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 In 2010 Salem hosted a contest (of sorts) to honor bloggers who focused on a variety of topics related to libraries. Our goal was to promote good blogs generally and draw attention to interesting and provocative news and opinion as it appears. To that end we:  Rewarded and celebrated blogs about libraries and library issues;Maintain a (reasonably) accurate listing of blogs so librarianscan discover the amazing variety here;Try to repeat the process once a year, or so.THE 2010 WINNERS The 2010 winners in each of the five categories of "topical" library blogging we established are: General Library Blogs First place: Libraries and TransliteracySecond place: Centered LibrarianThird place: Librarian.netQuirky Library Blogs First place: Awful Library BooksSecond place: Library History BuffThird place: Going Green At Your LibraryAnother Third place: Judge a Book by its CoverAcademic Library Blogs First place: No Shelf RequiredSecond place: ResourceShelfThird place: The Kept-Up Academic LibrarianPublic Library Blogs First place: Agnostic, MaybeSecond place: Blogging for a Good BookThird place: Library GardenSchool Library Blogs First Place: Bib 2.0Second Place: Not So Distant FutureThird Place: 100 Scope NotesCongratulations to you all. THE LIBRARY BLOG JUDGES Our first effort in recognizing excellence teamed four interested parties in reading the hundreds of active blogs nominated by readers throughout the web. Along with Peter Tobey of Salem Press, volunteers to judge blogs included: The Editor Judge: Mirela Roncevic, Editor-in-Chief of IGI Global's forthcoming Advances in Library Information Science book series. Prior to her current position, Mirela was Senior Editor at Library Journal, where she directed the magazine's coverage of print and electronic reference sources, managed arts, literature, and philosophy reviews, and wrote extensively on the state of online publishing and librarianship. The Public Library Judge: Barry Miller, is reference and acquisitions librarian at Austin Public Library, with collection development responsibility for nonficition print and audiobook materials. He has been a frequent contributor and reviewer for Library Journal for over 20 years. The Academic Library Judge: Brian Coutts is head of the Department of Library Public Services at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green. He's co-author of three reference books and a contributor to several others. No stranger to the judging business, Brian has selected the "Best Reference Sources of the Year" for Library Journal for more than two decades. He chairs the Resources for College Libraries Editorial Board and serves on the ACRL Publications Coordinating Committee. The Academic School Library Judge: Caroline Geck, a school librarian at Peshine Avenue Preparatory School in Newark, New Jersey. Caroline is a frequent reviewer in a variety of categories for both Library Journal and School Library Journal. |
Our 2011 Judges are a mighty impressive group, volunteers and hard-working, too. Their insight and experience added a great deal to the process of selecting winners from among the nominees. To read a bit about each, click 
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