As seen on EdBlogger Praxis, the Hunterdon Central High School (NJ) Library’s web site now features a weblog. (RSS feed)
Archive for February, 2004
Digital Librarian
I believe this is the second blog using this title:
Digital Librarian - “A knowledgebase of tips, tricks, and ideas for the librarians of digital age” (no feed)
Orkut madness
Is it me or did I see Walt’s mug in the orkut Libraries community? Friendship is an interesting concept applied to the blogosphere. I’ve never met a single person on my orkut friends list, but my interactions with colleagues through this blog, email and IM have often felt more in touch than the communication I keep with my meatspace friends. In that spirit, I naturally added Walt to my friends list.
Of course, I will meet you all. Mark my words.
Mr. Standfast
Mr. Standfast (no feed)
The author, Robert M. Spencer, is the Assistant Reference Librarian at the Glickman Library, University of Southern Maine.
danesh-shehani
The text I have about this blog is from a ODP submission (but we only accept English language sites in the LIS Weblogs category; however misguided the policy may be, other languages fall under the World blanket).
danesh-shenasi - “about library and information science and librarianship an information retrieval and searching information” (I honestly don’t know whether there’s a feed, but I couldn’t find any)
Speaking of the Open Directory, indications from the ODP Weblog are that Google may be dropping dmoz.org entries as part of its search results. I can see why. Lots of online directories make use of ODP data, which means loads of redundant search results reflecting the same information. Although Google’s use of ODP data has been great for the Open Directory, gaining lots of critical exposure and helping to recruit numerous editors to the cause, the time seems right for a change. Here’s a screenshot of the directory-less Google (note lack of Directory tab) and an article discussing the relationship.

