).
  • Library Games
  • Library Garden Peter Bromberg, Janie Hermann, Robert Lackie, Marie Radford
  • Library Geek Woes Documenting the death throes of the American public library
  • Library Grants For librarians interested in grant opportunities!
  • Library Juice Rory Litwin
  • Library Kaos Cybergrunt
  • The Librarylicious Trainer
  • Library Leadership
  • Library Link of the Day
  • Library Lovers' Live Journal
  • Library Marketing-Thinking Outside the Book
  • Library Mistress Monika Bargmann (Austria)
  • Library Monk Dan Greene
  • Library Mouse Eep!
  • Library Pariah
  • Library Planet Michael Pate
  • Library Research Service
  • Library Revolution Emily Clasper - The Library Status Quo Must Go!
  • Library Snark
  • Library Stories: Libraries and Librarians in the News
  • Library Student Journal Editors' Blog LIS news for the readers of LSJ
  • Library Stuff Steven M. Cohen
  • Library Supporter
  • Library TechBytes
  • Library Technology in Texas Christine Peterson
  • Library Technology NOW
  • Library Technology Trends Dale Atkins
  • Library Tourguide to Blogs and Technology
  • Library Voice
  • A Library Writer's Blog Corey Seeman
  • Library Zen Small Ideas for the Library World
  • library_geek
  • LibraryBytes "Byte-size" chunks of news about libraries & new technologies (& a few other observations in between)
  • LibraryCrunch Michael Casey
  • librarygrrrl.net
  • Libraryland Roundup
  • LibraryLaw Blog
  • Libraryman
  • Libraryola
  • LibraryStream Steve Campion
  • LibrarySupportStaff.org Rick Mason
  • LibraryTechtonics
  • library+instruction+technology Andrew Whitis
  • Libri & Libertas Laura Wimberley
  • LibTalk Blog
  • Life as I know it
  • Life In the Stacks
  • The Life of Books
  • The Liminal Librarian
  • Linux Librarian
  • LIS Cafe A Web gathering created on 22nd, September, 2005 for LIS (Kuwait)
  • lis.dom
  • LISNews The largest library and information science news blog. Run by Blake Carver, but also contributed to by dozens of other authors. Uses Slashcode for comments and moderation. Most library news stories are covered by this site
  • LIS :: Michael Habib
  • LISMysore Chetan Hegde M, Mysore, Karnataka, India
  • literacyspace literacy & libraries
  • lo-fi librarian a legal librarian's musings
  • The Log of a Librarian Edgardo Civallero, Argentina
  • Loomware - Crafting New Libraries Discussions related to

information and technology in academic libraries, universities and life in general - Mark Leggott, University Librarian, University of Winnipeg

  • The Lonely Librarian Swiss Librarian
  • LoopyLibrarian
  • Loose Cannon Librarian - Kate Sheehan
  • Lorcan Dempsey's Weblog "On libraries, services and networks"
  • Lorena's Library Log Lorena O'English
  • Loriene's Campaign Loriene Roy
  • Lost Librarian
  • LOTR Librarian find information about Tolkien, discuss Tolkien, or for librarians who happen to love Tolkien's books
  • Louis Rosenfeld Bloug
  • LSLC Training by Stephanie Zimmerman, Training Coordinator for the Library System of Lancaster County in Pennsylvania
  • Llyfrgellydd - Rikhei Harris

M[edit]

