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Blogging for Webmasters 2005 AALL Annual Meeting Steven C. Perkins, J.D., M.L.L. Coordinator of Reference Services University of Houston Libraries
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What is a Blog? A Blog is a Web Log, an interactive web page that allows readers to post comments on the items posted to the blog. See, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog for a detailed explanation.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog Blogs can be used with RSS feeds to keep your readers notified of important information. Many organizations use blogs to ensure that everyone receives information in a timely manner.
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The Evolution of Web Pages Before there was a World Wide Web there was Dr Ted Nelson and XANADU®, http://xanadu.com/ http://xanadu.com/ The first browser, WorldWideWeb, created editable web pages, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WorldWideWeb http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WorldWideWeb Later web browsers did not allow you to interactively edit the web pages on the server. Static web pages ruled the WWW until...
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The Introduction of the Wiki In 1995, Ward Cunningham established the first Wiki, at the Portland Pattern Repository, and interactive web page editing was back in the WWW, http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?WikiHistoryhttp://c2.com/cgi/wiki?WikiHistory 29 Dec 1997 saw the first use of WebLog on the RobotWisdom website, http://www.robotwisdom.com/log1997m12.html http://www.robotwisdom.com/log1997m12.html Originally hand-coded, blogs were quickly automated, and are now mostly maintained through a browser-based application
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Blog Software Three of the main software tools used for blogging are: Blogger, TypePad, and Movable Type Blogger is owned by Google, http://www.blogger.com/ http://www.blogger.com/ Six Apart, owns TypePad, MovableType, and LiveJournal, http://www.sixapart.com/http://www.sixapart.com/ Radio UserLand is another widely used blogging tool, http://radio.userland.com/http://radio.userland.com/
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Types of Blogs Audio blogs, includes PodCasting, http://www.Audioblog.com/, http://www.Audioblog.com/ http://www.Podshow.com/ http://www.Podshow.com/ Videoblogs, http://www.videoblog.com/http://www.videoblog.com/ Moblogs for mobile phones, http://go.blogger.com/mobile-start.g http://go.blogger.com/mobile-start.g PhotoBlogs like Flickr, http://www.flickr.com/http://www.flickr.com/ Klogs, Dashlogs, and Linklogs can be used to point users to information sources
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Blog Directories Bloglines is a blog aggregator where you can search for blogs on the subject of your choice, http://www.bloglines.com/ http://www.bloglines.com/ Law Professor Blogs links to legal blogs, “blawgs” by law professors, http://www.lawprofessorblogs.com/ http://www.lawprofessorblogs.com/ Library weblogs can be found at http://www.libdex.com/weblogs.html http://www.libdex.com/weblogs.html
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Questions to ask before starting a Blog What are you using it for? Alerts Updates Discussion Who will manage How many editors Public or Private
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Problems with Blogs Most blogs are abandoned after being started. LiveJournal has nearly 8 million blogs but only 3 million are actively maintained. Open blogs can be subjected to comment spam. Hosting a blog on your own server may be very troublesome. Using an off-site host can also cause problems. You could get sued. See, the EFF: Legal Guide for Bloggers, http://www.eff.org/bloggers/lg/http://www.eff.org/bloggers/lg/
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Problems (cont.): Legal problems include Intellectual Property, Defamation, Privacy, Employment, http://www.eff.org/bloggers/lg/ http://www.eff.org/bloggers/lg/ Legal protection is Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act of 1996, http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode 47/usc_sec_47_00000230----000-.html http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode 47/usc_sec_47_00000230----000-.html Bloggers reporting the news and those reporting on public records have some protections beyond Sec. 230, http://www.eff.org/bloggers/lg/http://www.eff.org/bloggers/lg/
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Some Law Blogs: LLRX, http://www.llrx.com/http://www.llrx.com/ Legal Periodicals from W&L, http://bloggery.wlu.edu/lawrevs/ http://bloggery.wlu.edu/lawrevs/ Law Library Technology, http://www.lawlibtech.com/ http://www.lawlibtech.com/ BeSpacific, http://www.bespacific.com/http://www.bespacific.com/ Lawrence Lessig, http://www.lessig.org/blog/http://www.lessig.org/blog/
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Who is Using Blogs in AALL? The AALL Annual Meeting, http://weblog.law.ttu.edu/aallamo/ http://weblog.law.ttu.edu/aallamo/ The CS-SIS, http://cssisblawgs.blogspot.com/http://cssisblawgs.blogspot.com/ Law Libraries, http://cssisblawgs.bloki.com/index.jsp?name=blog s&folderId=93662 http://cssisblawgs.bloki.com/index.jsp?name=blog s&folderId=93662
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BLOG Resources: Blogging and RSSing the Librarian Wayhttp://www.sla.org/Presentations/05Toronto/DITBloggi ngRSSingtheLibrarianWayTrends.ppt Blogging and RSSing the Librarian Way All About Blawgs, by Robert Ambrogi, http://www.abll.org/pdf/ambrogi.ppt http://www.abll.org/pdf/ambrogi.ppt Blog Software Breakdown, http://www.asymptomatic.net/blogbreakdown.htm Blogger Tour, http://www.blogger.com/tour_start.ghttp://www.blogger.com/tour_start.g Blogging: Reading and Creating Blogs, http://www.law.emory.edu/cms/site/uploads/media/bloggin g_notes.pdf http://www.law.emory.edu/cms/site/uploads/media/bloggin g_notes.pdf
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RSS the Blog helper: RSS has several meanings There are different versions of RSS Most Blogs have the capability of automatically generating RSS feeds Some web browsers can read RSS feeds: FireFox, Safari, Opera Many people use separate rss readers to manage their RSS feeds: FeedReader, and BlogLines http://www.feedreader.com/ http://www.bloglines.com/ http://www.feedreader.com/ http://www.bloglines.com/
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Who is Using RSS for Law? GPO:http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/fdlp/inde x.htmlhttp://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/fdlp/inde x.html Washington & Lee Law Journals Feeds for tocs: http://law.wlu.edu/library/feeds/ http://law.wlu.edu/library/feeds/ AALL TS-SIS, http://www.aallnet.org/sis/tssis/index.htm http://www.aallnet.org/sis/tssis/index.htm Utah State Courts, Appellatte Court Opinions, http://www.utcourts.gov/ http://www.utcourts.gov/ Louisiana Supreme Court Opinions, http://www.lasc.org/ http://www.lasc.org/ h t t p : / / w w w. a a l l n e t. o r g / s i s / t s s i s / i n d e x. h t m
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RSS Resources: RSS for Content Publishers and Webmasters, http://www.mnot.net/rss/tutorial/ http://www.mnot.net/rss/tutorial/ RSS Resources from MALL, http://www.aallnet.org/chapter/mall/inet_rss.htm http://www.aallnet.org/chapter/mall/inet_rss.htm Blogging and RSSing the Librarian Wayhttp://www.sla.org/Presentations/05Toronto/ DITBloggingRSSingtheLibrarianWayTrends.ppt Blogging and RSSing the Librarian Way
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