1 / 20

The Blogosphere

Libraries. In. The Blogosphere. In brief…. Blogs, originally called “weblogs”, are a series of postings on a website on any number of topics. The articles appear in reverse chronological order. Can be done by just one or a group of librarians and can be updated as quickly as needed.

said
Download Presentation

The Blogosphere

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Libraries In The Blogosphere

  2. In brief… Blogs, originally called “weblogs”, are a series of postings on a website on any number of topics. The articles appear in reverse chronological order. Can be done by just one or a group of librarians and can be updated as quickly as needed. Comments from the community can be allowed if the library would like.

  3. “A library blog requires three ingredients: inspiration, motivation, and dedication.” Darlene Fitchter Information Today Vol. 17 no. 6 – Nov/Dec 2003

  4. Why should my library blog? • Instant communication. Blogs can be created and posted in as little as 5 minutes. • No hassle with CMS. If you want to post information about an event but fear the lag time with, blogs can get the word out quickly. • Repeat customers. • Measure number of hits/comments. • Brief, readable, casual tone. • Endless variety of topics.

  5. Endless variety? Like what? • New items in your collection • Book reviews by librarians • Current events – tied to items in your collection • Teens • Foreign language • Genre-specific • Pictures from events • Info from librarians, for librarians

  6. Keep in mind… • Audience • The public Library of Congress blog • Librarians - "The M-word - Marketing Libraries" • Purpose • Writer(s) – one person? Collaborative? • Feedback from the community? • Keep postings short • Incorporate tools to share posts with Facebook, emails, etc. • Have as many links as possible to items in the collection

  7. What to use • Blogger.com (blogspot.com) • Wordpress.com • Typepad.com

  8. You Can

  9. In brief… YouTube is an online video-sharing website founded in 2005 by two early employees of PayPal. Purchased in 2006 by Google Inc. Anyone can watch and upload videos to YouTube. In October 2009, it was announced that YouTube had reached over 1 billion hits per day. www.techcrunch.com/2009/10/09/youtubes-new-logo-shouts-from-the-rooftops-1-billion-views-per-day

  10. Why would I use YouTube? • Free to post; free or super-cheap to produce. Enlist the community or students. • “Cool” factor • Gives staff or community a chance to be a star! • PSAs • Footage from events • Tutorials • Advocacy/ testimonials

  11. G. Hamilton Bigsby Friend him on Facebook! Watch him on YouTube! G. Hamilton Bigsby creates a buzz! Learn more at the Greensboro Public Library!

  12. Informative and fun: Brown Library's Tutorials

  13. Informative and straightforward: Cochrane Library Tutorial

  14. There are even YouTube videos with instructions for uploading YouTube videos! How to Upload videos to YouTube

  15. Keep in mind… • How will you present your video – imbedded on your library’s website? A link? Facebook? • Who do you want your audience to be? • What is your message? • Keep videos short • Before uploading, select a category and tag the video with keywords

  16. Market your library in a quickie with a wiki!

  17. In brief… “A wiki is a website that allows the easy creation and editing of any number of interlinked web pages via a web browser using a simplified markup language or a WYSIWYG text editor.Wikis are typically powered by wiki software and are often used to create collaborative wiki websites, to power community websites, for personal note taking, in corporate intranets, and in knowledge management systems.” www.wikipedia.org

  18. You don’t have to jump in head first into the world of library wikis. You can begin by simply adding an entry about your library to Wikipedia!

  19. What should I use to create my wiki? • Mediawiki – Booklover’s wiki • PBWorks – community information through the library’s wiki • PmWiki – library’s homepage • Wikispaces – “This wiki has been created as a service learning assignment for students at the School of Library and Information Science at Indiana University, Indianapolis, supervised by Dr. Mary Alice Ball.”

  20. Keep in mind… • Who will create/keep up with the wiki? One person? A team? • Content • Will you allow public comments or input?

More Related