Thing 6 - Feeding time

Here are some snowdrops I spotted in Somerset during the week-end. Nope, they are not relevant to this week's task, but I thought I'd share a moment of early Spring before listing the five feeds that we have been instructed to find. Enjoy.

There seems to be no end to useful work-related blogs/feeds out there. How do you decide what to follow, because you can't read 'em all. Here are five that I have stumbled across or stolen from other people's blogs, and added to the Feed Reader:

• Phil Bradley's weblog - 'Where librarians and the internet meet: internet searching, Web 2.0 resources, search engines and their development.' Why haven't I discovered this one already? It's been around for ages, and it's bursting with relevant information and commentary. Thank you, Fred.
• Novoseek - 'A blog about information technologies in the biomedical sector'. Thank you, Isla Kuhn of Cambridge Medical Library blog fame.
• OA Librarian - 'Open Access Resources by and for librarians'. It looks up-to-date, which is just as well because Open Access seems to be evolving in all directions.
• BMJ Editors at Large - looks like a blogging board for random opinions, which might be fun or really annoying. Let's see.
• Grazia Daily - all work and no fashion tips makes Jo a dull girl. For 5 Februrary 2010: "First off, let's get one thing straight ladies - clogs are cool. " What's next? Blogs on clogs?

Another idea I've nicked from Fred (thanks again, Fred) is to add a blog list to this blog. This would be good for blogs to drift into now and again, such as UK Medical Library blogs. The Cambridge one looks well-established, and someone at St. George's Library University of London has developed a blog 'dedicated to the needs of our NHS staff'. So this is how they are helping their readers to navigate the University/NHS resources divide. Let me tell you that we have just established a direct link to our NHS online resources on the front page of the Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals Trust Intranet, which makes me very happy (I'll get my coat...).