Summer Reading-- Professional Development

In an ALA Discussion on LinkedIn Jennifer Merriman posted this:
“In my quest to always stay current, I'm seeking out professional reading recommendations. My areas of interest are instruction (including information literacy and instructional design), emerging technology and reference. Outreach, engagement and programming are close behind.”

Answers to the post included the following:
•    Anna Farmery's Engaging Brand at http://www.theengagingbrand.com/. It's good for social media tips and general engagement of clients.
•    ACRL's "Keeping up with ..." series at http://www.ala.org/acrl/publications/keeping_up_with does a good job on emerging tech and trends
•    Beerbrarian http://beerbrarian.blogspot.com/,
•    Steve Matthews 21st Century Library http://21stcenturylibrary.com/
•    Sense and Reference, http://senseandreference.wordpress.com/ a philosophical library blog
•    The ACRL IS Research and Scholarship committee has a page of suggested articles: Five Things You Should Read About... http://goo.gl/k97rVK
•    Mr. Library Dude http://mrlibrarydude.wordpress.com/
•    Bibliobrained http://bibliobrained.wordpress.com/
•     Library Babel Fish http://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/library-babel-fish#sthash.d92t7fqw.dpbs
•    First Monday. http://firstmonday.org/index
•    Siva Vaidhyanathan http://www.law.virginia.edu/lawweb/faculty.nsf/prfhpbw/sv2r
•    Megan Oakleaf http://meganoakleaf.info/publications.html
•    OCLC has a weekly newsletter called "Above the Fold" at http://oclc.org/research/publications/newsletters/abovethefold.html covering  emerging tech and offering insights from other fields