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Table of contents

1 Background articles and dicussions 2 Blogs 3 Wikis 4 Podcasts 5 Other cool things

Background articles and dicussions

Articles

• EDUCAUSE: 7 things you should know about wikis (http://www.educause.edu/LibraryDetailPage/666?ID=ELI7004)
• EDUCAUSE: 7 things you should know about podcasting (http://www.educause.edu/LibraryDetailPage/666?ID=ELI7003)
• Ariadne: Web 2.0: Building the New Library (http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue45/miller/)
• Library Journal: Talking Blogs (http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6261414.html)
• School Library Journal: Make Way for Wikis (http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6277799.html)

Discussions

• Lorcan Dempsey on Flow (http://orweblog.oclc.org/archives/000688.html)
• Library Stuff discussion: The long tail of books (http://www.librarystuff.net/2006/02/long-tail-of-books.html)
• Web 2.0 predictions for 2006 (http://web2.wsj2.com/web_20_predictions_for_2006.htm)
• Web2.0 services to teens listing (http://yalibrarian.com/2006/02/library-20-services-to-teens-listing.html)

Blogs

Books/publishing Blogs

• Blog of a Bookslut (http://www.bookslut.com/blog/)
• Ready Steady Book Blog (http://www.readysteadybook.com/Blog.aspx)

Children's literature

• Children's Literature blog (Illinois) (http://www.library.uiuc.edu/blog/esslchildlit/)

Genre fiction

• Stop You're Killing Me! (http://www.stopyourekillingme.com/) Mystery novels
• Smart Bitches who Love Trashy Books (http://www.smartbitchestrashybooks.com/) (not for everyone)
• Chick Lit Books review blog (http://chicklitbooks.com/site/) book reviews
• Hidden Staircase Mystery Books blog (http://www.hsmb.com/mystery-blog/mystery-blog.html) mostly news & tidbits

Library blogs

• News items for adult readers (Lansing) (http://lansinglibraryadult.blogspot.com/)
• Links 2 3 blogs from the Ann Arbor PL catalog (http://www.aadl.org/catalog)
• Darien, CT PL homepage (http://www.darienlibrary.org/) Links to several blogs, including Books, Movies & Music

Wikis

• Comics4LibrariesWiki (http://wiki.tangognat.com/HomePage) (hasn't been updated since 10/2005)

Podcasts

News and reviews

• New York Times podcasts (http://www.nytimes.com/ref/multimedia/podcasts.html)
• NPR Podcast directory (http://www.npr.org/rss/podcast/podcast_directory.php)

Library podcasts

• ALOUD at the Central Library (http://www.lfla.org/aloud/) (Los Angeles Public)
• Podcasts from Lansing Public Library (http://lansing.lib.il.us/podcast_directory.htm)

Audiobooks

• StoryNory: iPod ready stories for kids (http://storynory.com/)
• Thomas Ford Memorial Library: Click-a-story (http://www.fordlibrary.org/clickastory/)
• LibriVox: books in the public domain (http://www.librivox.org/)

Production tools

• Feedburner: Ready to Burn Your Feed? Start Here. (http://www.feedburner.com/)
• Garageband (http://www.apple.com/ilife/garageband/) (audio editing software for the Mac)
• Audacity (http://audacity.sourceforge.net/) (open source cross-platform audio editing application)

Other cool things

• Chainreading (http://www.chainreading.com/)
• Acatopia (http://www.acatopia.org/)
• Library Thing (http://www.librarything.com/)
• Debbiesidea.com (http://www.debbiesidea.com/) Debbie's idea? A tool to help readers decide which book to read first from an unfamiliar author
• Books we like (http://bookswelike.net/)
• The Lit List (http://www.thelitlist.com/)
• StoryCode (http://www.storycode.com/)