The granddaddy of American libraries has become one with its multitudinous siblings descendants: the Library of Congress now has its very own weblog. The blog's author, Matt Raymond, writes that his blog's mission will "be in keeping with the spirit of the Library’s mission as a whole: 'to make its resources available and useful to the Congress and the American people and to sustain and preserve a universal collection of knowledge and creativity for future generations.'"

I noted with interest that the blog's author, Matt Raymond, is the library's Director of Communications and a journalist by education. Although I'd find professional and personal interest in a librarian blogger's perspective on the library, I'm impressed that the Library of Congress has decided to use blogs and RSS as a communications and marketing tool. Welcome to the biblioblogosphere!