How to search blogs
It ain’t easy, but Christina Pikas of Johns Hopkins offers several
precise tips, whether using Google or Yahoo or one of multiple services
specializing in blog searching. (Source: beSpacific)
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Library weblog directory
Peter Scott has compiled an excellent directory of library weblogs and a bibliography on blogging for libraries. (Source: Tame the Web via Library Stuff)
Aggregation of Sun Microsystems’ employee weblogs
A page aggregates public weblogs of Sun employees… (source: Library Stuff)
“Confessions” gives a presentation
John DuPuis posted his slides “Blogging for Science Librarians.” Seems like a reasonable overview of the how and why. Mentions two other science library blogs, namely STLQ and Englib, not Pullen or RIH. (Then again, the others are Canadian, like the confessor. I enjoy reading his blog, although he is not as prolific as the others.)
Influence of weblogs on political campaign?
An Associated Press article discusses how weblogs may contribute to, comment on and impact politicial campaigns. While some weblogs are oriented around a specific candidate, some provide journalistic commentary, such as Josh Marshall’s Talking Points Memo; “blogs let [Marshall] mix news, opinion and personal observations with no meddling from an editor.” Further, the article mentions how blogs synthesize and digest information from mulitple disparate sources. Some take a jaundiced view of political weblogs, however; a GOP operative described bloggers as “armchair analysts in their bathrobes (with) no serious interest in leaving their living rooms to actually help the campaigns.”
Annals of Improbable Research has a weblog
It’s titled “Improbable Research- What’s New,” and has an RSS feed. Among other wonderful things, the transcript of Lene Hau’s Nano Lecture from the last Ig Nobel celebration is linked. (Source: Joho the Blog)
