A centre of expertise in digital information management UKOLN is supported by: Me and My Blogs : a case study MLA Web 2.0 Workshop Bath, 8 th March 2010 Ann Chapman UKOLN

A centre of expertise in digital information management About me Librarian – issue desk, cataloguing Joined UKOLN in 1987 Then using PC for a few tasks Now using some (not all) of Web 2.0 Learn on the job, when need arises Finding the right tool for the task

A centre of expertise in digital information management

A centre of expertise in digital information management CIG Blog – how we started Set up by committee member (AW) Used Blogspot Only AW can post –Remember to AW –Dependent on AW having time to post Then posting rights extended to committee officers (4)

A centre of expertise in digital information management CIG Blog – new host CILIP upgraded its Web site Requested groups to use the CILIP blogging facility Migration – AW dealt with this Old content? Lost Content since January eandindex/default.aspx

A centre of expertise in digital information management CIG Blog – today Admin by CILIP Web team (e.g. they change who has posting rights) Team effort – all committee members able to post, anyone can comment Blog manager (spam, comments, reminders to post) Frequency erratic – viewings drop Good way to start – don’t feel so exposed

A centre of expertise in digital information management

A centre of expertise in digital information management Cultural Heritage blog Colleague did the set up Team of 3 – each has subject area Guest posts Aim for 1 post each per month minimum –It does get easier as time goes by Challenge of finding suitable topics –My area of focus is ‘libraries + digital’ and ‘the new to Web 2.0 perspective’

A centre of expertise in digital information management Learning new skills It’s not just text … –Adding links –Adding images It’s not just writing my posts … –Checking for spam –Setting up twitter & twitterfeed accounts to publicise the blog

A centre of expertise in digital information management

A centre of expertise in digital information management JISC SIS Landscape Study Using blog for different purpose Did set up myself Posts for news items Pages –For evidence collecting via comments –For literature survey –For case studies

A centre of expertise in digital information management JISC Study Blog Study – 6 month timespan JISC requirement – available for 3 yrs Don’t want to collect more data Closing down posts Dealing with comments What happens in 3 yrs time?

A centre of expertise in digital information management What have I learnt? Set up Need to think about –Purpose –Audience –Effort (Who posts? Who manages?) –Cut off point for comments (no more after 20 days?) –Policy ‘we reserve right to delete comments we feel to be inappropriate’ –Close down policy

A centre of expertise in digital information management What have I learnt? Ongoing Checking for spam Approving comments Responding to comments if needed Ensuring post frequency met

A centre of expertise in digital information management What have I learnt? Close down Why close down? Final post(s) Will it still be visible or will it disappear? Archiving content Policy on close down ideally decided at start

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