Weblogs and RSS - An Affair to Remember!
New Hampshire Library Association
November 2nd, 2006
Steven M. Cohen
Senior Librarian
Law Library Management, Incorporated
917-837-9706
AOL IM - NYlibrarian
Skype - stevenmcohen
Blog Intro
+ Library Stuff
+ Tame the Web
+ Resourceshelf
+ HPL Book Hunt
+ Johnson County
+ Darien Library
+ Library Blogs Wiki
So You Have a Weblog - Now What?
Marketing is Key
+ If a blog is on the web, but nobody is there to read it...
+ Put up a "about this" page
+ The value of a "soft release"
+ Talk to the right people (the ones that make the decisions)
+ Put out a press release
+ Talk to the local newspaper
+ Put it in your newsletter
+ Link to it on your website
+ Use the blogosphere (especially the library blogosphere)
+ Flyers, bookmarks, classes
Guidelines?
+ Posting policies for library staff
+ Don't talk about patrons
+ Don't post about staff members
+ Make sure that the information is accurate
+ Is there going to be a holding period for approval?
+ Who gets access?
+ What gets posted? (news, new materials, library events)
+ How often can staff post?
+ Comments? (Spam, moderating)
+ Conversation and community (Ann Arbor Public Library, Teens, Director's Blog)
+ PLA Blog guidelines on a wiki
Blogs are good for libraries...but RSS is better
- Marketing the librarian
- Updates to new databases/changes in databases
- New books
- Internal communication for reference desk.
- Yes, this can be internal - In most cases, they are.
- All blogs come with an RSS Feed
RSS 101 - Let's Talk
Examples of RSS Readers
+ Bloglines - http://www.bloglines.com
+ Net News Wire - http://www.netnewswire.com
+ Newzcrawler - http://www.newzcrawler.com
+ Newsgator - http://www.newsgator.com
Library-Related RSS Feeds
Government
Can't get everything via RSS
Customize Customize Customize.
Libraries are getting hip to RSS Technology
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