Stephens, Michael. Blogs. (2006) Library Technology Reports; Jul/Aug2006, Vol. 42 Issue 4, p15-35
Somewhat dated but does provide a complete and useful overview of blogs and blogging.


Young, Jeffery R. (2008) Blog Comments vs. Peer Review: Which Way Makes a Book Better? Chronicle of Higher Education, February 1, 2008.
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Young, Jeffery R.(2008) Experimental Use of Blog-Based Peer Review Gives Mixed Results. Chronicle of Higher Education, April 2, 2008.

The first article lays out a simple experiment of using blog comments to review a pre-publication scholarly work. The second article presents the results of the experiment. The series of articles is interesting from the standpoint of it presents some limitations of blogs that provide insight to more effective use. The results of the experiment indicate the blog-based reviews came from a wider audience (than traditional peer review) and were more both familiar and more critical with the topic and author. In terms of the generic library blog (or any blog for that matter) we should probably veiw this as suggesting the people reading our blogs are not the people we expected to be reading them. And that these people are no less interested or in need of our content.

Miller, Paul(2007). What Happens When You Mash the Library? Ariadne, Issue 50, January 2007. (www.ariadne.ac.uk )
Short article reviewing the Talis Library Mashup competition. The conclusions are the most important part of this article. The author points out that mashups are not the means to an end but part of a larger picture. Useful Bibliography.


Hodgins, Wayne (2007). Off Course-On Target Blog: Mishmash of Mashups, July 25, 2007. (http://waynehodgins.typepad.com/ontarget/2007/07/mishmash-of-mas.html)
Using Lego blocks as a metaphor the author explains the purpose and strengths of mashups. Viewing these web apps through a conceptual framework rather than a technical one will only enhance the of the tools. Blog entry also contains many links to other writers on the topic.

Bell, Steven(2005). Where the Readers Are. Library Journal; Fall2005 Net Connect, Vol. 130, p8-14.
Article advocates integrating Library blogs into courseware. Survey indicates that 75% of students appreciated or found useful library bog content being available in their courseware pages.

Xu, Chen(2007). The Academic Library Meets Web 2.0: Applications & Implications. Presentation presented at ACRL/NY Annual Symposium. (http://eprints.rclis.org/archive/00012164/01/The_Academic_Library_Meets_Web_2.0-_Applications_&_Implications.pdf)
Presentation of results of Web 2.0 Tools survey of Academic Libary in New York State. Interesting to compare results to WI.

Brandel, Mary. (2008) Are You Obsolete? Computerworld; 1/28/2008, Vol. 42 Issue 5, p28-32 .
Written more for IT managers and staff but could easily be directed at Librarians. Article implores IT to due away with the "Dr. No" or "the Abominable No Man" mentality of managing technology. With the increase on Web 2.0 IT departments (Librarians) need to be open to ideas and technology that is flexible, easy to use and useful. They have to understand the larger purpose of how the technology will help the company (library) succeed and profit.

Draper, Lani and Marthea Turnage (2008). Blogmania: Blog Use in Academic Libraries. Internet Reference Services Quarterly; 2008, Vol. 13 Issue 1, p15-55
Authors present the results a survey on blog usage among academic libraries. The results are not unexpected, showing that most libraries that have blogs use it to inform users of news and events. Most libraries view their blog as a marketing tool, however the authors note that it is important to also market the blog in order to alert users to its existence.

Swanson, Troy A. (2006) Looking to the Future: Implementing Blogs in a Community College Library, Internet Reference Services Quarterly; 2006, Vol. 11 Issue 3, p57-67
Article discussed the administrative steps often required to implement a library blog.

Murray, David and Steven Bell. (2007). College & Research Libraries News; Oct2007, Vol. 68 Issue 9, p576-579.
Article advocates the importance of Librarians locating and regularly reading faculty blogs. They contend that by reading appropriate faculty blogs Librarians can at a minimum 1) gain insight into faculty concerns, 2) better understand faculty perspectives, 3) improve collection development. The authors recommend a number of blogs Librarians should look at.