Goodness but I love numbered lists! Are you starting your library blog? Take a look at: http://www.avivadirectory.com/successful-blog-launch/ A fave: 2. Don’t get seen naked: Never launch a blog with fewer than 5 posts. In the blogosphere you typically get just one shot at impressing a visitor or fellow blogger. Too many new bloggers throw up two posts and then start working on promotion. In the world of blogging, you are selling yourself and your writing. If you can’t give people a fully dressed picture of what your blog is all about and what type of writing will be on it, […]
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This week I had my regular Monday night LIS701 class and have 2 guest lectures scheduled as well. I’m talking Web 2.0/L2 and one of my points, of course, is that LIS students need an aggregator and some feeds. Starting in school sets the stage for using tools such as RSS to stay in the know. This morning, into my Safari-flavored aggregator comes this ultra hot post from Library Clips: http://libraryclips.blogsome.com/2006/11/29/rss-smarts/ I’ve found RSS is addictive, sometimes you have to let go and drop feeds, you can’t be aware of everything. I’ve found RSS content is overwhelming, sometimes you have […]
David Rothman announces LibWorm: http://davidrothman.net/2006/11/25/libworm-search-and-current-awareness-for-libraryfolk/ With LibWorm, you can search over 1100 feeds, including more than 800 biblioblogs, many LIS journal TOCs, and many other information sources of interest to libraryfolk. Any search in LibWorm can be outputted as an RSS feed, so LibWorm should be a very useful way to track mentions of your favorite subjects in the biblioblogosphere and beyond. You can choose to use LibWorm’s built-in aggregator by registering for an account, and this will also facilitate the social aspects of the site that will be implemented in the future. Check out the feed categories, including podcasts […]
Allison Beasley sends a wonderful listing of new social Web library goodness at Kankakee PL: Hello library friends, At the Kankakee Public Library, we’ve started some exciting new things that we’d like to share with all of you. Also, check out our new webpage logo J New RSS feeds/Blogs She Said/He Said (Admin Blog) Director Cindy Fuerst and Assistant Director Steve Bertrand duke it out – discussing and debating the issues facing today’s public libraries. Library Musings (Staff Blog) The opinions expressed on this blog are not necessarily the those of the Kankakee Public Library, its board, or the City […]
my new work blog Originally uploaded by Michael Casey. Maybe you should be! Sharing plans, projects, timeline, communication, updates on all those open tickets, etc… Don’t hide behind your locked door and “IT says no” timbre! Share!
Laura Cohen has an incredible post at her L2 Academic’s Perspective blog: http://liblogs.albany.edu/library20/2006/10/blogs_id_like_to_see.html: I want directors blogs to demystify top management. I want these blogs to reveal a director who is working to forge a library that offers collections and services that users need and want. I want directors to reveal their thoughts about what they envision for their library. I want directors to show that they are reading interesting articles, attending conferences from which they learn, observing what other institutions are doing, and tuning into the issues of the day. I want directors to use their blogs to reflect […]
I’ve been lax in my duties announcing this blog: http://www.rusq.org/ I’m happy to be serving on the Editorial Advisory Board for Reference & User Services Quarterly, the official journal of the Reference and User Services Association of the American Library Association. Its purpose is to disseminate information of interest to reference librarians, information specialists, and other professionals involved in user-oriented library services. This Web site serves as an online companion to the print edition. This summer I worked with the folks at ALA to get the blog going. I’m pleased with the result. Watch for more content as each issue […]
My LIS753 students all get weblogs to try the medium and post their thoughts on technology and libraries. If I had my way, students starting the program at Dominican would automatically get a blog and wiki sponsored by the school. In general, I’d like to see more LIS students trying the waters of biblioblogging. These notes from Michael Habib are fascinating and are helpful for thinking about blogging: http://mchabib.blogspot.com/2006/10/why-robert-and-maryam-scoble-gave-me-t.html “Pick a niche you can own (be different)” Maryam pointed out that Robert always says that there are two types of bloggers. One type has a desire to change things and […]
One Day in History Originally uploaded by mstephens7. I was impressed with this blogging iniative in the UK while Jenny and I were there for ILI2006. http://www.historymatters.org.uk/output/page96.asp “Read the nation’s diaries and find out what we did on the 17 October 2006.”
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