Comments on: New libr* blogs? A one-week limited-time request

By: walt

walt — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 00:13:30 +0000

Hi Lindsey,

Just doing today’s checking–and yes, Zee Says certainly qualifies on all criteria. Added. Thanks.

By: Lindsey Dunn

Lindsey Dunn — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 17:50:15 +0000

I would love for my blog to be included. Zee Says. It covers three things: movie reviews, book reviews, and library services to teens. It is zeesays.blogspot.com. Can I be included please?

By: walt

walt — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 14:31:38 +0000

Badan: I’ll check them…but note that the list goes away on Saturday, and the book certainly won’t be a directory. You should be in the LISWiki weblogs pages for that.

NOTE added 9/11: I did check them. None of them meet the Technorati criteria, and at least two of the blogs began in 2008. I’m fascinated by the future-date trick–that is, “October 2008″ as a posting date when it’s actually the deadline for something. In any case, sorry: None of these meets the criteria I stated.

By: Badan Barman

Badan Barman — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 05:58:32 +0000

Hi, Walt.
I am wonder as because none of my blog that I hope is influencing the LIS fields in India are not included in your list, so hereby I would like to submit them all. All blogs are exclusively related to LIS domain and meets all the criteria sets by you. The blogs are
1. LIS Links: Jobs in LIS: http://lisjob.blogspot.com/
2. LIS Links: Upcoming Seminars, Conferences, Workshops & Refresher Courses in LIS: http://lisseminar.blogspot.com/
3. LIS Links: Latest Happenings & Contemporary Issues in LIS: http://lislatest.blogspot.com/
4. LIS Links: Awards, Prizes, Scholarships or Fellowships in LIS: http://lisscholarship.blogspot.com/
5. LIS Links: Admission Notice for Courses in LIS: http://liscourse.blogspot.com/

By: walt

walt — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 00:39:21 +0000

Update: After noting the UK library blog wiki linked to from Jennie’s blog, and having saved a post that refers to librariesinteract’s list of Aussie liblogs…

I’ve gone through both lists and added three UK blogs (Silversprite, Singing Librarian Talks…, 101 Tips for School Librarians) and four Australian blogs (Angels have the phone box, HeyJude, Metalogger, reeling and writhing).

And I’ll continue to take suggestions through Friday at midnight.

By: walt

walt — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 22:20:20 +0000

Hi Jennie,

You’re added (not to the list, but to the spreadsheet for the survey). Hmm. First blawg from Scotland in the survey.

By: Jennie

Jennie — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 21:58:08 +0000

Hi, can I suggest my blog?
I’m a law librarian, and blog on libraries, technical things that interest me…and anything else I feel like at the time

By: Petter

Petter — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 20:42:55 +0000

Thanks, good tip…I wasn’t at LISWiki, but now I am, perhaps that will help…and I’ll see if I can do some other things to boost readership. Shucks, hate for people to miss such good stuff….

By: walt

walt — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 14:50:11 +0000

Petter,

Unfortunately, your blog still flies “under the radar.” Are you on the LISWiki weblogs page? You should be…and, otherwise, there are various techniques for improving readership (and getting the three more blogs linking to you that you need.)

Stacy,

Hmm. I thought yours was on the list. The weekly archive is a nuisance, but you’re right, you absolutely qualify. I’ll add you.

Everybody,

Remember: This study probably won’t get you lots of readers–the results will be in a book, and will be primarily analysis of the whole population, with just a few lines of facts (not opinion) about your blog, certainly not enough to entice people. Being on the LISWiki weblogs page does you more good, as does commenting usefully on other people’s blogs and linking to them when you have something to add to what they’re saying.

A full directory with commentary would be interesting, but I don’t know who could take the time and energy to do that.

By: Stacy Alesi

Stacy Alesi — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 13:38:32 +0000

Hey Walt,

I have a website [http://www.bookbitch.com/] and a blog – http://bookbitch.blogspot.com/, which appears to be what you’re interested in.

I work for a public library that censors me from telling you the exact name, but it is in Boca Raton, Florida. I’ve had the blog since 2002 and use it lately for mostly author interviews and author guest bloggers. I also post links to interesting articles about the book business, and write about book fairs and conventions that I attend. There are a couple of articles that I wrote for Library Journal about ThrillerFest that were expanded for the blog.

If you’re also interested in wikis, I started the Florida Authors Wiki [http://floridaauthors.wetpaint.com] about a month or so ago with the Readers’ Advisory committee I founded at my library. It’s brand new and still very much a work in progress, but it does deserve some recognition regardless.

Best of luck with your project.

Cheers,
Stacy
I am the BookBitch