  • Journal of Physics
  • Maryam
  • The "M" Word Nancy Dowd
  • Maeve's Blog
  • MaisonBisson.com Casey Bisson
  • Mamamusings Elizabeth Lane Lawley
  • Manage This! Barbara Kelly
  • mapz: a gis librarian
  • Marion No More
  • Max Power Blogs
  • McSweeney's Internet Tendency: Dispatches from a Public Libraria
  • Me and Mr. Dewey
  • The Medium is the Message Eric Schnell
  • MedLib Medical Library weblog maintained by Vinod Scaria (India)
  • medlibrarian.net
  • MedLib Universe Blogging the Medical Librarianship Universe: A Newbie’s Perspective
  • Meg 2.0 Meg Canada
  • mélange mélange : angela’s musings on libraries, the web, and living with technology
  • Metalibrarian Amy Jackson
  • MemeDonkey An MLIS student blogging about Web 2.0, open source, Google, and the environment.
  • Mentat Lori Bowen Ayre
  • Mesoj Education blog from Jonathan H. Harwell, Education Librarian; a blog of news & research for scholars and others interested in education
  • Metametametadata
  • Miedema, John Books, libraries, technology
  • Mike the Librarian
  • Mikes Musing’s
  • The Misadventures of Super_Librarian
  • MK Library
  • Mostly NF nonfiction book blog
  • Mrs. Librarian Lady Teen programming blog by Kimberli Buckley aka Mrs. Librarian Lady.
  • Mr. Mustache
  • Multifaith Information Gateway Dr.Mohamed Taher
  • Museums & Libraries Kathryn Kozak
  • Musings about librarianship Blog by Aaron Tay, NUS Librarian, covering mostly Library 2.0 ideas.
  • Musings of a NexGen Librarian An MLIS student blogging about librarianship, public policy, and Web 2.0.
  • Musings from Vermont
  • Musings of a librarian

N[edit]

  • Neat New Stuff on the Net
  • New Jack Librarian
  • NewBreed Librarian
  • New Jersey Academic Librarian
  • NewlyMintedLibrarian
  • NewPages
  • NHS eLibraries Ben Toth's blog about digital libraries and the National Health Service
  • Nichole's auxiliary storage
  • Ninetynine zeros (Google from the inside)
  • NJIT Bruce Journal of Bruce Slutsky Reference Librarian at the New Jersey Institute of Technology
  • [2] No Shelf Required: A blog about eBooks for librarians and publishers
  • The Nonny Librarians
  • NonSoloPolvere Diary of an italian librarian
  • Not Quite a Librarian An MLIS student blogging about Web 2.0, librarianship, public policy, and the environment.
  • Not So Distant Future Carolyn Foote
  • Notes From Underground An MLIS student blogging about librarianship, information theory, and organization.
  • Nonfiction Addiction Librarian blogging about nonfiction.

O[edit]

  • OA Librarian
  • Off the Mark Mark Lindner (moved from ...the thoughts are broken...)
  • Off the Wall
  • omg tuna is kewl
  • On Christina's Radar
  • On Google Scholar
  • One Big Library
  • One Foot in the Stacks An MLIS student blogging about Web 2.0 and censorship.
  • One New Thing Weblog of Lynette Reville, a new librarian in Australia, who is on a library-like quest to find One New Thing to learn every day
  • One Week Late An MLIS student reluctantly blogging about organization and Web 2.0, with a sense of humor.
  • ONLINE Insider
  • Only Connect
  • OPAL Podcast
  • Open Access News
  • Open Stacks from Greg Schwartz. Includes a Podcast!
  • OPL Plus Judith Siess
  • Oss4lib (open source systems for libraries)
  • OUseful Info
  • Out of the Jungle
  • Outgoing Thom Hickey
  • Oyarsa's Observances

P[edit]

  • Blog Parsyfa
  • pafa.net Polly Farrington
  • pamryan.info Pam Ryan
  • panlibus Talis staff on topics across the library and information business
  • Pattern Recognition
  • Pegasus Librarian
  • Perks of Being a Librarian
  • Peter Scott's Library Blog Packed with industry news, some of it not always published elsewhere
  • Pfitz’s Miscellany Scott Pfitzinger
  • Phil Bradley's Blog for librarians and people interested in search engines, searching the net, design issues and general whitterings and rants
  • Phil Bradley's Blog
  • Physics Information Fluency
  • PiscesLibrariana Tim Hickey
  • Plant & Insect Sciences Librarian
  • Please Be Quiet
  • Pliny the Younger Notes from Norway - by a library teacher - in English (Norway)
  • The Pod Bay Door
  • PomeRantz
  • Pop Goes the Library Sophie Brookover, Liz Burns, and Melissa Rabey
  • poesygalore Emily Lloyd
  • Practically Paradise on SLJ by Diane R. Chen
  • Pre-School Storytime Outlines
  • Professional-Lurker: Comments by an academic in cyberspace
  • Pragmatic Librarian - A forum for those trying to grapple with rapidly proliferating technologies and seemingly amorphous trends in higher education, librarianship, and society in general.
  • PRAIRIE LIBRARIAN- Focused on non-profit special librarianship, library services for Aboriginal peoples, and green libraries - Reegan D. Breu
  • Primarily History - Links to digital primary source collections - Trish McPherson
  • Print Matters Donna Woody- Greenhill School
  • ProjectLib - Library & Librarian News Blog in Thailand. Talk about Technology, Education, Adaptation, News in Library and Information Science.
  • Pintiniblog in French (Belgium)
  • Puma Sports Blog Puma Sports Blog

