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  • + JimMcNeill Jim McNeill 7 months ago
    An easy step-by-step guide - which I’m sharing with my colleague! Many thanks for posting.

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  1. Michael Sauers Technology Innovation Librarian, Nebraska Library Commission
  2. Introductions
    • Name
    • Position
    • Library
    • Why are you attending this workshop? What is it about blog that interests you?
  3. Vocabulary
    • blog (weblog)
    • blogger
    • blogging
    • blogosphere
    • biblioblogosphere
    • podcast
  4. What is a blog?
    • “ A blog is a website in which items are posted on a regular basis and displayed in reverse chronological order. The term blog is a shortened form of weblog or web log. Authoring a blog, maintaining a blog or adding an article to an existing blog is called ‘blogging’. Individual articles on a blog are called ‘blog posts,’ ‘posts’ or ‘entries’. A person who posts these entries is called a ‘blogger’… Blogs use a conversational style of documentation. Often blogs focus on a particular ‘area of interest’, such as Washington, D.C.'s political goings-on. Some blogs discuss personal experiences.” -Wikipedia
  5. What is a blog?
    • Web site
    • Posts
    • Reverse chronological
    • Comments
    • Archive
    • Categories
    • Automated
    • Conversational style
  6. Why should your library have a blog?
    • They’re an easy way to provide information about what’s happening in your library.
    • Little to no markup experience necessary.
    • Combined with RSS feeds it’s another way for patrons to receive timely information about the library.
    • To tell your library’s story.
    • To allow your patrons to participate in your library’s story.
  7. 5 Reasons Not to Blog
    • “ I want to give them a piece of my mind!”
    • “ Oh, the stories I could tell.”
    • “ I think I can find some time at school…”
    • “ Nobody will find out that it’s me.”
    • “ It’s OK, I will keep it private.”
    Chris Harris -- School Library Journal, 4/1/2007
  8. Types of Blogs
    • Personal
    • Professional
    • Organizational
    • Subject
    • Hybrid
  9. Blog examples
    • Live demo…
  10. How do I create a blog?
    • There are several services and software packages out there that make creating a blog easy. The two most popular are:
      • WordPress (server) http://wordpress.org/
      • MoveableType (client & server) http://www.movabletype.org/
      • Blogger (Web service) http://www.blogger.com/
  11. Blogger home page
  12. Create an account
  13. Name Your Blog
  14. Choose a template
  15. Your blog has been created!
  16. Edit User Profile
  17. The Blogger Dashboard
  18. Create a post
  19. Post Options
  20. Edit posts
  21. Settings: Basic
  22. Settings: Publishing
  23. Settings: Formatting
  24. Settings: Comments
  25. Settings: Archiving
  26. Settings: Site Feed
  27. Settings: Email
  28. Template: Page Elements
  29. Edit & Add Page Elements
  30. Template: Fonts and Colors
  31. Template: Edit HTML
  32. Template: Pick New Template
  33. BlogThis!
  34. ScribeFire
  35. IL2006: http://www.flickr.com/photos/travelinlibrarian/278574835/
  36. Blogger for Word (2003)
  37. Blogging in Word 2007
  38. Posting via e-mail
  39. gabcast
  40. gabcast results
  41. Settings: Permissions
  42. Adding authors
  43. Open invitation
  44. Received Invitation
  45. Log in or Create an account
  46. Contact Information
    • Michael Sauers
    • [email_address]
    • http://www.travelinlibrarian.info/
    • del.icio.us/travelinlibrarian/class-blogs

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