Blogs and Blog Readers

During my search for different library blogs, I was able to explore two Blog Readers - Tumblr and Feedspot. I chose to use Tumblr because it seemed more user friendly and not as hard to figure out. I was able to start an account and quickly began to follow different blogs. The link to my Tumblr page is: https://www.tumblr.com/blog/libraryladydaigre

Although I explored several library blogs and feel many of them could be helpful in the area of Library Science, I narrowed down the choices to my topic 5 picks:



Book Riot
http://bookriot.tumblr.com/

According to the blog, Book Riot is a blog covering book-related news, reviews, commentary, advice and information along with the latest in book-reading technology.

      Book Riot has a lot of information of different types and genres of books. They provide interesting book reviews and trailers in a way that is very entertaining.

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     True Adventures of a High School Librarian

     http://nikkidrobertson.tumblr.com/

k    The author of this blog is Nikki D. Robertson. Nikki is a veteran educator, librarian and Instructional Technology Facilitator for James Clemens High School . She is passionate about 1:1 Digital Initiatives, collaboration with other education professionals, and assisting students in becoming well informed critically thinking digital citizens.

      I started following this blog because Nikki has interesting information about different ways in which to use technology in the library and ways to promote its use in the classroom. Nikki is an advocate of Makerspaces, 3-D printers and 21^st century technologies and social media sites. She has a lot of innovative ideas that she has implemented in her own library at James Clemens High School in Georgia.

Abilene Public Library
http://aplibrary.tumblr.com/

Authors of this blog say it is about sharing the love of the libraries and all that they do for the masses to view. 

         I decided to follow the Abilene Public Library because while browsing the blogs on school libraries. Abilene Public Library seems to share a lot of helpful information on the children’s programs that they provide. Currently, they are blogging on their Summer Reading Programs. This information could be useful to school librarians for ideas during the school year and as a reminder that collaboration with public libraries is beneficial to the school program when promoting services for summer and during the school year.

         Poets.org

         http://poetsorg.tumblr.com/

     This blog is a product of The Academy of American Poets. It is the largest membership-based nonprofit organization fostering an appreciation for contemporary poetry and

     supporting American poets. For 3 generations, the Academy has connected millions of people to great poetry.

      I am following this blog because of my love of poetry. The blog provides information about featured poets and it also gives ideas of how to teach lessons on poetry through the "Teach This Poem" series and the "Poem a Day" series. The Blog offers teachers actual classroom activities to use while teaching certain poems.

      Youth Book Review

       http://youthbookreview.tumblr.com/

       Kim Ammons is a 27 year old female who lives in Vermont and loves talking about her love of books almost as much as she loves reading them. Kim is an avid Young Adult book reader. She reads, rates and reviews YA books regularly. I decided to follow her blog because she gives helpful insight into what books and topics young adults are interested in reading.