Thing 6 of 23 Things

Thing 6 is about online or social networks. I am hooked on Facebook.  Facebook may well be "the backyard BBQ and LinkedIn, the office".  Personally, I love BBQ. I check in everyday to see what my family and friends, including my former classmates, are doing.  Today, by the way, several family members and friends reminded me with their postings that today is Nelson Mandela's birthday.  

I also connect to causes and network with librarians on Facebook. I raised funds for the American Cancer Society via Facebook, for example.  I have an interest in educating girls and am against child brides therefore I have "friended" The Girl Effect, a non-profit orgaznization. Libraries and Transliteracy is my personal favorite library networking link. In fact, I just saw some information worth passing along: Free Storyworld webinar click here to register. I will certainly check out the LISNPN  with which I am not familiar.

Salem Press: Blogosphere Excellence

Who said libraries were boring? I could spend all day looking at these award winning library blogs. The names of the blogs alone were fascinating. Take a look!

General Library Blogs
First place: Libraries and Transliteracy
Second place: Centered Librarian
Third place: Librarian.net

Quirky Library Blogs
First place: Awful Library Books
Second place: Library History Buff
Third place: Going Green At Your Library
Another Third place: Judge a Book by its Cover

Academic Library Blogs
First place: No Shelf Required
Second place: ResourceShelf
Third place: The Kept-Up Academic Librarian

Public Library Blogs
First place: Agnostic, Maybe
Second place: Blogging for a Good Book

There is more on Salem Press' page. The only one I was familiar with was, The Kept -Up Academic Librarian.