#3 - Blogs & Blogging
Learning Objectives
- Learn about blogs & blogging by reading some of the articles in the 'Resources' section of this post.
- View the CommonCraft video, "Blogs in Plain English."
- Find, read and post comments to library related blogs (you can start by exploring the links in the 'Library 2.0 Blogroll' at the right).
- Check out Blogger's online Tutorial about blogging.
- Blogger Tutorial (on YouTube)
- WordPress.com Tutorial (on YouTube)
Skills Practice
- Create your own 2.0 Learning blog (using Blogger, WordPress, Xanga or similar free blogging service) and create posts.
- Share your 2.0 Learning blog URL (as a comment to this post) for the hcplc=Lib2.0 blog
Experience Sharing
- Use your blog to chronicle your Library 2.0 learning experiences
- How do you think blogs can be used in the library?
Resources
- Library Technology Reports (July/August, 2006) - "Blogs."
- Meredith Farkas, "The Bloggers Among Us: A survey of the library blogosphere shows the mainstreaming of the medium." Library Journal (Dec. 15, 2007)
- SirsiDynix Institite, "Weblogs & Libraries: Communication, Conversation, and the Blog People."
- Pew Internet & American Life Project. “Bloggers: A Portrait of the Internet’s New Storytellers.”
- Brian Kenney, "Ann Arbor's Web Site Maximizes Blogging Software: Library's Interactive Site Consists of 7 Web Logs."
- Mary Ann Kajewski, "Emerging Technologies Changing Public Library Service Delivery Models."
- Tame the Web (blog) - “Ten Things a Blogging Librarian Must Do.”
- "Blog" on Wikipedia.
