Categories Blogging

I’m working on an article for CIL. I’d love to chat with anyone using internal blogs in new and exciting ways. Please e-mail me at: mstephens7 (at) mac.com THX!

http://schoolof.info/infomancy/?p=104 Infomancy picked up on the prevoious post about Margaret Lincoln’s blog project. Here’s the entry – and the comment, which does my heart good. (Bolding is mine) School Library Blogging Michael Stephens writes at Tame the Web about the use of educational blogging to connect schools in Michigan and New York. What was really great to see in his coverage of an article from the Battle Creek Enquirer, was that the teacher in Michigan knew to go to her school librarian to have the blog set up. Why? Because blogs, like libraries, are about the information and the conversation; […]

Battle Creek Enquirer – www.battlecreekenquirer.com – Battle Creek, Mich. “It gives students the chance to talk to other students from another part of the country, a place they may or may not be familiar with,” said Carol Terberg, Lakeview English teacher. “Mrs. Lincoln (Margaret Lincoln), our librarian, set it up for us. I’ve asked my students what’s been the most meaningful activities with the book and they’ve said the blog.” Margaret. Lincoln is in school with me at UNT and I’m so happy to see that she’s incorporated blogs into her work at the school! What an incredible idea to […]

Via Skagirlie: http://www.burningdoor.com/feedburner/archives/001518.html How feeds will change the way content is distributed, valued, and consumed The first in a series of market reports by your friends at FeedBurner. You can download this report in PDF format (300 KB) from our Web site. Stay tuned to this weblog for future installments.

http://cosmicvariance.com/2005/11/12/academic-blogger-flash-mob/ “What were we talking about? Everything you can think about to do with blogging. The discussion was framed in terms of academic (and those with other expert knowledge) bloggers, and their blogging. What purpose it serves, who does it, is it a good thing, and in particular…. why are more academics not blogging, and how can we help get more to blog? So we’ve been formulating visions for the future, and also trying to decide how we can help to make it better for everyone.” I love that Karen was involved in this. Read this content-rich post and check […]

http://library.coloradocollege.edu/cal2005/ My IL05 Bonjour IM buddy Steve Lawson, who writes “See Also” is doing a presentation at the Colorado Association of Libraries Conference. He writes about it here: http://library.coloradocollege.edu/steve/archives/2005/11/teach_an_old_bl_1.html This is an excellent use of a weblog with CSS enhancement as a presentation. Steve..my socks are offcially knocked off! Add Steve Lawson’s blog to your aggregator – it’s a good one!

Via Ken Smith at IUSB, my favorite hometown blogger! Ken points to an interview with David Kline, who just published a book called Blog! He pulls out this impressive quote. After bloggers master the fundamentals of this new medium, they will come to value belonging more than hearing themselves talk. Also, this sense of being a member of something bigger than themselves will drive them to shape their postings to be of service I truly believe librarians who blog professionally have a great sense of community, especially those who have avoided the ME ME ME mentality and looked toward the […]

Via David King: http://www.blyberg.net I agree with David: Code Alert for us non-techies but darn good stuff.