I'm sorry everyone, like many who blog out there I had the best of intentions when I set out. Conor is growing so very fast, my wife and I are already starting to realize how right all those parents were who said time will go by so quickly. I have already completed my first TFC residency for the summer. The rain kept a lot of people away this time and I hope the second (and final residency of the summer) wil fair better.
Blogging is something that librarians count on. Why you ask? Blogging is the way we keep abreast of the most current data as well as trends. It is wonderful to be able to click on the feeds from blogs and read about what Sun Systems is doing or what was presented at a national conference. Bottom line librarianship is trying to keep ahead, never mind keep up with, the point and click world of today.
I follow several blogs about assistive technology and librarianship, some blogs are always current, some are not. This is also a way of networking and finding other sources of information. In this way I help keep up with the world outside of the BTBL (and my own) and also I run the chance of being able to help someone who might not connect with me.
Librarians are famous for our lists of lists. Bibliographies, directories, concordances, you name it; we want it somewhere on the shelf. Blogs are lists of lists; link lists. Blogging has been something that library schools (if they were smart) started telling students about a long time ago. While we think of them as something akin to the vanity press (some are just that) it is really another way to get people in touch with information.
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