Library & Information Science Resources................

Library science, or library information science might conjure up hermits in musty, dark rooms, cataloging index cards into towering file cabinets. But, that image is incorrect today, as library science now pertains to digital cataloging, social networking and a changing history in archival science. This list of 50 excellent library science blogs are worth reading for any contemporary library science professional.

Information Science and Systems

1. Bibliographic Wilderness: Jonathan Rochkind writes about library digital systems and services, metadata, cataloging, and the collective effort to help people navigate the ‘information wilderness.’
2. Catalogablog: This blog focuses on library cataloging, classification, metadata, subject access and related topics.
3. Cataloguing Aids: The author hopes that this blog can serve as an index for the Cataloguing Aids Web site.
4. Cataloging Futures: The metadata librarian at Princeton Theological Seminary writes this blog about cataloging.
5. Hey Jude: Judy O’Connell started this blog in 2006 to help her engage in social networking and to inform her work as a librarian with skills in information services.
6. Infomusings: A doctoral student at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill writes about her studies in Personal Information Management (PIM) and teaches the intro to library cataloging course.
7. Information Research – ideas and debate: A spin-off from the e-journal dedicated to informal publication of ideas and comment on current affairs in the information world.
8. The Cataloguing Librarian: The collections access librarian at Halifax Public Libraries writes this blog as a resource for herself and other catalogers.
9. The FRBR Blog: A blog following developments around FRBR, or Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records.
10. The Serials Cataloger: News, research, and other information of interest to serials catalogers.
11. Z666.7.B39: Musings related to metadata, cataloging, and the world of librarianship from the electronic resources cataloging coordinator at Princeton University Library.

OCLC (Online Computer Library Center) Blogs

12. 025.431: The Dewey blog: “Everything you always wanted to know about the Dewey Decimal Classification system but were afraid to ask.”
13. HangingTogether: This blog is a place where some of the OCLC Research staff, particularly those individuals who support the RLG Partnership of libraries, archives, and museums, can talk about the intersections they see happening between these different types of institutions.
14. Hectic Pace: Andrew Pace, the executive director for Networked Library Services at OCLC, is the author of this blog.
15. Lorcan Dempsey’s Weblog: Lorcan currently works for OCLC as vice president, OCLC research and chief strategist.
16. OCLC Developer Network: This blog is about library Web services from the OCLC Web services group and its Developer Network.
17. Outgoing: Library metadata techniques and trends by Thom Hickey, OCLC’s chief scientist.
18. Q6: This blog is maintained by Jeff Young, software architect at OCLC.
19. WebJunction: WebJunction is an online community where library staff meet to share ideas, solve problems, take online courses – and have fun.
20. Weibel Lines: Ruminations on libraries, Internet standards, and “stuff that comes to mind” from a senior research scientist at OCLC.
21. WorldCat Blog: WorldCat.org lets you search the collections of libraries in your community and thousands more around the world. This is their official blog.

Web 2.0 Librarian

22. Community Virtual Library: The Community Virtual Library Foundation is a non-profit organization formed to support Community Virtual Library, a virtual library that exists in Second Life.
23. David Lee King: David creates, writes, thinks, and speaks about library Web sites and emerging digital technology.
24. iLibrarian: News and resources on Library 2.0 and the information revolution.
25. Information Literacy meets Library 2.0: This is the blog which updates the book, Information Literacy meets Library 2.0.
26. Infotangle: This blog is about emerging technologies, Web 2.0, information, and libraries.
27. Librarian: This rural librarian is deep into writing about library topics and speaking on library issues.
28. Library Web Chic: Karen A. Coombs is a librarian and geek coder with an interest in mashups, Web services, and library Web site interfaces.
29. The Shifted Librarian: This blogger writes about how the change from pursuing information to receiving information is and will be affecting libraries.

Library News

30. Information Literacy Weblog: News and reports about information literacy around the world.
31. Library Bytes: “Byte-size” chunks of news about libraries and new technologies.
32. Library Link of the Day: Every day a link is added for library news and its profession.
33. Library Stuff: The library blog dedicated to resources for keeping current and professional development.
34. LIScareer News: Alerts about new LIScareer articles and site updates. Occasional news about information relating to library and information science career management.
35. LISNews: LISNews is a collaborative blog devoted to current events and news in the world of library and information science.
36. Planet Cataloguing: Stay on top of the library world by reading updates from several library blogs at this site.
37. ResearchBuzz: News about search engines, digital archives, online museums, databases and other Internet information collections since 1998.
38. Union Librarian: News about librarian union activity, Unions for Librarians Supporting Workers, a project of the Progressive Librarians Guild.
39. Unshelved: This blog offers reviews, news and comics for and about libraries and librarians.

Digital Library

40. Blyberg: John Blyberg is the assistant director for innovation and user experience at the Darien Library in Connecticut.
41. Closed Stacks: Closed Stacks is a collaborative blog written by librarians from a range of library types.
42. Connecting Librarian: An information librarian at Casey Cardinia Library Corporation offers views on virtual services.
43. Creative Librarian: The Creative Librarian is a hub for matters important to librarians/information scientists of today, with a leaning toward electronic issues.
44. Information Wants To Be Free: A librarian, writer, educator and tech geek reflects on the profession and the tools used to serve patrons.
45. Librarian in Black: Sarah Houghton-Jan is the digital futures manager for the San José Public Library in the heart of the Silicon Valley.
46. Library Monk: A Senior IT Technologist I / Web designer in Library Technology Services at the University of Tennessee offers this site on library and information science and information technology.
47. Tame The Web: Michael Stephens writes about libraries, technology and people.
48. The Invisible Web Weblog: A blog about the Invisible Web and information availability on the Web.
49. The Life of Books: The director of the law library and professor of law at the University of Nebraska College of Law writes about the idea that “books are dead.”

50.The Travelin’ Librarian: Michael Sauers is currently the technology innovation librarian for the Nebraska Library Commission in Lincoln, Nebraska, and has been training librarians in technology for more than 15 years