Blog

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Blog
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Internet

• Network of networks
• The worldwide web
• The incredible medium for communication
• Multimedia capability
• Convergence of media
• countless services and resources

and the ubiquitous presence makes Internet an
Indispensable tool in today's world.
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Services on the Internet

• WWW (Interlinked web pages)
• E-mail
• IRC / Video chats
• FTP
• E-commerce
• Online books and journals
• Online gaming
• Blogging
• Social Networking
• And so on

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Web 2.0

• Change from static web pages
• to interactive web pages
• Addition of various media
• and programming content in web pages

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What is a blog?

• Blog is a website, which is typically a personal
  journal containing brief entries arranged in a
  reverse chronological order.
• Blog is the short form for Web log.
• The term "weblog" was coined by Jorn Barger on 17
  December 1997.
• The short form, "blog," was coined by Peter
  Merholz, who jokingly broke the word weblog into
  the phrase we blog in the sidebar of his blog
  Peterme.com in April or May 1999.

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• A typical blog combines text, images, and links
  to other blogs, Web pages, and other media
  related to its topic.
• The ability of readers to leave comments in an
  interactive format is an important part of many
  blogs.

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• Blogging - The act of creating a blog.
• Blogger- A person who maintains a blog. Bloggers
  create entries, which they post or publish in
  the blogs.
• Bloggrolling- is the act of moving from one blog
  to another.

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Types of blogs

• Personal blogs
• Corporate and organizational blogs
• By genre (Blogs based on their subject)
• By media type (Type of media used)
• A blog comprising videos is called a vlog, one
  comprising links is called a linklog, a site
  containing a portfolio of sketches is called a
  sketchblog or one comprising photos is called a
  photoblog.
• By device

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Why blogs are popular?

• Much easier to publish content online.
• The blogs are characterized by their frequency,
  brevity and personality.
• Blogs can be created by just one author or a
  community of authors.
• Blogs can be updated from several times per day
  to just few times per week or month.
• Blogs encourage interactivity between the writers
  and users.
• Free of cost.
• Quality platforms with varied formats.

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Library blogs

• Blogs that libraries can create and use for
  communicating with its users are library blogs.
• It can be the best marketing tool for the
  library.

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Considerations before creating a library blog

• Make sure about the audience you are trying to
  reach.
• Make sure about the objectives of your blog.
• Be sure about the contents to be added.
• Make sure that the blog is being updated
  authoritatively.

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How libraries can use blogs?

• Blogs are the best marketing tools.
• Blogs can be used to promote library events and
  programs.
• Support your users telling them about the new
  additions in library resources.
• Engage your user community by undertaking reviews
  and inviting suggestions on books.
• Create blogs that can provide information
  literacy training.

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Blogs can be used for informing users about

• New additions
• Current contents of journals
• New additions to e-journals and e-books.
• New services.
• Suggestions for books and journals.
• Information on useful websites.

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Links to library related blogs

• List of library related blogs
• http//www.librarysupportstaff.com/4blogs.html
• Directory of Indian Library and information
  resources
• http//sites.google.com/site/lislinks/Home
• Jobs in Library and Information Science in India
• http//lisjob.blogspot.com/
• Blog of Kendriya Vidyalaya, Pattom
• http//librarykvpattom.wordpress.com/

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Free blogging sites

• Blogger
• https//www.blogger.com/start
• Wordpress
• http//wordpress.com/
• LiveJournal
• http//www.livejournal.com/
• Bloguni
• http//bloguni.com/
• the blogs.net
• http//theblogs.net/
• Some blogging resources
• http//www.thefreesite.com/Free_Blog_Resources/
• Yola
• www.yola.com

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Let us create a blog !

• Thank you