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Blogging
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Blogging
Lecture/Coffee Talk:
Lecture(s)/Demo(s):
Steve Notes:
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Blogs = Publishing Platforms/CMS
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Blogs can be done via offsite hosted services or "local" software installs
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Lots of features to consider (stats, media hosting, templates, customization, etc.)
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Blogging is incorporated into lots of Social Networking sites
Definition(s):
- Blog - A blog (short for web log) is a website where entries are made and displayed in a reverse chronological order. Blogs provide commentary or news on a particular subject. (Source: Wikipedia)
- MicroBlog - a form of blogging that lets you write brief text updates (usually less than 200 characters) about your life on the go and send them to friends and interested observers via text messaging, instant messaging, email or the web. (Source: Wikipedia)
Lingo: Giant Blogging Terms Glossary
- Blogroll, Permalink, Trackback, Widgets, Tweet
Popular Programs/Services:
Library Example(s):
Resources/Other:
Homework for next class
Reading
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Brown & Duguid. Preface and Home Alone, Ch. 3
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Farkas. Blogs, Ch.2 and Blogs in Libraries, Ch.3
Watch/Listen
Project
- Create a blog on Blogger
- Use your google acount to log-in (Google owns Blogger)
- Use xxscils598f08 as your blog title (your blog should be xxscils598f08.blogspot.com)
- Add your blog URL to your Profile page on the class Wiki
- (Next week we'll subscribe to each others' blog feeds)
- Create Blog Posts
- Find a library that uses a blog that you think is a good model for other libraries, link to it, and explain why.
- What messages can Librarians/Libraries take from the Brown & Duguid reading?
- Compare blog software/services
- Setup an account on either WordPress, TypePad or LiveJournal and review that service's features to Blogger 's
- Create a short bullet point based blog post (on Blogger) based on your comparison
- Comment on blog posts
- Read the blog posts of the person before and after you (e.g. person #5 comments on person #4 and #6)
- Make 1 Comment on each of the other person's posts
- Create a Twitter account
- Use xxscils598f08 as your account name on twitter
- Add your twitter account information to you profile page
- Make sure you're logged in to your account, go to twitter.com/librarysteve and follow me
- "" "", go to you fellow students twitter pages and follow them (their acct info will be on their profile pages)
- (Remember Twitter will be one of the best places to get help when you need it)
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