diff --git a/agent/README.txt b/agent/README.txt
index 8406555..9b6596b 100644
--- a/agent/README.txt
+++ b/agent/README.txt
@@ -307,8 +307,26 @@ Configuration
 - log format(s)
 - log file(s) (or other forms of persistence)
 
+Example
+-------
+
+We set the logging configuration to log level 20 (INFO) using the
+standard log handler that prints to ``sys.stdout``.
+
+  >>> agent.config.logging.standard = 20
   >>> logger = agent.logger
+  >>> logger.setup()
+
+The we can log an event providing a dictionary with the data to be logged.
+
   >>> logger.log(dict(object='job', event='start'))
+  20... event:start object:job
+
+We can also look at the logging records collected in the logger.
+
+  >>> len(logger)
+  1
+
   >>> print logger[-1]
   20... event:start object:job
 
diff --git a/agent/core.py b/agent/core.py
index a6dafe7..9f3c531 100644
--- a/agent/core.py
+++ b/agent/core.py
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ class Agent(object):
     transportTypes = transportTypes
 
     def __init__(self, conf=None):
-        config = self.config = Configurator('ui', 'crawl', 'transport', 'logger')
+        config = self.config = Configurator('ui', 'crawl', 'transport', 'logging')
         config.load(conf)
         self.scheduler = Scheduler(self)
         self.stopper = Stopper()
diff --git a/agent/interfaces.py b/agent/interfaces.py
index f53a977..ff2db0d 100644
--- a/agent/interfaces.py
+++ b/agent/interfaces.py
@@ -98,6 +98,10 @@ class ILogger(Interface):
     externalLoggers = Attribute('A collection of logger objects '
                     'to which the logging records should be written.')
 
+    def setup():
+        """ Initialize the logger with the current configuration settings.
+        """
+
     def log(data):
         """ Record the information given by the ``data`` argument
             (a mapping).
@@ -108,9 +112,6 @@ class ILogRecord(Interface):
     """
     """
 
-    format = Attribute('An optional format string for rendering the '
-                    'recorded information.')
-
     def __str__():
         """ Return a string representation suitable for writing on a
             log file.
@@ -126,7 +127,7 @@ class ICrawlingJob(IScheduledJob):
 
     def collect():
         """ Return a deferred that upon callback will provide a
-            collection of resource/metadata pairs that should be transferred
+            collection of resource objects that should be transferred
             to the server.
 
             Use the selection criteria given to filter the resources that
diff --git a/agent/log.py b/agent/log.py
index 8d6f7c7..6732edf 100644
--- a/agent/log.py
+++ b/agent/log.py
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ Log information management.
 $Id$
 """
 
+import logging
+import sys
 import time
 from zope.interface import implements
 
@@ -32,15 +34,15 @@ class LogRecord(object):
 
     implements(ILogRecord)
 
-    format = None
-    timeFormat = '%Y-%m-%dT%H:%S'
+    datefmt = '%Y-%m-%dT%H:%S'
 
-    def __init__(self, data):
+    def __init__(self, logger, data):
+        self.logger = logger
         self.data = data
         self.timeStamp = time.time()
 
     def __str__(self):
-        msg = [str(time.strftime(self.timeFormat, time.localtime(self.timeStamp)))]
+        msg = [str(time.strftime(self.datefmt, time.localtime(self.timeStamp)))]
         for k in sorted(self.data):
             msg.append('%s:%s' % (str(k), str(self.data[k])))
         return ' '.join(msg)
@@ -52,10 +54,23 @@ class Logger(list):
 
     recordFactory = LogRecord
 
-    def __init__(self, agent, externalLoggers=[]):
+
+    def __init__(self, agent):
         self.agent = agent
-        self.externalLoggers = externalLoggers
+        self.setup()
+
+    def setup(self):
+        self.externalLoggers = []
+        conf = self.agent.config.logging
+        if conf.standard:
+            logger = logging.getLogger()
+            logger.level = conf.standard
+            logger.addHandler(logging.StreamHandler(sys.stdout))
+            self.externalLoggers.append(logger)
 
     def log(self, data):
-        self.append(self.recordFactory(data))
+        record = self.recordFactory(self, data)
+        self.append(record)
+        for logger in self.externalLoggers:
+            logger.info(str(record))
 
diff --git a/agent/schedule.py b/agent/schedule.py
index 89e31eb..9219cbf 100644
--- a/agent/schedule.py
+++ b/agent/schedule.py
@@ -37,7 +37,10 @@ class Scheduler(object):
     def __init__(self, agent):
         self.agent = agent
         self.queue = {}
-        self.logger = None
+
+    @property
+    def logger(self):
+        return self.agent.logger()
 
     def schedule(self, job, startTime=None):
         if startTime is None: