Weblogs Part I Opportunities for Special Libraries May 11, 2005 |
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Part I
Weblogs: Opportunities for Special Libraries
What is a weblog and how could this tool be used by your library? More and more libraries are using blogs to help market programs and services from publishing online newsletters, library construction news, and links to new resources. Others are using weblogs to publish their web site or parts of a web site taking advantage of the light weight content management tools for business processes on the library's intranet.
Find out the basics of how a weblog works and how easy it is to set up a new weblog. Take a tour of some library weblogs to see dozens of different ways that libraries are using weblogs to serve their customers better. Explore how some organizations are using weblogs as part of marketing, new information services, and guerilla knowledge management efforts.
Attend this web seminar to find out whether weblogs are the right tool to help you produce instant content for your web site, market libraries and/or library services, or foster knowledge exchange, collaboration and discovery.
Targeted Learners
This session is designed for information professionals who want to find easier and faster ways to publish information, market their library and library services, and offer new services quickly and inexpensively. This seminar requires no prior knowledge of weblogs or blogging. Some basic familiarity with HTML authoring would be an asset.
Critical Learning Questions
1. What is a weblog and how easy is it to set one up?
2. How are libraries using weblogs?
3. Could weblog software be used in your library to more effectively carry out work processes or provide existing or new services?
Virtual Learning Series Speaker
Darlene Fichter, Data Library Coordinator, University of Saskatchewan Library
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How to Start a Weblog: Tools, Tips and Techniques
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