Q[edit]

  • Quædam cuiusdam Peter Binkley
  • Queequeg's Content Saloon Erica Reynolds
  • Quiddle Heidi Dolamore
  • QuellenSammler Sabine Heusinger von Waldegg

R[edit]

  • The Rabid Librarian's Ravings in the Wind
  • The Radical Patron a patron's views on American public libraries
  • rambleonsylvie
  • Rambling Librarian :: Incidental Thoughts by Ivan Chew (Singapore)
  • Ramblings on Librarianship, Technology, and Academia
  • Random Access Mazar
  • Random Musings from the Desert A blog to supplement "You don't look like a librarian!"...plus whatever else grabs my attention in the world of libraries.
  • Ravings of a Lunatic Librarian
  • Rawbrick.net
  • Real Public Librarian The random thoughts and reflections of a public librarian in a small coastal community in Australia
  • Recent Library News Dave Bindle, University of Saskatchewan
  • Redhaired (Future) Librarian
  • Ref Grunt
  • ReferenceWork
  • Reference World
  • Reflections from a Small College Library
  • The Relevant Library
  • Remixing Libraries information about libraries and library developments.
  • Research Buzz Tara Calishain - News on search engines and databases
  • Resource Description & Access (RDA) a blog by Salman Haider on RDA, a new library cataloging standard replacing AACR2
  • ResourceShelf by Gary Price has a frequent news on search engines and other research resources
  • RFID in Libraries
  • Rheumy Reflections An MLIS student blogging about Web 2.0, usability, and mobile computing.
  • Ricklibrarian Rick Roche
  • Right Wing Librarian
  • The Rock & Roll Librarian
  • The Rogue Librarian
  • Rookie Reference Librarian A new MLIS graduate behind the reference desk at both a public and an academic library
  • Rose read
  • RSS4Lib Innovative ways libraries use RSS
  • Ruminations
  • RushPRnews Daily Gazette Citizen journalism
  • Russet Vixen
  • [3] The Research Process by Deb Stanley

S[edit]

  • City News Ramhormoz
  • Saving the world daily through information
  • Scholarly Electronic Publishing Weblog from Charles W. Bailey, Jr. has updates to the Scholarly Electronic Publishing Bibliography
  • School Librarian In Action (Philippines)
  • Schwagbag
  • Science Library Pad
  • scribble scribble scribble
  • SD Librarian Teri Vogel
  • Search Engine Showdown by Greg Notess, covering and comparing search engines from a librarian's perspective
  • Search Lounge Chris Fillius
  • Second Life Library 2.0
  • Secret Library Science Research Lab
  • Self-plagiarism is style Dave Pattern
  • See Also Steve Lawson
  • Semantic Library Semantic web, 'web 3.0' and what it means for libraries
  • senatorhung's pad
  • Senior Friendly Libraries Resources and discussion about library services for older adults
  • Sex and the library
  • The Sharr Medal Blog Belinda Grayson
  • schenizzle Sean Chen
  • Shelved @ NYC Library news and events in New York City.
  • The Shifted Librarian by Jenny Levine covers libraries using innovative technologies
  • Shiny Forager Librarian, based in Belfast, Ireland. Originally a group blog, set up to chart progress of a volunteering project, now acts as a personal blog for thoughts on library-related matters
  • shimenawa Peter Brantley
  • Shush Greg McClay
  • Sitelines directed at intermediate-level web searchers. It focuses principally on web search news, search techniques and approaches, links to excellent articles from other sources on topics of interest to serious searchers, and occasional links
  • SixFootLibrarian Rantings of a Recent Library School Grad
  • SlackerLibrarian
  • Slaw
  • SLIM CO NiNE Journal Online journal documenting my experiences in LI801 class, and ultimately my Masters program at the School of Library and Information Management, Emporia State University.
  • Slow Reading
  • snail's trail eclectic mix of librarianship, tech and other stuff maintained by a Sydney based librarian
  • So It Goes... An MLIS student blogging about Web 2.0, usability, reference, and jumping through those last few library school hoops.
  • Social Justice Librarian
  • SoloCybrarian
  • Something New Every Day
  • Spinster Librarian
  • Sputty the Librarian
  • Stephen Gallant Review
  • Stephen's Lighthouse Stephen Abram
  • STLQ The Sci-Tech Library Question - Occasional postings about issues and concerns of interest (but not restricted to) engineering and scitech librarians - Randy Reichardt, University of Alberta
  • Stupendous Amazing Library Library technical stuff, focused on search, metasearch and the user experience
  • Subversive librarian
  • Sukhdev in Web Land
  • Superpatron Edward Vielmetti
  • Subject/Object Steven Chabot, thoughts from a MISt/MLIS student with Academic interests.
  • Swiss Army Librarian Or, The Hitchhiker's Guide to Fear and Loathing at a Public Library Reference Desk

