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National Libraries

National libraries such as the British Library are experimenting with blogs; rather than one blog, a number of blogs can focus on different areas and audiences. Blogs range from general news blogs to departmental blogs and project blogs which focus on specific pieces of work. Departmental and project blogs can have useful in-depth postings to specific aspects of the departmental work or project activity.

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Taking Liberties
This blog is written by Matthew Shaw, one of the curators of the Taking Liberties exhibition. He is curator of US Collections at the British Library, and used to work as a curator of manuscripts. He also teaches history at Birkbeck College, London.

The Patent Search Blog
This blog on patents and IP is written by Steve van Dulken, Information Expert with the BL Research Service.

In through the outfield
This blog on business and intellectual property is written by Neil Infield, Manager of the British Library Business & IP Centre.

The Harold Pinter Archive
A blog about cataloguing the Harold Pinter Archive at the British Library; written primarily by curator Kate O'Brien but will also feature entries from other members of the curatorial team.

Digital Lives
This blog is intended to support the activities of the Digital Lives Research Project. The primary author is Jeremy Leighton John, Principal Investigator and Project Manager for the Digital Lives project; other members of the project team may also contribute.

Archival Sounds
This blog is intended to support the ongoing activities of the Archival Sound Recordings project and to provide a forum for discussing issues around the digitisation of archival sound recordings in general. It will be written primarily by Peter Findlay, ASR Project Manager at the British Library, with contributions from other members of the ASR Project Team. Comments and feedback are welcome, although these will be moderated for the time being.