Blog. IT: Blogging in the Library Consider. IT with Colleagues: Teaching with Technology at UNC-Chapel Hill Suchi Mohanty and Jean Ferguson April 2, 2004
What Is a Blog? • A dynamic website • Generally written by one author or select group of authors • Frequently updated, often daily • Sometimes has a theme – Food – Law – News – Technology
What Is a Blog? • Links to web sites related to theme or of interest to the author • Entries listed in chronological order, with most recent entry first • Entries are dated and signed by author • Entries are archived and sometimes searchable
Librarian vs. Library • Librarians Who Blog About Themselves – 42 short: http: //42 short. blogspot. com/ – Abada: http: //www. jessamyn. com/journal/ • Librarians Who Blog About Libraries – librarian. net: http: //librarian. net/ – Resource. Shelf: http: //www. resourceshelf. com/
Librarian vs. Library • Libraries That Blog – UL: http: //www. lib. unc. edu/house/ – Waterboro, ME Public Library: http: //www. waterborolibrary. org/
House Undergrad Blog • Purpose – Publicize library events – Publicize library-related issues – Reach out to remote users – Create a fun space for students to interact with the library
House Undergrad Blog • Content – Library events – General announcements – New resources – News postings on library and academic issues – Fun stuff that amuses us and perhaps will amuse our patrons
House Undergrad Blog • Authors – Reference librarians – SILS Graduate students working at the Reference Desk
House Undergrad Blog • Value – Complements the Undergraduate Library’s mission of testing new technologies – Provides users with an informal place to find information about the library
House Undergrad Blog • Challenges – Updating regularly – Responsibility of quality of links Citation Machine: http: //www. landmark-project. com/citation_machine/ – Maintaining interest – Developing a theme – Lack of ‘lead’ blogger
Future of Library Blogs • Informal method of communication • Could be interactive with use of comments or other method of user feedback • Good forum for library advocacy • Could create a community of core library users for gathering public opinion • Fosters ties to other libraries or communities with similar interests
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