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Why have a blog?
ILI 2007 Masterclass: Using Blogs Effectively Within Your LibrarySunday 7 October 2007
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Kara JonesResearch Publications LibrarianLibrary & Learning CentreUniversity of [email protected]
Communicating
• We have something to say:– Newsletters– Alerts– Emails– Posters– Flyers/brochures– Bookmarks
• Listening:– Suggestion boxes– Feedback forms– Ask-A-Librarian
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Innovating communication
• Blogs help to:– Give the library/librarian a voice– Provide up-to-date and timely information– Gather feedback from library users– Create a community– Keep a record
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Types of blogs
• Personal• Professional• Internal only• Publicly accessible• Individual author• Collaborative or team effort• Subject or topic focused• Wide-ranging coverage• Text only• Multi-media, images, chat…
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Using blogs to enhance your library services
• Blog because you have something to say
• Is a blog the best tool for the purpose?
• Good blog posts are:– Engaging– Participative– Frequent– Responsible
• Look for examples of good practice – subscribe to feeds from similar blogs.
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Outreach services
About:This blog is for teens
aged 12-18 years old.
It is maintained by Mosman Library (Sydney, Australia)
Rules1. Be excellent to each
other 2. Keep language and
links clean 3. Enjoy the space
<http://teens.mosmanlibraryblogs.com/>
Building a community of library users
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News gathering and dissemination
Disseminate information to your library users:
*New websites
*Service notices
*Announcements
*Updates
*Event information
About: <http://innertemplelibrary.wordpress.com/about/>The aim of this selective current awareness weblog is to provide up-to-date information regarding new case law, changes in legislation, and legal news, which we hope will be of interest to lawyers practising in the UK. The content is selected and updated daily by information professionals on the staff of the Inner Temple Library in London.
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‘From the Librarian’s desk’
Thoughts from library staff encourage openness, transparency, and adds a voice to the library.
Michael Golrick: Random thoughts about librarianship, my role in the profession intermixed with occasional personal vignettes. <http://michaelgolrick.blogspot.com/>
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Community building
LISNews.org“LISNews is a collaborative weblog [aka blog] devoted to current events and news in the world
of Library and Information Science. … LISNews is updated frequently, usually 7 days a week. We are a non-commercial site, supported by our users.
About LISNews. <http://lisnews.org/about.shtml/>
Librarians benefit from the sharing of good practice and experiences.
Blogs are a timely way to offer advice and commentary on current library issues.
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Library resources
Highlighting library resources
About us: <http://bathsciencenews.wordpress.com/>The aim is to provide a place for us to disseminate library information to our departments, and to provide an opportunity, usually via comments, for people to feedback to us. We’d love to have your ideas, suggestions, criticisms, thoughts on any of the posts we write so please do send them in.
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Task groupsCapture and collect
the thoughts of members involved in a task group or project.
Use archive features to record your work and tags to categorise sections.
About: <http://elearning.lse.ac.uk/blogs/socialsoftware/>This blog has been set up to facilitate communication between the project team who are working on a project to investigate social software and libraries.
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Editorial commentary
For journals, newspapers, e-zines, etc.
Allows for faster responses to hot topics
... the editorial blog by Marydee Ojala, Editor of ONLINE: The Leading Magazine for Information Professionals. ONLINE Insider intends to extend the reach of the print publication, presenting a more timely commentary on the products, people, and events that shape today's online world. It explores new technologies as they impact the working lives of information professionals, explains resources for specific topic areas, and expounds on information management tools and techniques. <http://www.onlineinsider.net/default.html>
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Reflective journaling
Chronicle your professional development.
Reflection helps see a path of progression and make clear your achievements.
Share your activities
I'm a librarian from Singapore. The postings are library-related (mostly). I tend to ramble (my wife would agree). As with things in life, my thoughts are incidental (i.e. insignificant). DISCLAIMER - Views expressed here are strictly my own and do not represent the official stand of my employer. <http://ramblinglibrarian.blogspot.com/>
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Blog as website
Experimentation with blogs as organisational library websites
Mission StatementThe existence of the Ann Arbor District Library assures public ownership of print collections, digital resources, and gathering spaces for the citizens of the library district. We are committed to sustaining the value of public library services for the greater Ann Arbor community through the use of traditional and innovative technologies. <http://www.aadl.org/aboutus/>
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Embedded blogs
Blogs can be embedded within other platforms or services as a lightweight news application.
This blog is embedded in the University of Bath wiki. It is a News service with blog functionality, such as reverse chronological order posts, comments, and tags.
<https://wiki.bath.ac.uk/pages/viewrecentblogposts.action?key=Inrep>
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Blogroll
• On Del.icio.us:– Blog without a Library:
http://www.blogwithoutalibrary.net/links/index.php?title=Welcome_to_the_Blogging_Libraries_Wiki
– Library weblogs: http://www.libdex.com/weblogs.html– Frappr Blogging Librarians:
http://www.frappr.com/blogginglibrarians
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