Blogs & Wikis Pizza Workshop

Blogs & Wikis A RRLC Pizza Workshop with Kate Pitcher November 12, 2007

Tonight’s Workshop Objectives: ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Blogs ,[object Object],[object Object]

Vocabulary to Learn… ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

What makes a blog different? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Why a blog? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

St. Joseph County Public Library

Clicking on Comments in the SJCPL Blog… A comment left by a library patron on the Milne Library News blog…

Integrate & collaborate with your campus courseware or portal….

BLOG ACTIVITY #1 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Where can I find blogs? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

BLOG ACTIVITY #2 ,[object Object],[object Object]

Some statistics… ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Sources : ¹ Trammell & Ferdig, 2004. ² Pew Internet & American Life Project, January 2005 ³ Pew Internet & American Life Project, July 2006

Why should your library have a blog? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

What makes a successful blog? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Tips for successful blogging… ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Some library blogs… ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

What you need: ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Free blog applications ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Other blog applications (cost $$) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

BLOG ACTIVITY #3 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

What in the heck is RSS?? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Graphics used to indicate RSS files

How RSS Feeds work… Blog Today’s post Archived posts RSS Feed Feeds into an aggregator or Newsreader Subscribers Subscribers Subscribers Subscribers

RSS Advantages ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

How do I find RSS feeds? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Example of a website’s RSS Feeds directory

The Washington Post website: RSS feeds are available for all sections of the newspaper

Example of XML code which makes up the Washington Post’s RSS feed for the headlines from their daily paper...

Newsreaders ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

RSS Newsreaders… ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Library-related RSS Feeds ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

RSS ACTIVITY #1 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Wikis Image courtesy of The Content Wrangler at : www.thecontentwrangler.com

What is a wiki? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

The best known example… Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

Example of a Wikipedia article

What makes a wiki different? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

DC Comics Database Project http://en.dcdatabaseproject.com/Main_Page

How does a wiki work? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Useful features… ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Some disadvantages… ,[object Object],[object Object]

WIKI ACTIVITY #1: ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

When to use a wiki ,[object Object],Wikis are …“topical; carved from the inside out” (M.C. Morgan, Bemidji State University, http://ferret.bemidjistate.edu/~morgan/cgi-bin/blogsAndWiki.pl?WikiAndBlog ) Users Groups Easy Create Wiki Add Content Delete Edit

Library wiki examples ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Ohio University Libraries http://www.library.ohiou.edu/subjects/bizwiki/index.php/Main_Page

Milne Library WebDev Wiki http:// intranet.lib.geneseo.edu/webdevwiki/doku.php?id =home

Accidental Map Librarian Workshops (Boulder, CO) http:// maplibraries.pbwiki.com /

Why use a wiki in your library? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Web-based Wiki tools (all free) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Wiki server software apps ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Blogs vs. Wikis: What should you use? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

When to use a blog: ,[object Object],[object Object]

When to use a wiki: ,[object Object],[object Object]

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],WIKI ACTIVITY #2

Kate Pitcher ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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