So, if you're like most of the library world, staying current seems to be nearly impossible. It seems that once you get something down... like, say, flickr, or plone, or google docs, or even overdrive when along comes something else that you have to learn or try. The technology is exploding and you're at the center of the blast! So how do you keep up?
Delegate some time each week to pend at that keeping up task. Blogs are a great way to start and there are some great ones out there that will help you sort through all the important explosions of technology and information:
Library link of the day
Librarian in Black resources and discussions for techie/not so techie librarians
Library Garden A discussion from different kinds of libraries helping keep libraries relevant
Tame the Web libraries, technology, people
LISNews news for the librarian among us!
Library Journal Ok we just can't get away from reading, reading reading. It's what we do/promote!
There are also, a whole host of blogs and sites out there that are geared towards libraries and reading, that provide all kinds of reviews, or just discussions about topics that you might have a particular interest in. If you use an RSS feed you never have to go hunting for that site or try to remember which one it was. It will come into your computer automatically.
Some really good blogs that provide book reviews:
Big A Little a
Youth services Librarians unite
What Adrienne thinks about that
chicken spaghetti
Jen Robinson's promoting the love of books by children and the continued reading of children's books by adults
By checking any of these sites out, you will no doubt find more sites from links that are available there. Oh, I know, reading blogs, or about available technology won't get books processed or shelved, or even other technological problems that you have get solved, patrons served, but you will be much more knowlageable about what's out "there" right now. Keep up!
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