For the purposes of this overview, let's say there are 2 kinds of library blogs:
(1) blogs by individual librarians, and
(2) blogs about a library, written by one or more staff/librarians
This overview will focus on the 2nd kind of library blog -- blogs about libraries. These blogs usually serve as a tool to make announcements about new programs, services or upcoming events.
Library Weblogs has a pretty good list of library-related blogs. If you click on "United States" and scroll to the blogs starting with "L" you'll see a lot of great news sources for U.S. librarians. A couple specific examples of libraries using blogs are:
Minneapolis Public LibraryTheir blog is so well integrated into their website, you don't even realize you're looking at a blog until you see the little RSS icon at the bottom. This is a great illustration of using a blog feed to promote events.
Ohio University LibrariesThis looks more like the traditional blog format, with dates, tags, comments, and a sidebar. The blog posts are a good mix of events, announcements, and general news.
Blog Without a Library
A young librarian from McMaster University started this blog to discuss technology in libraries. Technically, this belongs to that 1st kind of blog mentioned above, but she also has this really cool wiki:
Blogging Libraries WikiAn excellent place to find all kinds of examples of libraries using blogs. Categories include academic, public, school, and even internal use blogs!
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