Amanda Etches-Johnson

User Experience Librarian, McMaster University

email + MSN: amanda AT etches-johnson DOT com

AIM: torontolibrarian

 

 

Presentation Slides

 

 

Intro to Blogging

• Blogs in Plain English, Common Craft
• Academic Blogging

 

Stuff we don't cover

 

Blog software

• Blogger
• Wordpress.com (hosted)
• Wordpress.org (installed on your own server)

 

Picking the right software for your library

• WeblogMatrix (compare different blog software tools to figure out which best meets your needs)
• How to Choose In-House Blogging Software, Michelle V. Rafter
• Starting Your Own Blog: How to Choose the Right Blogging Tool for You, Molly Holzschlag

 

Blogging Usability & Ethics

• Weblog Usability: Top Ten Design Mistakes in Blogs, Jakob Nielsen
• The Ethical Blogger, Karen Schneider

 

Links to things we do cover

 

• The quintessential example of a library blog: Ann Arbor District Library
• For more on RSS: RSS in Plain English
• Great example of a solid mission statement: Scholarly Communication at Duke (about page)
• Need help defining your mission? Check out what other libraries are doing with blogs at the Blogging Libraries Wiki
• Good example of a page explaining RSS: What is RSS and How Might it Assist Your Research?
• Check out this post for an excellent example of posting as yourself (not as the library): Of Poetry and Angels, on SJCPL blog
• Share blog authorship and display your authors proudly: Boxes and Arrows
• Neat example of engaging with users in comments: Blogging for a Good Book
• Why not let your community moderate comments/content themselves? Here's a non-library example we can draw from: My Starbucks Idea
• If you see an idea you like on another blog, use it! For example, the director's blog at AADL.
• A cool example of using other media (like pictures and movies) in your blog posts to make them more interesting: Lamson Library at Plymouth State University

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