Working Your Community’s Blogosphere

Recently, Darren Rowse at ProBlogger posted Five Reasons Why Mom Blogs Are the Blogs to Watch. Darren says “Mom blogs are poised to become the next big “It” when it comes to the internet–they’re gathering power like no other blogging niche and will only get bigger and better.” Then he lists some reasons why - [...]

Wanting Your Opinions about Blog Comments and City Attorneys

A new Facebook friend just asked me a question, and I thought I’d share it with y’all - in hopes of garnering him some more input, or “ammunition” if you will…
Here’s the deal:
“Maybe you can answer a question that our City attorney needs clarified?
She seems to think that if we [a public library] have a [...]

My Boss is Blogging!

Rob Banks, the Deputy Director of Operations at the Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library (and my awesome boss), has started a blog called Library Admin Musings.
Everyone should read it (and I’m not saying that ’cause he’s my boss - really :-). Why? Read this from his first post: “I am intrigued and often excited
about [...]

Nielsen Doesn’t Get 2.0

At least, as far as i can tell. His latest Alertbox article is a good example. The article discusses why one should “write articles, not blog postings.” His summary states: “To demonstrate world-class expertise, avoid quickly written, shallow postings. Instead, invest your time in thorough, value-added content that attracts paying customers.”
Then he goes into his [...]

I Made the Top 100 Education Blogs for 2006 List

I’ve never heard of the list or the site before, but - the Online Education Database named my blog as one of the top 100 education blogs of 2006. How cool is that? Some other cool library blogs also made the list (even more than I linked to - librarians are way hip!).
Thanks!

Single Greatest Point of Value from Blogging

CK’s Blog recently posted something that might prove rather useful when you are explaining the benefits of blogging to others. CK polled readers of her blog, asking them “what is the single greatest point of value you receive from blogging?” Then she condensed everything into a handy-dandy little pdf file.
Check out the PDF file! [...]

Make Subscribing to Blogs Easy

There’s one little thing that bugs me about blog design/usability - it’s where most of us place the Syndicate this Blog section… usually at the BOTTOM OF THE PAGE, and usually hidden in arcane geek language.
Generally, the syndicate/rss info is placed at the bottom of a blog site because that’s where the blog software designer [...]

Guess What the NYTimes uses for Blogging Software?

Take a peek at this cool job-ad… The NYTimes, huge media company, uses Wordpress for their blogs. Granted, they have integrated Wordpress rather nicely on their site, but still…
Whether you’re a big, old media company or a tiny rural library, you can benefit from free, open-source blogging tools!
ps - also take a look at [...]

Article: Blogging Essential to a Good Career!

Well… possibly not in EVERY field, but check this Boston Globe article out: Blogs ‘essential’ to a good career. The author makes some good points:

“It’s [a blog] the new public relations and it’s the new home page … it’s a way to let people know what you are thinking about the field that interests [...]

Article: Blogging Essential to a Good Career!

Well… possibly not in EVERY field, but check this Boston Globe article out: Blogs ‘essential’ to a good career. The author makes some good points:

“It’s [a blog] the new public relations and it’s the new home page … it’s a way to let people know what you are thinking about the field that interests [...]

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