Library Technology Trends

or
Social Networking
or
What is Library 2.0?

C. G. O’Kelly Library
Julie Dornberger
2007
Part 3
Blogs
 What are Blogs?
• Short for web log.
• “Information that is instantly and
automatically published to a web site
via a template.”
– From
mason.gmu.edu/~montecin/netterms.htm
• Add links for RSS, videos, IM, email,
etc.
• Not editable by others like a wiki.
 O’Kelly Library Blog
• http://okellylibrary.blogspot.com/
 University of Minnesota
Libraries
• http://blog.lib.umn.edu/
• Libraries make it possible for all University students,
staff, and faculty to create their own blogs with
minimal hassle.
• There are currently 4284 blogs with 54148 entries.
Ohio University Libraries
• Business Tips, Tricks and Tools Blog
• http://www.library.ohiou.edu/subjects/businessblog/
 VCU Libraries
• Suggestion Blog
• http://blog.vcu.edu/libsuggest/
 GTCC
• What We Can Do For You Blog
• http://gtcclib.blogspot.com/
 Associations
• ACRL
• http://acrlblog.org/
 Librarian Blog
• Shifted Librarian
• http://www.theshiftedlibrarian.com/
Librarians that Blog about
Library Technology Trends
• Information Wants to be Free
– http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/ind
http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/in
• Meredith Farkas

• librarian.net
– http://www.librarian.net/
• Jessamyn West
• The Shifted Librarian
– http://www.theshiftedlibrarian.com
• Jenny Levine
 Organizations that Blog
about Library Technology
Trends
• ALA Tech Source
– http://www.techsource.ala.org/blog/2006/12
• LITA Blog
– http://litablog.org/
• ACRL Blog: Technology
– http://
www.learningtimes.net/acrlblog/category/ne
/
 How to Find Blogs
• Technorati (search engine for blogs)
– http://technorati.com/
• Blogging Libraries Wiki
– http://www.blogwithoutalibrary.net/links/inde
http://www.blogwithoutalibrary.net/links/ind
 Create a Free Blog
• Blogger
– https://www.blogger.com/start
– Need a Google account
• Wordpress
– http://wordpress.com/