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Library Blogs and Wikis

How-to information on using feed readers or aggregators:

• Librarians' Index to the Internet RSS tutorial
• Six Apart feeds tutorial

• Bloglines help and FAQ

• A Gentle Introduction to Feeds from Palinet (Flash video)

• Are You Ready for Web 2.0?

Links to some feed readers and aggregators:

• Bloglines
• My Yahoo

• RSS Compendium: a list of aggregators organized by platform

Library blogs (just a few):

• SCLS staff picks (in Bloglines)

• For more, take a look at the excellent list of library blogs at Library Link of the Day from UWM.

There are many library blogs created and maintained by individuals and groups that may include insights, editorials, prognostication, news items and other interesting stuff.  Some of the more well-established are The Shifted Librarian, librarian.net, It's All Good, Information Wants To Be Free and Free-Range Librarian. You'll find dozens more in your reading and in other library blogrolls.

Library wikis

• Library Success: a best practices wiki.
• LISWiki: a "free encyclopedia" on library-related topics.
• Blogging Libraries Wiki: a wiki collecting links to weblogs by public, academic, school, and special libraries.

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