Willy took a quick look at the feed find tools. He may be missing something but he don't think he needed them at this time (but they are bookmarked). His problem is not finding blogs/RSS feeds but limiting/weeding them.
RSS is not a source but a medium and it is becoming ubiquitous. Willy already has an idea of the sites he wants to tap and most of them have RSS.
As far as blogs are concerned, a directory is not what Will needs. He is interested in selected blogs. So the resources he is currently tapping are things like the Webby Awards. As he locates blogs that fit his needs they will help him find others--quality tends to link to quality. This is a method Willy discovered in graduate school. Most articles are junk; only a few percent are worth reading. A skill that students should learn is how to locate that few percent. One method is, once you know a good author, you find more by seeing who that author cites and who cites that author. Good authors cite each other. This is the pot growing method of discovery. Once you have a little bit of the good stuff, it is easy to grow more.
Useful blogs. . .
- The Shafted Librarian looks like a good blog for keeping up on what is going on in Libraryland.
- Librarians' Internet Windex blog is good for looking at new, selected (clean) websites.
- One of the most incredibly inciteful sites Willy found was Unshelved. Did you see the one about the chicken?
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