I feel so 21st Century!

As someone who always said that the only reason I had kids was so I had someone to record my telly programs for me when i get old, I'm feeling pretty pleased with myself. So far I'm finding this self paced learning pretty straightforward.

From a librarian's viewpoint, online book discussion groups spring to mind as something that could be linked from a public library's webcat, not just for fiction books, but for people who have obscure hobbies and would like to get in touch with like minded people, or at least exchange ideas. I've read other people's blogs before, but have never contributed to them. In my own time I rather like reading celebrity gossip blogs, as the rules of libel and slander just don't seem to apply, and I don't contribute as I don't seem to move in celebrity circles and have anything to add(sigh!).

Actually, thats a point, is the owner of a blog responsible for anything libellous that is posted by themselves or others? If the answer isn't clear, I would imagine heaps of Councils getting nervous if their libraries start hosting blogs.