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2. 2 Contents Introduction About the Workshop Facilitators About the Workshop About You [exercise] Case Studies: Use of Blogs Beyond Blogs – What Can twitter Offer? Reasons For a Library Blog or Twitter Account Beyond Blogs: Social Networks What are the Barriers? Addressing the Barriers Making a Business Case Conclusions Introduction

3. 3 About The Workshop Facilitators Brian Kelly: UK Web Focus: a national advisory post Long-standing Web evangelist Author of the UK Web Focus blog, contributor to other blogs & active Twitterer Ann Chapman: Research Officer in UKOLN’s Community and Outreach Team Main contributor to and commissioner for UKOLN’s Cultural Heritage blog Running Social Web training course for MLA Introduction

4. 4 About The Workshop By the end of the workshop you should: Be aware of key blogging concepts and tool Have learnt about ways in which blogs can be used within a library environment Have learnt about the potential role of Twitter and social networks Have identified potential barriers to the deployment of blogs within an institution Have discussed strategies for overcoming barriers Have learnt about tools and techniques for measuring a blog’s impact and success. Have had the opportunity to make a business case for use of the Social Web Introduction

5. About You Where do you work? What do you do? What is your interest in this workshop? What specific issues would you like to see addressed? 5

6. Draft Programme TimeContent 10.00-10.05Introduction [BK] 10.05-10.10Your interests [All] 10.10-10.30Blog Case Studies [ADC] 10.30-10.40Beyond Blogs: the Role of Twitter [BK] 10.40-11.00Why Have a Blog or Use Twitter? The Library Context [ADC & All] 11.00-11.15Break 11.15-11.35The Role of Social Networks [ADC] 11.35-11.50What are the Barriers [All] 11.50-12.00Addressing the Barriers [BK] 12.00-12.25Making a Business Case [BK and All] 12.25-12.40Making Your Proposal [All] 12.40-13.00Conclusions 6

7. 7 Questions Any questions or comments?