Blogs and Blog Readers





Feedly is a RSS Reader that runs like a browser. It is easy to use and straight forward. It also helps you organize, read, and share what you like from the websites. Feedly is flexible across any social media platform and you can have everything in one place which you can access via mobile devices.

I chose Feedly because it is listed of one the top RSS Reader and its available in the iOS, Web, and Android market. Once, I started using it, it was very simple and easy to follow. Simply find the blog or website you would to follow and click on the button follow. It is that easy!

Blogs

1. AASL Blog - http://knowledgequest.aasl.org/
  • published bi-monthly
  • offers great information to librarians, library educators, and anyone involved in the decision making of a library
  • provides articles about theories and practices in school librarianship
The AASL Blog is an excellent blog to follow as a librarian. You have to access to continued professional development and keeping abreast of the newest information or practices. The Journal of the American Association of School Librarians is the only association available for school librarians since 1951.


2. YALSA Blog - http://yalsa.ala.org/blog/


  • focuses alleviating challenges that teens face
  • works with librarians, education, and research
YALSA was founded in 1957 an provides librarians with grants, participation in national conferences, and research. I like this blog because it helps you guide your teen age group library collections. 


3. The Booklist Smugglers - http://thebooksmugglers.com/

  • features weekly book reviews
  • provides guest speakers
I decided to follow The Booklist Smugglers because I wanted to have a different perspective on book reviews. One of the website owners has different challenges that she would to fulfill and takes us to her journey with reading, reviewing, and presenting books or authors. 

4. School Library Journal - http://www.slj.com/

  • popular video content for editors, bloggers, and librarians
  • selects librarian of the year
This blog provides newsletters with the latest information, has book reviews, provides information about national conferences, and it very well diverse. I like this blog because it keeps current with book reviews and related information.


5. Goodreads Blog - https://www.goodreads.com/


  • provides book reviews
  • recommends related books by genre, author, or topic
Goodreads Blog provides you with a list of book reviews. You can search by topic in alphabetical order to find a book. I really like how they have recommendations for books by authors, genres, or topic.


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  1. AnonymousSeptember 17, 2017 at 7:52 PM

    RSS Readers were a completely foreign concept to me until completing this assignment. I too chose to create a Feedly account for similar reasons. I especially like the way users can personally organize the site by creating 'folders' in the left toolbar to add feeds.

    -Breanna Kaiser

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