1. To blog or not to blog,
that is the question for researchers
Sam Aston and Lisa Jeskins
LILAC 2012

2. Discuss how writing a
blog can be useful for
research? 5 mins?

3. http://homelessinstoke.com/2010/02/22/8‐reasons‐why‐researchers‐should‐blog/

5. Jeff Bullas “considers
blogging to be biggest
revolution in publishing
since the Gutenberg press.”
Why?
Ease of use
Rise of the social network
Low cost and high speed
broadband
Low cost hardware
Flickr CC: David Masters
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6. • Examine the following blogs:
Examine the following blogs and talk to your
neighbour about the questions on your
handout
Joeyanne Libraryanne
http://www.joeyanne.co.uk/
Laura’s Dark Archive
http://darkarchive.wordpress.com/
Information Literacy Meets Library 2.0
http://infolitlib20.blogspot.co.uk/

7. Adapting today’s workshop
• Find blogs that are relevant to your audience
• Set up a blog
• Interaction with blog as an exercise, post a
comment or post
• Feedback suggested a need to cover setting
up a blog, attracting an audience and
copyright issues

8. Any Questions?
Email:
sam.aston@manchester.ac.uk
lisa.jeskins@manchester.ac.uk Flickr CC: Charles Haynes ‐ http://www.flickr.com/photos/haynes/11360360/