"The article discusses weblogs that attack companies with libel but whose authors are unidentifiable. Weblogs started as a simple way for people to keep online diaries. Suddenly they are the ultimate vehicle for brand-bashing, personal attacks, political extremism and smear campaigns. Some companies now use weblogs as a weapon, unleashing swarms of critics on their rivals. The online haters have formidable allies amplifying their tirades to a potential worldwide audience of 900 million: Google, Yahoo and Microsoft, plus a raft of other weblog hosts. Google and other services operate with government-sanctioned impunity, protected from any liability for anything posted on the weblogs they host. The combination of massive reach and legal invulnerability makes corporate character assassination easy to carry out."

a community list of library related blogs with link ranking and stats

blog post and comments about future of library use (google, participation age vs. information age, etc)

PDF version of a presentation given at Loyola University on November 3, 2005...discusses "how and why libraries should use blogs and RSS, especially to create community, encourage conversation, and make their web sites more dynamic."  found through Shifted Librarian.