Library Blog

 A blog can be used to disseminating information about

new materials, services, databases, and more
allowing librarians to focus more on content than
coding is Library Blog.
 helps to broadcast useful information to end-user, in
order to promote awareness of library programs
and services in digital environment.
 It is a communication agent or new publishing
media to library materials.
 Why Librarians need a Library Blog

 With library blog, library patrons can create

conversations.
 Librarians should think about how their libraries
encourage the hearts of patrons.
 Library blog allow instant two- way communication
with patrons.
 It can contain any thing from diaries to news to links
to book reviews.

to be continue…
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There are some of the services where library blog can put made
use of it:
 Announcement of New Services
 New arrivals list
 Book/Website Recommendations
 Recommend Research sources
 Library Notice/ News
 Publishing Book Reviews
 Announcement of Exhibition, Conferences
 Offering Trail Services for online resources and open access
repositories.
 Advantages
 Easy to use, no HTML knowledge required
 Either free or inexpensive to use
 Add/edit content anywhere, anytime
 Push fresh content to user
 To keep up-to-date news about library services & resources, and
building their improvements;
 To share information about new materials or services;
 To show the list of new arrival of books or journals, and information
about current news, books.
 To encourage feedback from patrons
 To know the accuracy of patron usage in library
 To enables the rapid production and consumption of web-based
publications; and
 Marketing the library services
 Search Library Blog
 LISZEN (http://liszen.com/): Library Blog Search Engine -
Powered by Google Coop customized search engine
 LibWorm (http://www.libworm.com/): Search the
Biblioblogosphere and Beyond. Search 1400+ library blogs
 LIS WIKI (http://liswiki.org/wiki/Blogs): The purpose of
this wiki is to collect links to library blogs.
 LIBDEX (www.libdex.com/weblogs): Discover directory of
library across the world as well as index of library weblogs.
 BLOG HUB (www.bloghub.com): It listed around 72300
blogs from 227 Countries.
 INDIA blogs 1.0 (http://www.labnol.org/india-blogs/):
search over 500 most popular blogs written by bloggers in
India
Library Infoz: A Model Blog
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 Library Blogs in Digital World
 IITM- K Library Blog ( http://iiitmklibrary.blogspot.com/)
 Library Mistress's Place (http://library-mistress.blogspot.com/)
 The Private Library (http://www.privatelibrary.typepad.com/)
 Eprintblog (http://www.bloglines.com/blog/eprintblog)
 Framingham Public Library Teen Blogomatic (http://fplya.blogspot.com/)
 Rambling Librarian :(http://ramblinglibrarian.blogspot.com/)
 Rowland Institute Library Blog: (http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/rihlib/)
 Lets create a Library Blog
 Consider purpose with targeting the audience
 Selection of software & hosting
 Blogging Policies
 Consider Maintenance Issues
 Market your Blog
 Content Designing

Title Post Categories

Permalink Comments Search

Subscription Headline
list Syndication

Calendar
 Consider the maintenance Issues

Who will post the blog???

 Market your Blog
 Announce in library newsletter
 Email users directly
 Share by word of mouth
 Include URL on Library publications
 Seeks links from other Websites & blogs
 List with search engines and blog directories
 Issue a press release to local news
 Conclusion
 IRCs are busy acquiring, evaluating, selecting and
disseminating information. For dissemination, a library blog
is interactive means to provide Knowledge.
 Easiest Way to provide the information service.
 The most obvious application of library blog is promoting
library services, resources and program.
 …and manyyyyyyy……moreeeeeeeeeeee……as
Information Professionals Can Do………………….