The great bifurcation

I have felt pulled in a couple of different directions since I started this blog nearly five (!) years ago. I started it to post about professional interests as a librarian, and the occasional personal or amusing post about anything else. But lately it has been harder and harder to decide which way to go, but I've finally made a decision (with the help of a parent-in-the-trenches). My Library-centric worldview will now be here at "Internet Librarian Ship." "Lost in the Stupormarket" will be about life as a 40-something dad of small children.Wow, such range.

User Services Blogging

Each day in the news we hear about a huge variety of topics, each of which could be used as "Hot Topics" feature on a library or reference blog. For example, NPR has "Science Fridays" feature which discusses the science behind current events. With a little work, librarians could perform some quick research to find supplemental materials on the subject of the latest topic. It could be a current awareness service or a way to show off our collections to patrons.