Library Blogs

The New York Library blog is maintained by a small group of librarians, curators, and staff associated with the NYPL. Their goal is to establish an up-to-date database featuring librarian expertise to help take advantage of the library’s collection. The “About the blog” section provides an interesting metaphor. They say that the library is like an iceberg and that the part above water only represents a small portion of the overall size. The blogs are there to highlight some of the treasures hidden beneath the surface.

The Library of Congress Blog provides and wide variety of posts regarding anything with historical value. Several posts include the announcement of new exhibits coming to the Library. An 1860’s photographs of the West display, a NAACP exhibit, and the playing of antique violins are examples of events announced and detailed by the blog. A nice reading-themed poem was posted two days before Christmas. It seems the purpose of this blog is to provide news and announcements regarding the Library.

I am not sure if the Annoyed Librarian counts as a “Library Blog”, but it is written by a librarian. The blog is written through the Library Journal; the bloggers bio states “The Annoyed Librarian is possibly the most successful, respected, and desirable librarian of her generation”. Basically the posts are this lady’s rants, complaining and making fun of all topics librarian related. I, knowing very little about the job responsibilities of librarians, struggled to relate to the posts or find them entertaining. The Annoyed Librarian comes off as controversial, seems to have a lot of readers and a lot of haters (a few posts addresses her critics). I suppose that if I were interested in finding out more about what a librarian does then I would read her posts because they do have an essence of an entertaining wit. If she were a man and Adam Corolla was a librarian, then this would be that blog.