Blogging, RSS & Academic Libraries Applications & Technology

Why Blog? A quick , easy and affordable way to market your library’s services, interact with users, and collaborate with staff.

Why Blog?

A quick , easy and affordable way to market your library’s services, interact with users, and collaborate with staff.

Finding Academic Library Blogs Google search ‘blog university library’ Wiki of academic library blogs Blogging libraries wiki Library Weblogs Blogging presentations at conferences

Finding Academic Library Blogs

Google search ‘blog university library’

Wiki of academic library blogs

Blogging libraries wiki

Library Weblogs

Blogging presentations at conferences

Types of Academic Library Blogs Library news Public relations Staff communication / intranet Special projects Subject resources Library instruction Library Director blogs

Types of Academic Library Blogs

Library news

Public relations

Staff communication / intranet

Special projects

Subject resources

Library instruction

Library Director blogs

Starting a Library Blog Consider purpose & audience Choose blogging software Develop a blogging policy Select a theme or template for the blog Consider staffing issues Post content Market your blog

Consider purpose & audience

Choose blogging software

Develop a blogging policy

Select a theme or template for the blog

Consider staffing issues

Post content

Market your blog

Popular Blogging Software

Enhance Your Blog Use Flickr and LibraryThing to add photos. Let users subscribe with Feedburner . Allow other sites to syndicate your content . Interact with patrons using Meebo. Make it del.icio.us . Include Pages – ‘Top Posts’, ‘About Us’. Build a multi-lingual blog.

Enhance Your Blog

Use Flickr and LibraryThing to add photos.

Let users subscribe with Feedburner .

Allow other sites to syndicate your content .

Interact with patrons using Meebo.

Make it del.icio.us .

Include Pages – ‘Top Posts’, ‘About Us’.

Build a multi-lingual blog.

Managing Your Blog Reading List There are so many blogs, how can you keep up? RSS Feedreaders, aggregators RSS Compendium is a list with links to a variety of RSS readers categorized by different platforms: http://allrss.com/rssreaders.html

Managing Your Blog Reading List

There are so many blogs, how can you keep up?

RSS

Feedreaders, aggregators

RSS Compendium is a list with links to a variety of RSS readers categorized by different platforms:

http://allrss.com/rssreaders.html

Moving Forward with RSS Start with a web-based aggregator like Bloglines , GoogleReader or NetVibes . Find feeds of interest on LISFeeds, Google (subject + RSS), or an RSS search engine . Read your aggregator daily. Start a blog and provide feeds of your library’s news and events.

Moving Forward with RSS

Start with a web-based aggregator like Bloglines , GoogleReader or NetVibes .

Find feeds of interest on LISFeeds, Google (subject + RSS), or an RSS search engine .

Read your aggregator daily.

Start a blog and provide feeds of your library’s news and events.

How Libraries are Using Feeds Syndicating blog content (on Web sites – including Facebook, into online courseware, etc.). Creating OPML packages for library patrons. Subject guides , Podcast directories RSS feeds from the ILS New books feeds Search feeds Feeds of checked-out books and holds RSS feeds from databases News feeds Search feeds Subject bibliographies

How Libraries are Using Feeds

Syndicating blog content (on Web sites – including Facebook, into online courseware, etc.).

Creating OPML packages for library patrons.

Subject guides , Podcast directories

RSS feeds from the ILS

New books feeds

Search feeds

Feeds of checked-out books and holds

RSS feeds from databases

News feeds

Search feeds

Subject bibliographies

More information on Blogging Blogging in Academic Libraries ACRL/CNI/EDUCAUSE Virtual Conference Blogs and Wikis Workshop by Kate Pitcher Why and How to Use Blogs to Promote Your Library’s Services by Darlene Fichter 10 Questions Every Blogger Should Ask Before Posting by Damien Van Vroenhoven More information on RSS RSS in Plain English (Video) Bloglines for Librarians in Three (and a half) Easy Steps by Joy Weese Moll Using RSS to increase user awareness of e-resources in academic libraries by Jat Bhatt. HigherEd BlogCon more things you can do with RSS: 14 “Other” Ways to Use RSS , Things you can do with RSS wiki RSS4Lib : Blog about innovative ways libraries use RSS

More information on Blogging

Blogging in Academic Libraries ACRL/CNI/EDUCAUSE Virtual Conference

Blogs and Wikis Workshop by Kate Pitcher

Why and How to Use Blogs to Promote Your Library’s Services by Darlene Fichter

10 Questions Every Blogger Should Ask Before Posting by Damien Van Vroenhoven

More information on RSS

RSS in Plain English (Video)

Bloglines for Librarians in Three (and a half) Easy Steps by Joy Weese Moll

Using RSS to increase user awareness of e-resources in academic libraries by Jat Bhatt. HigherEd BlogCon

more things you can do with RSS: 14 “Other” Ways to Use RSS , Things you can do with RSS wiki

RSS4Lib : Blog about innovative ways libraries use RSS

This presentation is available at: http://www.slideshare.net Denise O’Shea Systems Librarian Fairleigh Dickinson University & CoolCAT [email_address]

This presentation is available at:

http://www.slideshare.net

Denise O’Shea

Systems Librarian

Fairleigh Dickinson University & CoolCAT

[email_address]

Credits Blogging Readiness by cambodia4kidsorg , available at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/cambodia4kidsorg/267060150/ Through the eye of the needle by Viejito, available at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/viejito/179747774/

Blogging Readiness by cambodia4kidsorg , available at:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/cambodia4kidsorg/267060150/

Through the eye of the needle by Viejito, available at:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/viejito/179747774/