Save Time with LISZEN Trends: The Digg of the Library World

Previously, I have passed on thoughts on how to keep up with the library universe when time seems to be sparse.

LISZEN, a library blog search engine that I wrote about here, offers another solution (still in beta) called LISZEN Trends. Click here to see LibraryZen's summary.

The setup is similar to Digg in which articles can be submitted for inclusion. Once submitted, the article is in "queue". If an article receives 4 votes, it is published. You can subscribe to both the published or the queued feeds (or to both).

This is a great way to know what is going on, especially if you do not have time to immerse yourself in the blog world.

Another Library Search Engine

Libworm is another search engine devoted solely to library-related blogs feeds. The main difference between this one and the other library search engine I wrote about is that LibWorm offers RSS feeds of searches.

So, if you are interested in a certain topic and you want to know when someone in the library world blogs about it, perform a search and subscribe to it. You will be notified when a new result appears.

I Wonder if a Librarian has Reviewed This Book?

If you ever find yourself asking the above question, well, first you would want to check our very own Memphis Reads blog.

If you don't find a review there that you need, well, one, you may consider creating one yourself.

Or, two, you can see if another librarian has done a review. Enter the Librarian's Book Revoogle.

This is another Google Co-op tool that was used to make the LISZen Search Engine that I wrote about here.

The Librarian's Book Revoogle allows you to search numerous book review blogs by librarians. And, yes, the Memphis Reads blog is included.

Library Blog Search Engine

OK, so this is pretty cool. Recently, Google began a new service called Google Co-op, in which you can create your own search engine.

Well, the Library Zen took full advantage and created LISZen, a library blog search engine. It currently searches over 500 library related blogs (wow...).

Are you starting a new project? Or are you hatching a new idea? Looking for inspiration? Try it out and get results created by other librarians.