T[edit]

  • T. Scott
  • Tales from Helminthdale Public library stories from the north of England. Last updated in 2011.
  • Tales from the "Liberry"
  • Tame the Web Michael Stephens
  • TangognaT
  • Technogeekery Carol Cooke, Mark Rabnett, Allan Chan
  • Technology at HBPL Technology at Huntington Beach Public Library Blog. Last updated in 2011.
  • Teens Matter Last updated in 2007.
  • TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home by David Rothman. News on e-books
  • TheFISHBits Brad Fish
  • The MLxperience A Library Trainer's Personal Learning Journey
  • The Other Librarian Ryan Deschamps
  • The Teaching Librarian Digital Reference
  • The Ten Thousand Year Blog David Mattison
  • The Thoughts are Broken moved to Off the Mark
  • Theoretical Librarian
  • Thing-ology
  • Thinking about the Future
  • This Time, With Feeling! An MLIS student blogging about librarianship and web design.
  • Thoughts on Technical Librarianship Susan Berdinka
  • Thoughts from a Library Administrator Michael A. Golrick
  • Thrillers, Horror, and Comics Book summaries and Ohio author book lists.
  • Tinfoil + Raccoon
  • Tiny Little Librarian
  • TLNewsau News of interest to Teacher/Librarians in Australia by Jill Ball
  • To Absent Friends An MLIS student blogging about Web 2.0 and web design.
  • Tom Keays :: Blog
  • Tom Roper's Weblog by Tom Roper, Information Resources Development Coordinator, Brighton and Sussex Medical School
  • Tonneten library Generating ideas about syndicated content (e.g. RSS, Atom) for special libraries - by Drew Duckworth
  • ToshokanComix The Graphic Novel/Manga Blog for the Palm Beach County Library System
  • Travelin' Librarian Michael Sauers
  • Travels with the State Librarian
  • Travis Ennis' Weblog
  • Tribulations of a Public Librarian
  • Twisted Librarian
  • Txt-based Blogging a personal moblog by a yo-yo playing librarian

U[edit]

  • The Ubiquitous Librarian
  • UContent The UContent (user generated content) Blog
  • UK School Librarians Weblog Lucy Pearson
  • ulo.tricho.us
  • The (Ultimate) Librarian
  • The Uncaged Librarian (motorcycles and such)
  • Unclassifiable Librarian
  • The Uncommon Commons Stacey Greenwell
  • Unshelved, the library comic strip Bill Barnes and Gene Ambaum
  • Urlgreyhot blogs
  • Useless Misc
  • User Education Resources for Librarians

V[edit]

  • VALISblog Vast Active Library and Information Science blog - by Simon Chamberlain (New Zealand)
  • The Vampire Librarian
  • Vancouver Law Librarian Blog by Steve Matthews. Law Libraries, KM, web technology
  • Vetsuisse by Barbara Schneider (Switzerland). Veterinary Medicine Library of the University Zurich
  • Video Game Librarian by John Scalzo
  • Virtual Ehsan Real Blog Ehsan Mohammadi
  • Viva Biblioteca Viva by Lui­sa Alvim (Portugal)

