I think the normal criteria for judging resources would still fit. What
could make the process more difficult could be Authority. Is the blog
an official voice of an organization? Or is it just sanctioned by the
body? An immediate example could be the SLJ blog
<http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/620000062.html?nid=2693>;
would a quote or statistic from there be as valid as one from the
journal (online or print)?
Or what about an unofficial blog written by a known authority ? As an
example: How about Weblogg-ed, by Will Richardson? As authoritative as
something written by him and published in say, THE Journal or MultiMedia
& Internet@Schools? Same credentials, what is missing is the editorial
review process.
Or, how about Letters to the Editor in print v. on the newspaper's
online presence? Do they bear the same editorial scrutiny? Obviously,
an unmoderated discussion board, even on the newspaper site, wouldn't.
Robert Eiffert
Librarian, Pacific MS Vancouver WA
pac.egreen.wednet.edu/library beiffert@egreen.wednet.edu
Librarian in the Middle Blog: www.beiffert.net robert@beiffert.net
It is not the answer that enlightens, but the question. -Eugene Ionesco
Jacqueline Henry wrote:
<snip>
>But I know an actual blog is going to show up on one of these works
>cited lists and I don't quite know how to deal with that. Some blogs
>have an association with an established group. But many/most do not.
>How would I go about grading that? Should I require the students to
>turn in justification for using any blog they cite? What should that
>justification look like? A list of facts/stats verified in other
>sources? A list of reputable cites that link to the blog? It really is
>confusing for both adult and student researchers.
>
>Jacquie
>
>"The Librarian, whose job is to heal ignorance, to keep life safe for
>poetry and to put knowledge smack dab in the middle of the American
>way."
>
>>From The Philadelphia Inquirer, 9-20-03
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>Jacquie Henry, MLS
>Ruben A. Cirillo High School (GHS)
>Gananda Central School District
>3195 Wiedrick Road
>P.O. Box 609
>Macedon, NY 14502
>315-986-3521 x 3144
>jhenry@gananda.org
>http://www.gananda.org/library/mshslibrary/indexgcl.htm
>
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