I BLOG, YOU BLOG, WEBLOG!

Michael SauersTechnology Innovation Librarian,

Nebraska Library Commission

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WHAT & WHY

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Vocabulary

blog (weblog) blogger blogging blogosphere biblioblogosphere podcast

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What is a blog? “A blog is a website in which items are posted

on a regular basis and displayed in reverse chronological order. The term blog is a shortened form of weblog or web log. Authoring a blog, maintaining a blog or adding an article to an existing blog is called ‘blogging’. Individual articles on a blog are called ‘blog posts,’ ‘posts’ or ‘entries’. A person who posts these entries is called a ‘blogger’… Blogs use a conversational style of documentation. Often blogs focus on a particular ‘area of interest’, such as Washington, D.C.'s political goings-on. Some blogs discuss personal experiences.”-Wikipedia

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What is a blog? Web site Posts Reverse chronological Comments Archive Searchable Automated Conversational style

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Why should your library have a blog?

They’re an easy way to provide information about what’s happening in your library.

Little to no markup experience necessary.

Combined with RSS feeds it’s another way for patrons to receive timely information about the library.

To tell your library’s story. To allow your patrons to participate

in your library’s story.

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5 Reasons Not to Blog

1. “I want to give them a piece of my mind!”

2. “Oh, the stories I could tell.”

3. “I think I can find some time at school…”

4. “Nobody will find out that it’s me.”

5. “It’s OK, I will keep it private.”

Chris Harris -- School Library Journal, 4/1/2007

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Types of Blogs

Personal Professional Organizational Subject Hybrid

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Blog examples

Live demo…

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BLOGGER.COM

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How do I create a blog? There are several services and software packages

out there that make creating a blog easy. The two most popular are:WordPress (server)

http://wordpress.org/MoveableType (client & server)

http://www.movabletype.org/Blogger (Web service)

http://www.blogger.com/

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Blogger home page

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Create an account

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Name Your Blog

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Choose a template

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Your blog has been created!

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Edit User Profile

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The Blogger Dashboard

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Create a post

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Post Options

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Edit posts

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BLOGGER SETTINGS

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Settings: Basic

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Settings: Publishing

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Settings: Formatting

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Settings: Comments

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Settings: Archiving

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Settings: Site Feed

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Settings: Email & Mobile

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Settings: OpenID

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Layout: Page Elements

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Layout: Fonts and Colors

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Layout: Edit HTML

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Layout: Edit HTML: “Classic”

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Classic Template: Tags “Blogger tags tell our blog publishing

program which information to fetch from database and put on the page. "Please put the title here, the post right underneath, and then the date and time go here and here. Thank you." It's all very polite.”

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Layout: Pick New Template

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Monetize

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MULTI-AUTHOR BLOGGING &

READER CONTROL

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Settings: Permissions

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Adding authors

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Open invitation

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Received Invitation

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Log in or Create an account

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Controlling multiple authors

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OTHER POSTING METHODS

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BlogThis!

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ScribeFire

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Windows Live Writer

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Posting via e-mail(Settings: Email & Mobile)

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gabcast

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Gabcast results

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Contact Information

Michael Sauersmichael.sauers@nebraska.govhttp://www.travelinlibrarian.info/

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