I am honored to be on a panel tomorrow for the UW-Madiso SLIS Centennial, my alma mater. We will be talking about the opportunities and pitfalls of library blogging.
It seems that every time I head out to speak, I have a new blog to announce. This time, I have two. One is a Menasha Public Library staff blog called Menasha Mail that all staff have the ability to post to and comment on. Thrillingly, there are several posts from different staff members on it and it is less than a week old. My staff at Menasha is amazing! They are embracing technology quickly and with a real will to see how it can better the library and our patrons.
The second blog is the Winnefox 2.0 blog. This is a blog for the Winnefox Library System to start talking about Web 2.0 and Library 2.0 and how we can work together to understand and learn about these new technologies and how they impact our libraries and patrons. Unlike the staff blog, this one hasn’t taken off yet, but I hope it will. I tend to be the only person posting on a regular basis, but I am very proud of the quality of the content. To go along with the blog, the library system created an Emerging Technology Committee (ETC) as well as an email list. We plan to discuss technologies, meet a couple times a year, and present ideas to the general Winnefox members.
It is a very exciting time to be a library blogger, from blogs at all staff levels to niche blogs on a variety of subjects and finally to library websites based on blogs. Very cool things are happening!

I have already revealed myself to be a muppet fan here on this blog. Now there is a wiki just for my type: Muppet Wiki. It has all sorts of information on Jim Henson and the Muppets. Categories include characters, performers, episode guides, the many shows and mvoies, merchandise, and books. More than enough to keep a muppet fan like me happy for some time.

Quilting Assistant is a site that offers free quilt patterns, including block and borders, calculators for fabric usage, reviews of products, and information on techniques, equipment and quilt types. 

Widgipedia is a site filled with widgets (little programs that do handy little jobs and live happily on your desktop).  Best of all, you can rate widgets, or see how others have rated them, assign tags, and view the most popular widgets. 

A warning for parents:  do not ever, ever reveal to your nine-year-old son that widgets exist.  Bad, bad things will result and your desktop will never be the same again. 

Fanpop is a network site that allows fans to make “spots” for other fans. It is a social site with channels that are dedicated to specific subjects. You can browse the channels, search by keyword, find the newest additions, and best of all browse the most popular links across the entire network.

WikiHow is a wiki that serves as a how-to manual that anyone can edit.  There are a wide range of topics that you can post about, the site has keyword search, or you can browse the spotlight and featured articles.  

Sizeasy is a site that lets helps you in visualizing the size of things.  Just add your own items first with their dimensions.  You name each item and the site will keep them so that you can compare other items to them.   Then you can choose what the item will be compared to: a deck of cards, $100 bill, wine bottle, credit card, or various sizes of paper.  

Wikitravel is a wiki that is a travel guide for travel around the world. You can read travel news, featured articles, find travel advice, and discover new places to travel to.

Your Countries is a site that offers a brief overview of all of the countries in the world.  Just click on the region you are interested in and then on the specific country.  You will find a picture of their flag, information on their history, geography, politics, economy, demographics, culture and climate.  This is a handy place to come to for basic information for reports and papers.

Free Movies Fallen out of Copyright is a site that lists and links to hundreds of films, documentaries, TV shows, educational films, cartoons, and music performances that are in the public domain.