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Rethinking Your Library Blog. Amy Burger. Question time!. Blog?. A blog is a plant. frequency. brevity. personality. Evan Williams, co-founder of Blogger. Tips. Always use an image Deliver your content Strive to improve Seek inspiration. Tips. Always use an image
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Rethinking Your Library Blog Amy Burger
frequency brevity personality • Evan Williams, co-founder of Blogger
Tips • Always use an image • Deliver your content • Strive to improve • Seek inspiration
Tips • Always use an image • Deliver your content • Strive to improve • Seek inspiration
Getting Images • Take your own • Microsoft Clip Art • Flickr Creative Commons • Wikimedia Commons • Screenshots
Blog Success • Definition of success? • Library blogs~newsletters • Challenge: readers must come to blog
Tips • Always use an image • Deliver your content • Strive to improve • Seek inspiration
Deliver your content • Visibility: RSS • Interactivity: bring posts to Facebook
Tips • Always use an image • Deliver your content • Strive to improve • Seek inspiration
Blogging Resources • ProBlogger.net • Mashable.com • Effective Blogging for Libraries, Crosby • Library Blogging, Coombs & Griffey
Tips • Always use an image • Deliver your content • Strive to improve • Seek inspiration
Planning Content Your library Online Inspiration LIS News.org Omnivoracious.com Libraryland.tumblr.com Librarianista.tumblr.com Google News “library” Neatorama Mental Floss • Events • Services • Resources • Hours • Maintenance • Features • Changes • Collections
Fresh Ideas • Guest posts • Embed video • Roundup • Readers ♥ lists • Reviews • Format
Questions? Thank you! Amy Burger abburger@northgeorgia.edu ngcsulibrary.edublogs.org