Well, here it is; my first blog entry. So…What do I think of blogs? Well, I don’t frequent them too often, to be honest. I think I’m still very much an ‘analog’ person when it comes to getting news and comment, though I love the Onion News website and check that out whenever I get the chance.
In terms of blogging for work: I haven’t really decided whether blogging is an entirely worthwhile workplace venture yet. If you’re pulling in people with blogs who you wouldn’t otherwise reach, I think that’s fair enough, but it seems to me that a website can accomplish this goal just as easily, and there’s no sense wasting time just to be ‘cutting edge’. I might be mistaken in this regard, but I see blogs as more of a medium for personal expression.
With regard to Learning 2.0 thus far: I think it’s shaping up to be a very interesting course!
I think you make a good point about the value of blogs when there are already websites available – possible duplication of effort?
Comment by beccakwhite — June 10, 2009 @ 3:49 pm
Hi Andrew,
I agree that there are lots of personal blogs out there which aren’t much use, but there are also a lot of blogs which can be very useful – esp if you want to keep up-to-date with library news, tech news, info lit news etc. Take a look at these 3 for example:
http://philbradley.typepad.com/phil_bradleys_weblog/
http://infolitlib20.blogspot.com/
http://information-literacy.blogspot.com/
I guess one reason bloggers use blogs is that they don’t need to have any HTML or web design skills to get going (as you do with a website). You can also just post up a quick update, tag it and then move on.
Comment by Lawrence — June 12, 2009 @ 12:52 pm
Hi Andrew,
As Lawrence says, they can be useful for keeping up-to-date with library news. Also, have a look at the subject blogs from the library webpage to see how liaison librarians are using them here. C&W has one too which shows how you can use them in a medical campus library setting.
Hope they give you some good ideas.
Paula
Comment by purplepaula1 — June 22, 2009 @ 11:41 am
Hi Andrew,
How’re you going with the programme? Have you had a chance to look at RSS feeds and social bookmarking?
Lawrence
Comment by Lawrence — June 23, 2009 @ 2:53 pm
Hi Lawrence,
I haven’t had a chance as of yet, but I’m planning on ‘blitzing’ those during the ‘rest week’ starting next Monday! I’m looking forward to reading the content – especially the content on social bookmarking, which sounds quite interesting.
All the best, Andrew
Comment by aeregan — June 23, 2009 @ 2:58 pm