Blogging Dec 2004
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This document discusses blogging and blogs. It defines what blogs are, common blog terminology, and how to start your own blog. It also discusses how libraries and librarians use blogs for communication, sharing news and resources. The document provides examples of library blogs and tips for finding blogs through search engines and RSS feeds.
Blogging Dec 2004
- 1. blogging: what’s the big deal? prepared by Kathryn Paul dec 2004 blogging bloggers blogs
- 2. outline what’s it all about? defining blogs blog lingo starting your own blog learn by doing finding blogs keeping track of blogs blogging bloggers blogs
- 3. defining blogs weblog, blog, blogosphere, blogrolling personal diary group blogs collective blogs http://www.slashdot.com, http://instapundit.com political blogs http://blog.johnkerry.com library/librarian blogs blogging bloggers blogs
- 4. library blogs - why communication (news, events, initiatives) example: http://library.usask.ca/news new e-resources, new titles, example:http://collectionsnews.blogspot.com subject specific example:http://www.library.gsu.edu Science news, Social sciences library weblogs organized by country http://www.libdex.com/weblogs.html blogging bloggers blogs
- 5. librarian blogs current trends, thought provoking... open access news lorcan dempsey (OCLC) http://http://orweblog.oclc.org/ “ it’s all good” blog http://http://scanblog.blogspot.com/ technology + libraries http://www.theshiftedlibrarian.com blogging bloggers blogs
- 6. starting your own blog personal blog - free web based Blogger http://www.blogger.com/start hosted blog using “Moveable Type” software http://gateway.uvic.ca/blogs/bloglearn.html blogging bloggers blogs
- 7. what’s on this page? messages and comments Dated, short, most recent first Login to Blog Learn First name and first name Kathryn, kathryn new post Preview, Draft, Save, View Site, Comments Note “Syndicate this site” blogging bloggers blogs
- 8. what’s on this page 2 ...
- 9. A little bit more... how to post a live link < a href=“ http://…….”>Libraries Gateway</a> how to send an notification blogging bloggers blogs
- 10. many, many, many blogs size of the blogosphere Pew Internet & American Life (every 5.8 secs) keeping track the easy way go to Bloglines http://www.bloglines.com/ set up an account check your email in ten minutes many many many many many many many many many many many many blogging bloggers blogs
- 12. finding other blogs searching the content of blogs blogdex - http://blogdex.net/about.asp daypop - http://www.daypop.com Bloogz - http://www.bloogz.com/ Technorati - http://www.technorati.com/ google search tip: inurl:achives blog “google scholar’ blogging bloggers blogs
- 13. RSS - what is it? type of xml file most weblogs produce an rss feed aggregators - programs that are able to read rss files web-based - Bloglines cut and paste url of the rss feed into Bloglines any site that produces an xml feed can be added to Bloglines blogging bloggers blogs
- 14. rss feeds newspapers - NYTimes http://www.nytimes.com/services/xml/rss/ specific journals BioMed Central http://www.biomedcentral.com/bmcbioinformatic Nature http://npg.nature.com/npg/servlet/Content?data=xml/02_newsfeed.xml&style=xml/02_newsfeed.xsl Library science journals - http://dois.mimas.ac.uk/rss.html Uof Sask rss feeds for e journals http://library.usask.ca/ejournals/ blogging bloggers blogs
- 15. rss feeds ..2 database search results mypubmed http://www.mypubmed.com/ myOAI http://www.myoai.com/ hubmed http://www.hubmed.org/ amazon syndicated content http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/subst/xs/syndicate.html/103-7640106-5939018 Create your own http://www.onfocus.com/bookwatch/AmazonRSS.asp blogging bloggers blogs
- 16. finding RSS feeds feedster http://www.feedster.com/ daypop http://www.daypop.com/ google search NYT, Washington Post, Boston Globe, Forbes Rollingstone, Wired Example rss “wall street journal” blogging bloggers blogs
- 17. review blogging is easy and fun 2 sides to the coin/blogs + rss using blogs in your work (moveable type) techniques to find blogs/rss feeds of interest taking advantage of rss feeds blogging bloggers blogs
- 18. bibliography Clyde, Laurel A. Library weblogs. Library Management v.25, 4-5, 2004. Vogel, T & D Goans. Delivering the news with blogs: the Georgia State University Library experience. Internet Reference Services Quarterly. Preprint. March 2005. Wusteman, Judith. RSS: the latest feed. Library Hi Tech v.22, 4, 404-413 blogging bloggers blogs