Blogging & RSS for Libraries

Sunday, November 26, 2006

Good morning

Welcome to Blogging & RSSfor libraries. I'm thrilled to be able to tell you a little about blogging today and how you can use it to support instruction in your media center.

My goals for today are to:

  • Tell you what a blog is and show you different types of blogs that are available.
  • Show you how to create a blog in five minutes (yes, that's all it takes.)
  • Look at different ways librarians are using blogs to support their services, to disseminate information, and to collaboarate with patrons/students and each other.
  • Explore what RSS feeds are and how you can not only create them easily with your blog, but how you can use them to keep up with news.
I would like to hear what your interest is in blogging. Are you considering it for your library? Are you just interested in learning about the communication tools that your patrons may already be using? Do you see any barriers to using blogs in your library?

posted by Kathy Lussier @ 5:41 AM    

16 Comments:

  • At 12/14/2006 10:12 AM, Anonymous said…

    I am here to learn how to integrate a blog into my library's homepage.

     

  • At 12/14/2006 10:13 AM, Anonymous said…

    Deciding whether to add a Blog to library website.

     

  • At 12/14/2006 10:13 AM, Anonymous said…

    Learn about blogs and how to create

     

  • At 12/14/2006 10:14 AM, Anonymous said…

    As a better way to cmmunicate in and outside the Library. Feel the need to keep up with the latest tech stuff!

     

  • At 12/14/2006 10:14 AM, Anonymous said…

    I am here to learn how to integrate a blog into my library's homepage.

     

  • At 12/14/2006 10:14 AM, Anonymous said…

    I want to start a blog at my library for staff and patrons.

     

  • At 12/14/2006 10:14 AM, Anonymous said…

    In conjunction with One Book One Community, we would like to add a blog to our website, One Blog One Community.

     

  • At 12/14/2006 10:14 AM, Anonymous said…

    I'm here to learn to use blogging in my school library

     

  • At 12/14/2006 10:14 AM, Anonymous said…

    I really want to find out why I would want to use blogging. I seem to have trouble getting people to visit the website except to view eventkeeper. It would be nice to have people have some vehicle to talk about genre fiction, in particular. But are most of my patrons savvy enough?

     

  • At 12/14/2006 10:14 AM, Anonymous said…

    I am also the YA librarian and would like to use a blog to inform teens of new titles in the collection.

     

  • At 12/14/2006 10:14 AM, Anonymous said…

    I am here to learn how to integrate a blog into my library's homepage.

     

  • At 12/14/2006 10:15 AM, Anonymous said…

    We would love to have a link from our school's website sharing new happenings in our library, additions to our collection, and RSS feeds relating to specific topics the kids are studying. I think perhaps network security is an issue with our technology coordinator, so I hope to come back with lots of blogging information to share with him.

     

  • At 12/14/2006 10:15 AM, Anonymous said…

    I am interested in creating blogs as a means of having various discussions with staff and students: book discussions, discussions of educational issues.

     

  • At 12/14/2006 10:15 AM, Anonymous said…

    One of my main interests in blogging is its potential for enticing / involving the non-traditional library user in our community.

     

  • At 12/14/2006 10:16 AM, Anonymous said…

    I am interested in blogging for 4th, 5th and 6th graders on the Children's Website at the Bridgewater Public Library.I believe this is a great way to communicate with the children about their reading interests and activities. I will also collaborate with the Young Adult Librarian and the teens.

     

  • At 12/14/2006 10:17 AM, Anonymous said…

    In response to the One Book comment, I set up a forum site the first year and no one used it!

     

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