W[edit]

  • Blog World
  • Walking Paper
  • Walk Like a Librarian- an erstwhile pedagogue, now an MLS student blogging about library school and related
  • Walt at Random Walt Crawford
  • Walt, Even Randomer Walt Crawford redux or ridiculuous
  • A Wandering Eyre
  • Wanderings of a Student Librarian
  • Washtublibrarian Benjamin Hockenberry - LIS Student, cataloger and special librarian
  • The Way I See Things
  • Weibel Lines
  • The Well Dressed Librarian
  • Well Dressed and Well Read An MLIS student bloging about Web 2.0, censorship, and academic life.
  • What I Learned Today.. Web 2 and programming tips from a library web manager, what I learned today will cover blogs, rss, wikis, php programming and much more
  • What MLS?
  • Who Moved My Library?
  • Wiblog Richard Wiggins
  • Wicked Librarian LIS blog in Greek
  • wiredfu.com
  • Wireless Libraries
  • With Intent to Commit Horror An online tool to help you find horror books you might enjoy reading.
  • Wordplay An associate librarian and MLIS student blogging about libraries and technology, Web 2.0, and librarianship in the modern world.
  • WoW!ter: Wouter over het Web, a Dutch library blog.
  • WoW!ter: Wouter on the Web
  • Writings of the Loud Librarian
  • weeekee weekeeblog wiki and web2.0 in China]
  • [4]

X–Z[edit]

  • Young Librarian
  • Young American
  • Jennifer Lang
  • Zen and the Art of Obsession An eclectic blog of an eccentric librarian that examines a variety of topics from the controversial to the mundane
  • The Zenformation Professional
  • zydeco fish

Organizations[edit]

Below is a list of blogs related to libraries or librarianship created by organizations, alphabetized by blog title.

Academic libraries[edit]

Associations[edit]

  • ACRL ACRLog - Posts from members of the Association of College & Research Libraries
  • ALA TechSource
  • Alaska Library Association
  • Alberta Library Association
  • ArLiSNAP Art Library Students & New ARLIS* Professionals
  • ASIST SIG Blogs, Wikis, Podcasting
  • California Library Association
  • Candian Library Association Re:Generations: reaching new academic librarians to re-energize the academic librarian profession. From the Candian Library Association's CACUL Division
  • Cincinnati Law Library Association
  • LITA LITA Blog - The official blog for the Library and Information Technology Association, a division of the American Library Association
  • EDUCAUSE
  • Manitoba Library Association MLA NewsLine
  • Music Library Association Atlantic Chapter
  • NEASIS&T Events
  • NEASIS&T Program Committee
  • NJASL New Jersey Association of School Librarians
  • NPSIG New Professionals Special Interest Group of IFLA
  • NFAIS Information Community News - A current awareness weblog from the National Federation of Abstracting and Information Services
  • Oklahoma Library Association Library Stories: Libraries & Librarians in the News - News, commentary, and stories for and about Oklahoma Libraries
  • Oklahoma Library Association - Information Technology Roundtable
  • PLN Highlights - Blog for the PALINET Leadership Network
  • PLA Public Library Association
  • RLG hangingtogether.org - The hangout spot for libraries, archives, and museums, from the RLG Programs, OCLC Programs and Research
  • School Library Association
  • SLA Central Pennsylvania Chapter News
  • SLA News Division - NewsliBlog
  • SLA Maryland Chapter Quoth the Raven
  • SLA's Information Technology Division
  • SLA's Information Technology Division Blogging Section
  • Texas Association of School Library Administrators
  • WLA Wisconsin Library Association
  • YALSA
  • NTU ADM Library NTU Libraries's Art, Design and Media Library
  • NTU HSS Library NTU Libraries's Humanities, Social Science Library

National libraries[edit]

  • Scotland National Library of Scotland - News
  • Singapore Programmes@100 Victoria Street - The Programmes & Exhibitions blog of the National Library of Singapore
  • Wales National Library of Wales Web 2.0 Blog
  • USA Library of Congress blog

