What do librarians and blogs have in common?  They need one another like a cup needs a saucer.

I’d like to introduce you to three top librarian blogs and show you how others are incorporating blogging into their profession making an impact that far surpasses the brick and mortar walls in which they live.

The first blog is A Media Specialist’s Guide to the Internet.  This blog is chock full of useful information for librarians, librarian teachers, and classroom teachers alike.  If you are someone who enjoys looking for new technologies that are useful for instruction then this is the place for you.  Checking out Julie Greller’s exhaustive list of Web 2.0 Tools will take you quite some time.  New teachers, or seasoned veterans alike, will find a plethora of informative links and useful tools to build on their lessons or maybe even help create new ones.   She even offers Guest Posts that help librarians and teachers such as, Cultivating Diversity in Your Library.  In this post, Natalie Dias Lorenzi shares the statistics associated with an ever growing and culturally diverse population in our country.  She shows how to share wonderful literature and give book talks to children of diverse backgrounds.   Her nonthreatening manner in which she speaks to children about stories, make diverse text selections appealing options that may have otherwise gone unread by a wider audience.  Check out Julie’s blog today.  You won’t be disappointed.

 

Libary Matters is a great blog for showing how libraries and teachers place value and importance on libraries.  With current events and activities, the library is a buzzing place for young readers, mature readers, and everyone in between.  Mr. Dewey, Year 5 and whole lot of numbers is a video link on the sight that would make a great teaching tool to use when introducing or reviewing the Dewey Decimal system to intermediate and middle school students.  The rap style presentation is an engaging and fun watch.  But be careful, you might just want to jive too!

 

Tales from a Loud Librarian, shares the life of the school librarian Elizabeth Kahn.  Elizabeth has built a blog that chronicles her journey through building new library in preparation for the opening of a new school year at Patrick F. Taylor Science and Technology Academy in Avondale, LA.  She recommends books, especially young adult literature, that she most definitely enjoys as a librarian.   Other features of her blog include digital book talks that engage readers and draws greater interest in new, and some older titles that are still shelf worthy.   Elizabeth also shares some professional and student created book trailers that are sure to enthrall.  Her list of author visits and links to book recommendations are a great resource to students.

Each of the blogs above share a common theme, the love of reading.   Sharing this passion of reading and books with others in creative, informative, and useful ways is not only praiseworthy, but also inspiring.   As new teachers, librarians, and professionals begin their career, or as veterans to the professions begin to see these blogs and realize their power and value in education, they just might create a blog of their very own.  Follow these librarian blogs to stay current with new tools and resources and to get new ideas for blogging as you begin your path toward building a professional digital footprint..