Blog Readers and Blogs

Blog Readers 

There are many great blogs out there that it can be hard to keep tabs on your favorites on your own. A great tool that helps to organize all of your favorite blogs and allows you to see any updates that are posted on to the blogs you follow are blog readers. There are many great blog readers out there (Bloglovin’, NewsBlur,Feedly, Bloglines,  Digg Reader, and Newsvibe)! I have explore a few blog readers and the one I liked the best is Bloglovin'. This site is easy to use and also has an app that can be downloaded for your phone. I was able to add and find blogs easily. 

Blogs

After finding a blog reader that I liked I was able to find blogs that I have become a fan of and discovered a few that I thought would serve as a great resource for me and other librarians. 

I have to admit that I am not the most creative or artistic person so I try to find blogs to help me with library display and decor. 

Lorri's School Library Blog 

http://lorri6303.blogspot.com 

This is a great blog for examples and inspiration for library displays. These displays are beautiful and a perfect fit for any library. 

Library Displays 

http://schoollibrarydisplays.blogspot.com

This is a blog was created by Elaine Pearson, an educator from New Zealand. This blog has great ideas for library displays that were created by Ms. Pearson or submitted by others to her blog.

Not So Distant Future

http://futura.edublogs.org

This is a blog that talks about integrating technology into  schools and libraries. This blog has many resources to offer such as presentation and articles that focus on issues for modern libraries. 

Library Media Specialist Help Desk

http://librarymediaspecialisthelpdesk.blogspot.com

This blog covers a range of topics from booklist,book reviews, displays, and setting up a library. This informative site is easy to navigate and and a good resource for new librarians. 

Mrs. Reader Pants

http://www.readerpants.net

This extensive blog connotations many great resources and ideas. It features tabs on many topics I am interested in such as gentre-fication. I have picked up some tips that I plan to use in my library such as having students pay their library fines by reading. 

Tumblr

I have also started a Tumblr to help keep up with blogs, find new ones, and to connect with other professionals. Here is my Tumblr. Its fairly new but I will be adding more to it as I go.