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Using a Blog as your library Web Site

Using a Blog as your library Web Site. Ross Thomson Halton District School Board OLA SuperConference 2012. My talk today:. Welcome! Feel free to leave! Ask questions anytime ! The back story Pros & cons: Blogs vs. HTML Considerations before you begin Tour of my library blog site

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Using a Blog as your library Web Site

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  1. Using a Blogasyour library Web Site Ross Thomson Halton District School Board OLA SuperConference 2012

  2. My talk today: Welcome! Feel free to leave! Ask questions anytime! The back story Pros & cons: Blogs vs. HTML Considerations before you begin Tour of my library blog site Step-by-step demo of how-to create your blog site

  3. The Back Story E.C. Drury High School Library Website 1.0 [2001 – Straight HTML] Website 2.0 [2007 - HTML/First Class] Website 3.0 [2010 – Blogger]

  4. 1.0: Straight HTML Simple WYSIWYG Editor (Claris Home Page 3.0) Making changes: Open editor Open file Make changes Save file Upload file Test live Close editor

  5. 2.0: HTML/First Class Blend Simple Document Editor (First Class Client) Making changes: Open client Open file Make changes Close file Test live Close client

  6. Disadvantages of HTML Time consuming Labour intensive Requires specialized knowledge Requires ongoing training / awareness Product more static than dynamic Change / edit hassle Difficult to generate Web 2.0 content Difficult to gather feedback

  7. Advantages of a Blog Easy to add / edit content Changes reflected immediately online Easy, seamless integration of multimedia SEO friendly (faster crawling & indexing) Offer easy integration of web 2.0 features (feedback, RSS) Automatic formatting for mobile platforms Analysis available (traffic / page views)

  8. Why “Blogger”? Familiarity & experience Ease of use Integration with other Google apps used (eg: Picasa Web) [Research & choose what’s best for you]

  9. E.C. Drury H.S. Library Demo • Text • Still Pictures • Slideshows • Embedded Video • External Links • Internal Links Blog-based ECDHS Library Web Site:

  10. How do I do that? Go to Blogger.com Get a Google account / sign in Start designing your home page Add static pages Add content Add / edit content as required Repeat Step 6

  11. Before you do that… Board rules for “school” websites? Does content need to be hosted on a Board server? Can you link externally to the blog site? Can you redirect your current URL to the blog site? Check policies before you invest time!

  12. Let’s do that! A start-from scratch, do-it-yourself demo!

  13. We did that! A start-from scratch, do-it-yourself demo!

  14. Using a Blogasyour library Web Site Ross Thomson thomsonro@hdsb.ca ecdhslibrary.blogspot.com

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