Information Discovery for Librarians Keeping Up With Web 2.0

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Information Discovery for Librarians Keeping Up
With Web 2.0

• Michael Baird, Hannah Gascho Rempel, Laurie
  Bridges
• February 22, 2008

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Where were headed today

• Infodoodads as a blogging case study
• Tips for blogging
• Hands on blog practice

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infodoodads how it all began

• Conversation about blogging
• Desire to create a blog
• Forming a group
• Standing out from the crowd
• Domain name and server space
• Establishing a routine

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Blogging Platforms

• Wordpress
• Free
• Opensource
• Control
• Fancy themes
• Plug-ins
• Host it yourself
• Install4Free
• Works with Feedburner

• Blogger
• Free
• Easy
• Link with Flickr
• Limited customization
• Works with Feedburner

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Tips for New Bloggers

• Writing
• Find an area that interests you (really!)
• Dont strive for perfection
• Develop a pattern
• Group vs. Individual blogging
• How to manage a collaborative blog
• Lots of communication!
• Establish a schedule and clear expectations
• Decide on voice

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Tips Continued

• Finding a Niche
• Promotion
• Listservs
• Facebook (groups, notes)
• Ning
• Conference presentations (right now!)
• Email a friend a post
• Alert Libraries Direct to noteworthy posts
• Comment to posts on other blogs

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Tips for Existing Blogs

• Statcounter
• Feedburner
• GetClicky
• Check out the blog PROBLOGGER

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Choosing Blog Topics

• Read lots of tech blogs and news (Wired) web
  daisy chaining
• Regularly read RSS feeds and check del.icio.us
  popular and recent
• ReadWriteWeb
• Visit go2web20.net and routinely read tech
  sections of various online newspapers

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Our Favorite doodads

• Bloglines
• SnagIt
• Jing

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Create a doodad!

• Suggest an idea
• Background research? Exploring the doodads
  about, FAQs, other blogs about the doodad
• Go to infodoodads.com to write
• Grab a picture and load into flickr
• Repeat and Revise!