Public libraries[edit]

School libraries[edit]

  • Armstrong Library
  • Berkley High School Library Media Center BookBreak!
  • Bryant Elementary School
  • Buckman Arts Magnet Elementary School Library
  • Coventry Christian Schools
  • Dutch Fork Middle School Media Center
  • East Chapel Hill High School Media Center B-10 Book Blog
  • Galileo Academy of Science & Technology Li-Blog-ary, the original site around which the school weblog community revolves.
  • Hunterdon Central Library Current news from Hunterdon Central High School (NJ)
  • Huntingtown High School Library Media Center
  • Keansburg High School Library
  • Kendriya Vidyalaya Pattom,Library Media Centre, India
  • LibZine:Library E-magzine,Kendriya Vidyalaya Pattom,LMC
  • King George V School Library Library Zone
  • Mabry Middle School - Media Center
  • My Dear Book Blog,Kendriya Vidyalaya Pattom,LMC
  • Nicholas Senn High School LibraryPromoting lifelong learning one post at a time
  • NMH Library The Reading Room
  • Palmerston North Boys' High School Library
  • R.L. Osborne High School Read, Compete, Achieve
  • R.L. Osborne High School Media Centre Tech News
  • Rundlett Middle School Blue Duke Reads
  • Thacher School Library Blog
  • University Laboratory High School Gargoyles loose in the library
  • Winnacunnet High School Bibliotalk
  • Zanetti Montessori Reading Room

Special libraries[edit]

  • Biblioteca Octavio Paz. Instituto Cervantes. Paris. France
  • Alberta Gaming Research Institute Library Useful gambling research sources
  • Answerland Weblog
  • Box Hill Institute Library Our Library Blog
  • Cantley & Sedacca LLP : Library
  • Central Florida Library Cooperative CFLC Currents
  • Chicago Multiple Library System Chi Lib Rocks!
  • Christian Science Monitor Liblog - Links and news from the library staff at the Christian Science Monitor
  • Civic Media Center News items from Gainesville's alternative press library and reading room. A separate blog is offered for special events
  • Clioinstitute blog
  • Combined Arms Research Library Blog Library Book Blog
  • DLnet Provided by the National electronic Library for Health, the Digital Libraries Network is for health librarians and trainers in the UK interested in promotion and training
  • Dubois Library The Dubois Library at the Museum of Photographic Arts
  • Dysart & Jones Associates Expert consultation in knowledge management, strategic planning, and professional recruitment
  • Hamilton Health Sciences, Juravinski Cancer Program Library Services
  • Infopeople Info from Infopeople - New additions to the Infopeople website, general news from and about this California-based training organization, and library-related information
  • Institute of Industrial Relations Library Labor and employment news from UC-Berkeley
  • Institute for American Universities - library
  • Internet Scout Project Items of interest compiled by a team of librarians at the University of Wisconsin, but not quite suitable for the official Scout Report
  • IRCworld postings by US information resource centers around the world
  • Jenkins Blog collaborative blog written by the staff of the Philadelphia-based Jenkins Law Library
  • K&E Research Services The KERBlog! - Research tips, tools, and enlightened insights from the Research Services experts at Kirkland & Ellis LLP
  • Libraries Matter
  • Library Journal In the Bookroom - a collaborative blog written by the staff of Library Journal
  • Lincoln County Library District
  • LLRX.com
  • Lunar & Planetary Institute What's New
  • N&R News Research Research and information for the News & Record newsroom in Greensboro, NC from news researcher Diane Lamb
  • Northern Lights Library Network - Libraries, Literacy, and Kids
  • OCLC It's All Good
  • Ohio Library Council IT Division Blog
  • OhioLINK What's New
  • Ontario Council of University Libraries Making Links
  • Peabody Institute On The Shelf - Peabody Institute Library news, book reviews, and other items of interest
  • Philadelphia Corporation for Aging
  • Radical Reference Answers for those who question authority
  • Policy Information Center Library Policy Information Center Library - U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Policy Information Center Library Blog
  • Shepard Broad Law Center novalawcity
  • Stark County Law Library Blawg
  • SUNLINK Announcements Blog
  • Tucker Library News
  • United Nations UN Pulse - UDag Hammarskjold Library Reference

