WHY WOULD YOU READ A BLOG?

• PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

If I wanted to keep informed in the areas that interest me, I would need to read many, many journals; look at many, many websites; and spend many, many hours doing searches in the electronic databases to find the information that I'm interested in. Do I have the time to do that? NO. Is that a smart way to use my time? NO. There are many, many blogs out there! There are many, many bloggers out there who are posting great information! There are many, many librarian bloggers out there who want to help other librarians keep informed. There are many, many librarian bloggers out there who are paying attention to what's going on, then posting the events to their blogs, so other librarians without much time for professional reading can keep informed. There are many, many librarian bloggers who want to share their professional experience so that others can benefit.

• PERSONAL INTERESTS

There are many blogs out there that have been created by avid hobbyists.
Your family can use a blog to share photos, communications, recipes, stories, etc.

• OTHER REASONS

Take a look at this blog entry for more reasons to read blogs
http://www.unc.edu/~zuiker/blogging101/readwrite.html