<p>I believe that MIT certainly started the trend. My school (Michigan) has officially started its own blogging system. Students, employees, and faculty are allowed to blog on the site. I actually just created my own today. If any of you are interested, here's the link to mine:</p>
<p><a href="http://mblog.lib.umich.edu/%7Ealij/%5B/url%5D">http://mblog.lib.umich.edu/~alij/</a></p>
<p>Great job MIT!</p>