So Thing number two for my 11-and-a-half-Things is to find blogs of interest for the biomedical community. I really like Ben Goldacre's blog http://www.badscience.net/ - you might have read the book Bad Science, which points out how and why some 'science' in the media is misleading (to put it politely) - the blog is witty and easy to read but can also be very revealing - Dr Goldacre really knows his stuff. I find some of the comments people leave useful too. It might be a good one to keep an eye on for any pertinent examples to use in information literacy or critical appraisal teaching....!
OK, for people interested in research and researchers (and who isn't?!) the Research Information Network has a couple of blogs, one for the team and one for guests - these aren't updated all that often which makes them much easier to follow in my opinion - quality over quantity! You'll notice also that the most recent guest blog was on the value of libraries which naturally goes without saying :-)
What else? Well, just wanted to mention Library Research Support by Jenny Delasalle at the University of Warwick - another excellently written blog geared to researchers. This blog often has some really useful and in-depth posts, particularly for those of us interested in research outputs, bibliometrics, publishing research and the like.
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