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BlogIT: Blogging in the Library

BlogIT: Blogging in the Library. ConsiderIT 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

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BlogIT: Blogging in the Library

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  1. BlogIT: Blogging in the Library ConsiderIT with Colleagues: Teaching with Technology at UNC-Chapel Hill Suchi Mohanty and Jean FergusonApril 2, 2004

  2. 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

  3. What Is a Blog? • Links to web sites related to the 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

  4. Librarian vs. Library • Librarians Who Blog About Themselves • 42short: http://42short.blogspot.com/ • Abada Abada: http://www.jessamyn.com/journal/ • Librarians Who Blog About Libraries • librarian.net: http://librarian.net/ • ResourceShelf: http://www.resourceshelf.com/

  5. Librarian vs. Library • Libraries That Blog • UL: http://www.lib.unc.edu/house/ • Waterboro, ME Public Library:http://www.waterborolibrary.org/

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. House Undergrad Blog • Authors • Reference librarians • SILS Graduate students working at the Reference Desk

  9. 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

  10. House Undergrad Blog • Challenges • Updating regularly • Responsibility of quality of linksCitation Machine: http://www.landmark-project.com/citation_machine/ • Maintaining interest • Developing a theme • Lack of ‘lead’ blogger

  11. 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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