Like all other web enthusiasts the members of Team Awesome love following blogs, bookmarking them like some people collect comic books. In honor of the ending of Blogtober, here is a casually curated list of our favorites as library school students and future professionals in the LIS field*. Just click on the name and it will take you to the blog. What are the blogs you follow? Did we miss anything, you think? We’d love to know and keep the list growing!
Humor and Fun
- Better Book Titles
- A Librarian’s Guide to Etiquette
- Librarians Classified
- Librarian Problems
- I Work at a Public Library
- Love the Liberry
- librarian.net
- Libraries in Pop Culture
- Librarian Wardrobe
- Underground New York Public Library
Books and Book Art
- F*ck Yeah, Book Arts!
- Library as Incubator Project
- Books and Other Geekery
- Bookshelf Porn
- Inappropriate Book Covers
- Better Book Titles
- I Heart Classics
General Books
Children’s Librarianship
- Storytime Kate
- The Horn Book
- Abby the Librarian
- Forever Young Adult
- TLT: Teen Librarian Toolbox
- Children’s Book-A-Day Almanac
- The 4 YA Blog
ALA Blogs
Library School
General Library News
GSLIS Professors
- Kate McDowell’s What Kate Reads
- Carol Tilley’s For the Future: What Today’s Youth Services Librarians Want the Next Generation to Know
Job Searches
Technology
Authors
Book Publishers
Libraries
*Credit goes to Team Awesome Co-Captain, Kelsey B, for starting the bulk of this list.
