Today is Blog Day. (I don’t know who says so, or why today, or if Hallmark is behind this, but I’ll just accept it and move on.) The goal of this day is for each blogger to recommend 5 other blogs that we find interesting.
One of the reasons I started this blog was because I didn’t find much preservation blogging online. Below are five blogs I visit and are more or less related to my professional interests. Enjoy!
Digitization 101 – This blog is run by Jill-Hurst-Wahl. “THE PLACE for staying up-to-date on issues, topics, and lessons learned surrounding the creation, management, marketing and preservation of digital assets.” Digitization and digital preservation is not my focus, but I try to at least keep aware and find this blog helpful.
Futureofthebook.com : preservation and persistence of the changing book – This blog is run by Gary Frost, the conservator at the University of Iowa. Frost thinks widely and deeply about the book and reading, and how we interact with the book, and how this relates to preserving the book. I read him for inspiration, but I only begin to grasp a little of what he says.
Bound to Learn – This blog is run by Dorothea Black (I think) where she talks about various book-making projects she does with school children. Teaching kids how to make books is a great way to help them understand how books can be wonderful tools for expression. This blog was active from March to June of 2007, I’m hoping with the new school year, it will pick up once again.
Reading Archives – This blog is run by Richard J. Cox, professor at the School of Information at the University of Pittsburgh (and author of “Vandals in the stacks? : a response to Nicholson Baker’s assault on libraries”) Cox uses this blog to comment on current archives literature. I’m frequently intrigued by the books he mentions, but they often end up on my “things I’d really like to read some day” list.
News from Nancy – This is my boss’ blog. Nancy Robertson is the State Librarian of Michigan, and before that was our rare book curator. Michigan is fortunate to have a person in a leadership position with such an appreciation for preservation concerns. (Okay, this blog doesn't have much to do with preservation.)
I would love to find more preservation blogs to refer to, so please let me know of any I should have mentioned.
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