Staff[edit]

See also Library-Sponsored Wikis.
  • Barnard College Library BarnardRefDesk
  • Baruch College Reference at Newman Library
  • Collins CLARC
  • Indian River County Library System Communicating Inside the Indian River County Library System
  • Marathon County Public Library BreakRoom
  • Middle Tennessee State University For Future Reference
  • MIT Libraries Technology Talks
  • Northeast Florida Library Information Network - NEFLIN Blah, Blah, Blah Blog
  • North Yorkshire Library & Information Service Route "A"
  • Ohio University Libraries Reference Blog (password protected)
  • Oregon Libraries Network L-net staff information blog
  • Tacoma Park Library Staff Weblog
  • University of California Santa Cruz McHenry Addition and Renovation Blog
  • University of Michigan Library BLT Blog for Library Technology. Food for thought for library technologists
  • University of Minnesota Information Commons Staff Blog
  • University of Minnesota UL - Staff.LearnMore
  • University of Toronto Libraries Digital Reference
  • University of Winnipeg Library COPPUL Public Services Group
  • University of Winnipeg Library InfoShare
  • University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Reserve Desk
  • Unknown Circulation Updates
  • Williams College Libraries Sawyer Library WebTeamBlog
  • Winnefox Library System Ask Wisconsin Librarians @ Winnefox

State libraries[edit]

  • Alaska Since You Asked (Reference Question Blog), published by the Information Services Section of the Alaska State Library.
  • California California State Library Blog
  • Connecticut New @ CT State Library
  • Colorado Colorado State Publications Library Blog
  • Colorado Library Research Service Blog - Colorado State Library
  • Idaho Idaho Commission for Libraries Blog
  • Hawaii Hawaii Legislative Reference Bureau Library - First Reading
  • Massachusetts Massachusetts State Library Blog
  • Michigan State Librarian of Michigan
  • Minnesota BlogJunction Minnesota - a collaboration of the state library agency and partner organizations
  • Montana Government News for Montana
  • Nebraska - Nebraska Library Commission Blog
  • New Jersey New Jersey State Library Marketing Blog
  • North Carolina - State Library of North Carolina INFOcenter Blog
  • Ohio State Library of Ohio Government Information Services
  • Oregon Read All About It, Oregon - Oregon Government Documents and the News
  • Oregon Oregon State Library's LIS Collection Blog
  • Rhode Island Office of Library and Information Services - Rhodarian feed
  • South Carolina - Library Trax, published by the library development department of the South Carolina State Library
  • Texas Texas State Library and Archives Commission - Library Developments
  • Utah Utah Libraries - feed
  • Utah Utah and National Library News - feed
  • Utah Library Workshops - feed
  • Utah Utah Government Publications (newly added to Digital Library) - feed
  • Utah The Utah Hive (depository library program) - feed
  • Utah Utah State Library (news and events microblog) - feed
  • Utah Social Media Training (microblog) - feed
  • Utah Utah Hive (government information microblog) - feed
  • Washington - The Washington State Library Blog - feed

Non-English[edit]

References[edit]

  • BlogBib
  • blogwithoutalibrary.net » bibliography
  • people find

Other directories[edit]

  • Bib-Link.org - Newsblog Bib-Link.org - international Linkportal to Libraries (English, French, German)
  • BlogBib Susan Herzog's Bibliography
  • Blogwithoutalibrary.net List by Amanda Etches-Johnson
  • Library Weblogs Directory by Peter Scott's (note that Peter Scott has sold this domain name)Not recommended not being kept up to date.
  • LISFeeds.com Library news headlines via RSS from 253 Library Blogs
  • Sample Library Blogs Library blogs listed by type of blog
  • LibWorm: Library 2.0 Search and browse the Biblioblogosphere - The librarian RSS engine, over 1500 RSS feeds go in, exactly what you need comes out!
  • LISZEN Search 600+ Library Blogs
  • Squidoo: Library 2.0 Reading List
  • Website Directory Listing for Blog Tools Category for publishing software at webwiki.com
  • Website Directory Listing for Weblogs Category for weblogs at webwiki.com
  • The Blogga Song, which showcases several library blogs.