Blogs in libraries - Pen a blog buster. Blogging is a great way for library staff to communicate with each other and spread their message to a wider base. Tracey Caldwell talked to some pioneers treading the blogger path.

Weblogs are increasingly becoming part of library life. As libraries debate how to handle information contained in weblogs, they are also becoming bloggers themselves.

Warwick University has seized the initiative by hosting blogs itself. Fourteen library staff have taken advantage of the University's blog hosting service (http://blogs.warwick.ac.uk/groups/LB), mainly to communicate with colleagues, although the blogs may be read by anyone.

Librarian Gareth Johnson says: "Locally, there's a great advantage in terms of building a community and breaking down the 'them and us' barriers." He believes the informal nature of blogging can contribute to the ...