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Using Blogs, Micro-blogs and Social Networks in Your Library Case Study 2: Remote Worker blog
14th October 2009
Marieke Guy
Research Officer
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2. Contents Introduction Case Study 2: The Remote Worker blog
Reasons For Having a Library Blog
Beyond Blogs: Micro-blogs and Social Networks
Institution Barriers
Addressing the Barriers
Sharing Best Practices
What Next?

4. Background Why? Wanted to write a blog Needed an angle
Became a remote worker in April 2008
Remote worker champion in July 2008
When?
Launched September 2008
What?
Wordpress – had experience

5. Launching Initial posts: Introduced myself and my situation
Ensured there was documented policy e.g. Creative Commons
Promotion:
Softly, softly to start off with
Then mentioned internally to other remote workers
Started to mention it on Twitter and Facebook
Linked to it from UKOLN Web site
Alerted other bloggers to site, have posted to lists

6. Coverage Individual, reflective, personal and professional, informal
Horizon scanning - technologies
Links to relevant material and news items (delicious)
Discussion – encourage comments/feedback
Reflection – sound out ideas
Personal accounts of my presentation and attendance of events
Amplified conference details - blended blogging
Anything that’s ‘relevant’

7. Keeping it Interesting..
Guest blog posts:
Have now published 7 guest blog posts
Some general, others more specific (e.g travelling kit for remote workers)
Other media:
Consistently use images from variety of sources
Have added videos, widgets etc.
Subject Coverage
Ask for suggestions from readers
Read other people’s blogs (Google Reader)

8. 6 Months of blogging… It’s quality not quantity that counts
Blogs lead to bigger things
What’s successful can be surprising
Try to build a community

9. Questions
Any questions?