Voices in my head
Feb 20th, 2010 by Cathy Jo Nelson
Just got through commenting on a relatively new librarian blogger’s post about adding some blogs to follow. It’s been a while since I have done this, so I thought now would be a good time to let readers know whose voices are shaping my thinking and practice. I have a folder in my Google Reader for library voices, and often I get so busy I mark my reader filled with all kinds of news and educational voices as read without taking the time to read. I justify this guilt free action by saying if it was popular enough, it will reappear in my other 2.0 circles, so I will eventually see it. But rarely do I ever mark these library voices as read. As a matter of fact, I will usually comb through this folder, and THEN click my favorite button in my reader “mark all as read.”
My lunchtime activity daily at school is to sit at my desk in front of the computer and open up my reader, which is usually quite full, find and click on the “Library Voices folder, and then with my left hand key through the folder using the J key while I eat with my right hand. I know that’s sort of anti-social, but not really. I only get about twenty minutes to eat, so this is what works for me.
- Heather Loy – Tech Tips and Timely Tidbits
- Fran Bullington – Informania
- Buffy Hamilton – The Unquiet Librarian
- Diane Cordell – Journeys
- Joyce Valenza – The Neverending Search
- Carolyn Foote – The Not So Distant Future
- Gweneth Jones – Library Media Tech Musings
- Sara Kelly Johns (Current candidate for ALA president Elect!!)
- From the Inside Out
- Doug Johnson – Blue Skunk Blog
- Chad Lehman – The IMC Guy
- Wendy Stephens – Wendy on the Web
- Amy at Time to Renew
- Karen Kleigman - Wired Librarian
- Ernie Cox – MediaCentered
- Keisa Williams – Monarch’s Library Blog
- Laura Pearle – Venn Librarian
- Jim Randolph – TeacherNinja
- Ms. Yingling Reads
- Jacquie Henry – Wanderings
- Lesley Edwards – The Webfooted Librarian
- Ian McClean – Booked Inn
- Camilla Elliott – EduBeacon
I tip my hat to these bloggers. So even though I don’t “socialize” at lunch each day, I DO surround myself with the best “outside the box” voices around from the library world. Who is shaping your thought process? Expand my reader with more voices!
PS–Jim this is just for you! I used cameroid.com
Disclaimer: I read more than just this list! I tried to find all of them in Google Reader through “manage subscriptions,” but could not find a way to sort by folder/tag. This disclaimer in here to ward off any hurt feelings. This is one way Google Reader does not live up to expectations.
Ha ha! That’s great. I always enjoy our lunch talks.
Thanks,
Jim
Talk about power lunches! What a great idea – there are days I eat in my office, trying to catch up on work, but haven’t thought about trying to nourish my mind through my reader at the same time.
Another library voice I follow is Mary Woodard of the “Top Shelf” blog. http://topshelf.edublogs.org/
Thanks for sharing your list – there are a couple blogs on it I look forward to checking out.
FRAN!! I read Mary Woodard’s blog too! I tried to find all of them in Google Reader through “manage subscriptions,” but could not find a way to sort by folder/tag. Meant to put a disclaimer in there to ward off any hurt feelings. This is one way Google Reader does not live up to expectations.
As always, thanks for the shout out! But, oh, no, now I have some MORE blogs to add to my reader since there were a few above that I hadn’t been aware. I have too much trouble now keeping my reader to a manageable level! You also reminded me it is time to refresh my blogs blogroll and links.
Uhm, you actually get a lunch? I do good to wolf down a bite or two here and there! Just one more thing I have to be jealous about! Just kidding!
I hope you enjoy our company! Your shouts, whispers and murmurs are welcome at any time of day.
So honored to be part of the “lunch bunch”!
[passes over the crunchy cheetos as she reads this blog during her lunch.... mumbles] Yum…food for mind… i know…i’ll have celery sticks tomorrow! Nom nom.
~Gwyneth
Well, here I am, finally getting to read this because I decided to just dive into my neglected Reader. Great idea to read it at lunch, and thanks for the list of bloggers to follow! Now I have even more in my Reader..
Hi Cathy,
Great to know you’re enjoying reading “Booked Inn” – i only recently noticed the pingback to your link. But you’ve misspelled both of my names in your post!
Regards, Ian
SO sorry–typist I am not!! They are now correct!