Yesterday I was scheduled to speak at the Indiana Library Federation statewide conference. My talk was called “Big on Blogging” and what FUN it was! We had a packed room, with folks standing in the back. What that said to me is Indiana librarians are very curious about the blogging phenomenon!!!
We talked about blogs as external communication, internal communication and “keeping current” tools. We discussed setting up blog software, who writes for library blogs, where to place them on the library’s Web site and all kinds of other issues. One person asked how to wrench control of his library’s web site from the techie people!
I showed them LISNews and they were very interested in such a clearinghouse of all things library-related.
By the end I was evangelizing a little bit (as is my way) — Make sure your library has a strong message, that you communicate it with every tool at your disposal, and that you focus on the future and USERS. It’s all about our users, right? Blogs fir in perfectly there.
AND DON’T MISS:
PeterScott’s Index of Library Blogs!
Or this one! (from LISNews)
Thanks to Dawn Matthews, Head of Reference at SJCPL, for coordinatiing the session and introducing me!
