50 Excellent Library Science Blogs Worth Reading

Library science, or library information science (LIS), might conjure up hermits in musty, dark rooms, cataloging index cards into towering file cabinets. But, that image is incorrect today, as library science now pertains to digital cataloging, social networking and a changing history in archival science. This list of 50 excellent library science blogs are worth reading for any contemporary library science professional.

Information Science and Systems
Bibliographic Wilderness: Jonathan Rochkind writes about library digital systems and services, metadata, cataloging, and the collective effort to help people navigate the ‘information wilderness.’
Catalogablog: This blog focuses on library cataloging, classification, metadata, subject access and related topics.
Cataloguing Aids: The author hopes that this blog can serve as an index for the Cataloguing Aids Web site.
Cataloging Futures: The metadata librarian at Princeton Theological Seminary writes this blog about cataloging.
Hey Jude: Judy O’Connell started this blog in 2006 to help her engage in social networking and to inform her work as a librarian with skills in information services.
Infomusings: A doctoral student at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill writes about her studies in Personal Information Management (PIM) and teaches the intro to library cataloging course.
Information Research – ideas and debate: A spin-off from the e-journal dedicated to informal publication of ideas and comment on current affairs in the information world.
The Cataloguing Librarian: The collections access librarian at Halifax Public Libraries writes this blog as a resource for herself and other catalogers.
The FRBR Blog: A blog following developments around FRBR, or Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records.
The Serials Cataloger: News, research, and other information of interest to serials catalogers.
Z666.7.B39: Musings related to metadata, cataloging, and the world of librarianship from the electronic resources cataloging coordinator at Princeton University Library.
OCLC (Online Computer Library Center) Blogs
025.431: The Dewey blog: “Everything you always wanted to know about the Dewey Decimal Classification system but were afraid to ask.”
HangingTogether: This blog is a place where some of the OCLC Research staff, particularly those individuals who support the RLG Partnership of libraries, archives, and museums, can talk about the intersections they see happening between these different types of institutions.
Hectic Pace: Andrew Pace, the executive director for Networked Library Services at OCLC, is the author of this blog.
Lorcan Dempsey’s Weblog: Lorcan currently works for OCLC as vice president, OCLC research and chief strategist.
OCLC Developer Network: This blog is about library Web services from the OCLC Web services group and its Developer Network.
Outgoing: Library metadata techniques and trends by Thom Hickey, OCLC’s chief scientist.
Q6: This blog is maintained by Jeff Young, software architect at OCLC.
WebJunction: WebJunction is an online community where library staff meet to share ideas, solve problems, take online courses – and have fun.
Weibel Lines: Ruminations on libraries, Internet standards, and “stuff that comes to mind” from a