Blogging for News: Introduction to Blogs and Feeds. News librarians had a challenging job even before the proliferation of Web news sites and weblogs. The prolific "j" is part of the solution -- although she could turn into part of the problem if you tried to keep up with everything she writes. It would be even harder to keep up with everything she reads, which is a good part of what blogging is about -- finding people who read interesting things, think interesting thoughts, summarize and share.

J is a news librarian at Harvard who contributes to 30 blogs (!)... including some designed to keep news librarians (as well as friends and neighbors) up to date on sites they might find useful.

This weekend she's passing on some of that guidance in person, at the Special Libraries Association 2005 Annual Conference in Toronto. I think all librarians are special, but the organization in question is made up of librarians who work in a variety of places. Its own definition: "Special librarians are information resource experts who collect, analyze, evaluate, package, and disseminate information to facilitate accurate decision-making in corporate, academic, and government settings."

J's Blogging for News class has about 35 people attending. I wish I were there... I wonder if she's found a Toronto place for dim sum after the class...

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