The Shifted Librarian - Shifting Libraries at the speed of byte
 Monday, April 29, 2002

Eagle-eye Will pointed me to Hartford Seminary Library's site because their main page is a weblog that covers library news, articles of religious interest, and even the Library of Congress' 202nd birthday. The site is powered by Movable Type, and here is their great description of why they are doing this:

"A 'Honeyguide' is a small plainly colored Old World bird, known for its habit of leading humans to the nests of wild bees, then sharing in the spoils when the hive has been opened. A Web Log is the Library's way of leading you to some of the riches we've discovered on the Internet. Each Web Log is devoted to a specific topic or simply to the musings of one of our staff members. Check them out! Add your comments! Enjoy!"

Follow the link in that paragraph and you'll find that they are actually running three weblogs, all of which provide interesting and relevant links. In fact, the main guy posting to the blogs, Jack, even uses MT for his bio page!

  1. Food and Spirituality
  2. Digital Librarianship
  3. Christian Spirituality

In addition to standard library content, the Library also offers a page of relevant news that is pulled in automatically from Moreover. This is a great example of how weblog software and RSS can make it easier for a library to present current news and links. Very nicely done!

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