Blogging for Beginners

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Presentation to the UK Inmagic Users Group, 15 November 2007.

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Blogging for BeginnersBlogging for BeginnersAnne Welsh, Librarian, 18 Red Lion CourtAnne Welsh, Librarian, 18 Red Lion Court

UKIUG, 15 November 2007UKIUG, 15 November 2007(Picture: http://library.wustl.edu/units/spec/archives/classes/writing1/classroom-scenes_students-with-typewriters.jpg)

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‘‘Blogging for the Non-Technical’, UKIUG, May 2007Blogging for the Non-Technical’, UKIUG, May 2007

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(Background picture: Finding Your Life Work (1940) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBANGqNZ8_g)

(Image from Finding Your Life Work (1940) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBANGqNZ8_g

Easy Routes to RSS / AtomEasy Routes to RSS / Atom

• Feed generated from the catalogueFeed generated from the catalogue

• Social bookmarkingSocial bookmarking

• BloggingBlogging

Catalogue FeedsCatalogue Feeds

• Examples include:Examples include:– Ann Arbor: Ann Arbor: http://www.aadl.org/catalog– Hennepin County: Hennepin County:

http://www.hclib.org/pub/search/RSS.cfm – HuddersfieldHuddersfield University: University: http://webcat.hud.ac.uk/

• Main advantage: fully automatedMain advantage: fully automated• Main disadvantage: bibliographic data onlyMain disadvantage: bibliographic data only

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Social BookmarkingSocial Bookmarking

•De.li.cious is widely used generallyDe.li.cious is widely used generally

•CiteUlike allows fuller records & offline itemsCiteUlike allows fuller records & offline items

•Connotea includes publisher catalogue dataConnotea includes publisher catalogue data

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BloggingBlogging

• Allows for a range of post-stylesAllows for a range of post-styles

• If you can word-process, you can blog:If you can word-process, you can blog:

•http://annewelshwork.googlepages.com/Blogger.htm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rvBgaxUXrc

http://pupilblog.blogspot.com/http://pupilblog.blogspot.com/

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http://www.druglink.blogspot.com/http://www.druglink.blogspot.com/

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http://drugscope.wordpress.com/http://drugscope.wordpress.com/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rvBgaxUXrc

http://innertemplelibrary.wordpress.com/http://innertemplelibrary.wordpress.com/

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http://communities.cilip.org.uk/blogs/catalogueandindex/default.aspxhttp://communities.cilip.org.uk/blogs/catalogueandindex/default.aspx

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rvBgaxUXrc

http://www.blogwithoutalibrary.net/links/index.php?http://www.blogwithoutalibrary.net/links/index.php?title=Welcome_to_the_Blogging_Libraries_Wikititle=Welcome_to_the_Blogging_Libraries_Wiki

Anne WelshAnne Welsh

Librarian, Chambers of David Etherington QCLibrarian, Chambers of David Etherington QC

Anne.Welsh@18rlc.co.ukAnne.Welsh@18rlc.co.uk

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