http://www.popgoesthelibrary.com/One of the blogs I rely on is Pop Goes the Library. Honestly, I am partial to this one as a few of the contributors are respected colleagues from the system where I work. That said, I find it a refreshing combination of both the fun and the professional; too often blogs can veer into either extreme. With a team of intelligent contributors, this blog provides up to date information for good reads, trends, opinions, all with a clearly pop culture slant (they unabashedly state "We love TV, music, the movies, comic books, anime, magazines, all things Net"). The linked blogs should also be checked out.
If librarians and libraries are to stay current with their patrons/society/culture, this type of blog is a must. (It certainly helps this library student stay somewhat on top of things while juggling grad school, work, family, life).
I also want to include a blog here from the Ocean County Library system for our teens called TAB Space (Teen Advisory Board), http://tabspace.wordpress.com/. We have 20 branches in our system and as you will see, some use this feature more than others. There is a faithful core of teens who use this and as word gets out of its existence the numbers will grow.
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Pop goes the library seems to be the most popular blog mentioned. I like them too, and so did Andy. That's cool that you work with them. I found them last October, (from what I remember) when they were blogging about the children's lit conference in NY, and then I had to remember how to find them for this assignment.
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