Do we really need 25 more library blogs?

Yeah, I know about blogs. I subscribe to a lot of them. In the past I tried to keep up with well over 100 feeds. I recently cut it down to about 50. I am a librarian and library school student, so naturally, many of the blogs I read are in the field of librarianship. I am also interested in technology, religion, cooking, sustainability, and a whole lotta "misc." If I don't keep up with my feeds for a day or two, there are too many to ever catch up with, and I have no choice but to, with a distinct twinge of guilt, "mark all as read."

So, no, I am not anti-blogging. I'm still not convinced that blogging isn't a passing fad. (Until a couple of years ago I wasn't convinced that the Internet was more than a passing fad, and some days I still wonder about that.) The title of this, my first post, was actually the first thing that crossed my mind when I learned that I would be required to start a blog for a library school class I am taking. As a creative form, blogging may or may not stand the test of time, but either way, I have great doubts that my contributions to it will achieve anything but to give my classmates and any other hapless subscribers a heightened sense that they are drowning in way, way too much information.

How did I name my blog? I went here to get some ideas. This site suggested I combine a 2.0 concept of the moment with the name of a critter. Considering how I came up with it, I can't tell you how tragic and humorous I found it that my first choice was taken. If you haven't guessed yet, I am more than a bit of a contrarian.

Since this is a student blog, please consider it a work in progress. Feel free to comment your suggestions for improvement. And I promise I will never, ever take it personally if you mark all the posts as read or unsubscribe altogether. Believe me, I've unsubscribed from way better blogs than this!