Comments on: Oroberosity

By: Rachel

Rachel — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 15:43:00 +0000

Oh gosh, OK — off the top of my head, they’d include: The Shifted Librarian, Library Stuff, librarian.net, Information Wants to be Free, Tame the Web, LibrarianInBlack, who else… I’m sure there are more, but I’m skewed towards the people I tend to read. Who would you add?

By: Dorothea

Dorothea — Tue, 20 Mar 2007 15:32:00 +0000

Well, if it’s so easy, gimme a list! C’mon, I don’t think there’ll be Big Drama from folks who are on it!

By: Rachel

Rachel — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 15:36:00 +0000

Dorothea – You’re right about Walt’s last study. I think, though, that we can pretty easily pick out who is most often cited, who has big Bloglines numbers, whose name is easily recognized.

Fiona – I just don’t get Twitter!

By: Dorothea

Dorothea — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 15:28:00 +0000

Walt’s last study intentionally excluded blogs over a certain standard of popularity (as measured by Walt’s metrics). To the best of my recollection, he didn’t post the ones excluded.

By: Angel, librarian and educator

Angel, librarian and educator — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 15:08:00 +0000

I would not have used the label "inbred," but certainly not because I think it is not accurate (I am too polite). However, that embodies my feeling very well about a lot of those bloggers. After the third post on Twitter or the latest pat on the back, I just tune out, scan, and move on. It does get repetitive. So, thanks for saying or voicing what a few of us actually think. Maybe I do need to prune my Bloglines a bit more.

I like this Week in LBL. Carnival I used to follow, but as of late, I have not found it as substantive, and by the time I get it, I already saw the stuff elsewhere.

Anyhow, my two cents. Best, and keep on blogging.

By: Hedgehog Librarian

Hedgehog Librarian — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 03:10:00 +0000

I guess I’d consider the big ones to include Librarian.net, LibrarianinBlack, Information Wants to Be Free, Free Range Librarian, Beyond the Job…

I read all of those regularly–the crossover is definetly there but each has their own areas that they focus on and when they do acknowledge others it’s usually with a comment that may change my perspective on the piece. If I’ve read and am done…click it read and move on. At least with RSS I don’t feel like it’s weighing down my inbox!

By: Fiona

Fiona — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 02:35:00 +0000

Dorothea - you could use Walt Crawford's studies as a rough guide?

I have deliberately unsubscribed from some of the 'noisier' blogs (ie those that tend to post often/generate a lot of buzz/move from one thing to the next very quickly), cutting the number of blogs I read overall.

And yes, this meant that I missed 'ning over the past couple of weeks, and saw little twittering about Twitter, but hopefully it will remove the anxiety I was feeling about trying out every new web 2.0 thing.

I'd now like to see more blogs with an analytical focus.

By: Dorothea

Dorothea — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 02:13:00 +0000

Who are the big-name bloggers in libraryland?

I mean, I suspect I read some of them and don’t read others. But I can’t answer for sure until I know who they are!