Case study 2 my:self-archive Kara Jones Research Publications Librarian Library & Learning Centre University of Bath [email_address] Internet Librarian International 2007 Masterclass: Using Blogs Effectively Within Your Library Sunday 7 October 2007 Resources bookmarked with this tag: ili2007-blog-masterclass Why have a blog?

Background myselfarchive.wordpress.com Reflections on institutional repositories, self-archiving, open access and libraries. An individual / subject blog

myselfarchive.wordpress.com

Reflections on institutional repositories, self-archiving, open access and libraries.

An individual / subject blog

Rational Using my thoughts on blogs, information literacy and learning: Community building Highlighting a path of progression Helping to keep up to date Provide a place to perform critical analysis and information synthesis Sharing experiences Rational

Using my thoughts on blogs, information literacy and learning:

Community building

Highlighting a path of progression

Helping to keep up to date

Provide a place to perform critical analysis and information synthesis

Sharing experiences

Communities Institutional repositories are a fledgling service Very young community of practitioners, few voices My contribution is to share my experiences – what I would like to have known when I was starting out. Communities

Institutional repositories are a fledgling service

Very young community of practitioners, few voices

My contribution is to share my experiences – what I would like to have known when I was starting out.

Development My second library blog bathsciencenews.wordpress.com Using WordPress (hosted) Scope: Audience – internal and external Experimentation – blog stats, promotion.. Informal style – also improving my writing and gathering ideas Regular postings – 2-3 per week Development

My second library blog

bathsciencenews.wordpress.com

Using WordPress (hosted)

Scope:

Audience – internal and external

Experimentation – blog stats, promotion..

Informal style – also improving my writing and gathering ideas

Regular postings – 2-3 per week

Content Reporting on visits to other repositories What kind of documentation I need to write Good ideas I’ve seen on other sites Technology that works (ie. wikis, slideshare) Perspectives on open access (ie. from publishers) Topical issues (ie. links to articles) Choosing software Related projects in the library User education and advocacy National initiatives to support repositories What confuses me! Good ideas! Scribbles! Personal information! Photos! Content

Reporting on visits to other repositories

What kind of documentation I need to write

Good ideas I’ve seen on other sites

Technology that works (ie. wikis, slideshare)

Perspectives on open access (ie. from publishers)

Topical issues (ie. links to articles)

Choosing software

Related projects in the library

User education and advocacy

National initiatives to support repositories

What confuses me! Good ideas! Scribbles! Personal information! Photos!

Learning Sharing good practice Engaging the community Using new technologies Developing skills to cascade to my colleagues as they step into the world of blogs – for work and for personal reasons An informal record of my activities Learning

Sharing good practice

Engaging the community

Using new technologies

Developing skills to cascade to my colleagues as they step into the world of blogs – for work and for personal reasons

An informal record of my activities

Questions Questions?