Library Stuff

I forgot where I saw this first so please excuse the lack of citation.

Jumpstart your PR blogging program:

“At last count there were 30 or so PR-focused blogs. Most are well written, informative and rich with insightful musings on how the blogosphere is changing the rules of the PR game. But practical, how-to advice for novices seeking to incorporate this new channel into their PR practices is infrequent and hard to find. To help fill that vacuum, here are five quick and simple ways newcomers can jumpstart their blogging repertoire in their daily PR programs.”

Numbers 1,2 and 5 are perfect for libraries. With the ease of weblog technology, even small libraries can have a “PR” departmemt by easily distributing new content. Set up a weblog in 5 minutes, have a bit of knowledge on how to get the word out in the most productive way, and start publishing. I hope this article helps.

State and Local Government on the Net, which “provides convenient one-stop access to the websites of thousands of state agencies and city and county governments” recently launched a weblog.

The weblog will show “recent changes on the State and Local Government on the Net Directory (SLGN) and other sitings on the Web”.

Consider me subscribed.

I love this list from Tom Smith, but the one that grabbed my attention was

“If Blogs are the Songs, RSS is the Home-made Compilation CD”

I like that. Great title for an article. (via Full Circle)

What is a librarian?

What is a library?

What is RSS?

Into the Blogosphere:

“This online, edited collection explores discursive, visual, social, and other communicative features of weblogs. Essays analyze and critique situated cases and examples drawn from weblogs and weblog communities. Such a project requires a multidisciplinary approach, and contributions represent perspectives from Rhetoric, Communication, Sociology, Cultural Studies, Linguistics, and Education, among others.”

I’m going to have to get back to this site to read the essays listed here, as they look both interesting and time-consuming. A few that look worthy by their title alone include Weblogs and the Public Sphere, Blogging as Social Action: A Genre Analysis of the Weblog, Women and Children Last: The Discursive Construction of Weblogs, and Remediation, Genre, and Motivation: Key Concepts for Teaching with Weblogs.

This site is hosted by U Think, the weblog center at the University of Minnesota Libraries, which now hosts more than 300 weblogs for the U of M campus. Great job!! (link via del.icio.us)