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Advanced Blogging
You should already have a blog set up for the day school. If not, look at the ‘create your blog’ exercise and set yours up! Throughout the day, we will be encouraging you to post thoughts to your blog, and then link them to a page on the web 2.0 wiki so that our experiences can be shared.
1. Thinking about library blogs
Take a look at some library blogs (some suggestions are below). Libraries are using blogs in many different ways – as news pages either for library services or subject-specific information, as current awareness services, for user education or in-depth exploration of databases or resources. As you look at the blogs, think about the following:
Examples of library blogs:
And some librarian blogs:
There’s also a vast list of library-related blogs available at: http://www.libdex.com/weblogs.html - some are more blog-like than others…
2. Post your thoughts to your own blog.
Try linking to some of the examples in your post (using the link button on the posting toolbar - an image of a globe with a chain link on top).
Advanced blogging!
Blogging sites offer a lot of features beyond basic posting which can allow you to customize your blog and put more on your page than just chronological text updates.
Posting
As well as adding links, you can upload pictures and videos to blog posts using the icons on the posting toolbar (image of a photo and a piece of film). If you’re feeling brave and HTML savvy, you can edit the HTML of posts directly using the Edit HTML option.
Settings
When you click on the ‘settings’ tab, you are offered a wide range of options. Take a look through and adjust as you feel comfortable. Some settings you might want to consider changing are:
Template
The ‘template’ tab is where you can change the look of your blog, and also add widgets and other goodies to the page. These generally go in the sidebar, but you can add things to the bottom and sometimes the top too, depending on the template you chose for your blog. For an example, take a look at the VHL blog (http://vereharmsworthlibrary.blogspot.com), which has widgets from del.icio.us, LibraryThing and Meebo instant messaging.
To add an element, click on ‘Add a page element’
This will bring up a box with various options of the type of page elements you can add.
First, try adding some links, eg to the Web 2.0 wiki or your own library web page, using the ‘link list’ option:
Next, if you’ve already had a go at del.icio.us or LibraryThing, try adding a widget. To do this, you need to choose the ‘HTML/Javascript’ option. Then you just need to copy and paste the javascript supplied by del.icio.us/LibraryThing into the box. If you haven’t had a go with either of those sites yet, you can come back and add your widgets to your blog later.
1. Thinking about library blogs
Take a look at some library blogs (some suggestions are below). Libraries are using blogs in many different ways – as news pages either for library services or subject-specific information, as current awareness services, for user education or in-depth exploration of databases or resources. As you look at the blogs, think about the following:
- Why use a blog as opposed to a static web page?
- What makes a good blog?
- What makes a bad blog? What pitfalls need to be avoided?
- How might you use a blog in your library service? Or, if not, why wouldn’t you?
Examples of library blogs:
- Vere Harmsworth Library (http://vereharmsworthlibrary.blogspot.com)
- University of Bath Library Health News (http://bathhealthnews.blogspot.com/)
- Glasgow School of Art Library (http://www2.gsa.ac.uk/library/ - links to blogs on left hand side)
- Library of Congress Blog: (http://www.loc.gov/blog/)
- University of Warwick Library Remodelling Project (http://blogs.warwick.ac.uk/libremodel/)
- University of Warwick Business & Economics Information Solutions (http://blogs.warwick.ac.uk/busteamenquiries/)
And some librarian blogs:
- Phil Bradley’s Blog (http://www.philbradley.typepad.com/)
- Library Voice (http://libraryvoice.com)
- Information wants to be free – Meredith Farkas (http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/index.php)
- The Annoyed Librarian (http://annoyedlibrarian.blogspot.com/)
There’s also a vast list of library-related blogs available at: http://www.libdex.com/weblogs.html - some are more blog-like than others…
2. Post your thoughts to your own blog.
Try linking to some of the examples in your post (using the link button on the posting toolbar - an image of a globe with a chain link on top).
Advanced blogging!
Blogging sites offer a lot of features beyond basic posting which can allow you to customize your blog and put more on your page than just chronological text updates.
Posting
As well as adding links, you can upload pictures and videos to blog posts using the icons on the posting toolbar (image of a photo and a piece of film). If you’re feeling brave and HTML savvy, you can edit the HTML of posts directly using the Edit HTML option.
Settings
When you click on the ‘settings’ tab, you are offered a wide range of options. Take a look through and adjust as you feel comfortable. Some settings you might want to consider changing are:
- Basic: You can make your blog more or less findable depending on whether you let Blogger add your blog to their listings or make it available to search engines. You can also allow readers to email links to posts directly.
- Formatting: You will probably need to change the time zone to London – Blogger seems to assume everyone is in California…
- Comments: This is where you can restrict who you let comment on your blog, and can also opt to have Blogger email you when someone does.
- Permissions: You can add additional authors here, and also restrict who is able to view your blog.
Template
The ‘template’ tab is where you can change the look of your blog, and also add widgets and other goodies to the page. These generally go in the sidebar, but you can add things to the bottom and sometimes the top too, depending on the template you chose for your blog. For an example, take a look at the VHL blog (http://vereharmsworthlibrary.blogspot.com), which has widgets from del.icio.us, LibraryThing and Meebo instant messaging.
To add an element, click on ‘Add a page element’
This will bring up a box with various options of the type of page elements you can add.
First, try adding some links, eg to the Web 2.0 wiki or your own library web page, using the ‘link list’ option:
Next, if you’ve already had a go at del.icio.us or LibraryThing, try adding a widget. To do this, you need to choose the ‘HTML/Javascript’ option. Then you just need to copy and paste the javascript supplied by del.icio.us/LibraryThing into the box. If you haven’t had a go with either of those sites yet, you can come back and add your widgets to your blog later.
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