This document discusses how libraries can use blogs and social media to engage patrons and share resources online. It provides examples of what content a library blog could include, such as book reviews, reading lists, and event announcements. The document also introduces social bookmarking and sharing tools that libraries can use to curate and share information online. Overall, the document encourages libraries to embrace new technologies and start an online presence in order to remain relevant in the digital age.

1. Library 2.0
log
How can
we use
blogs
here? Maggie Verster 2.0
www.school2.co.za

2. Tell me
Libraries about your
library?
Is it just
about the
Or the
books???
computers?

3. Librarians
What do you Please go
comment
do (all day) in here
(click)
your library?

4. Librarian 1.0

5. Librarian 2.0

6. Like a website, but
Blog? for non-techies
Easy to create,
update….
Very interactive,
can embed cool
stuff
Reader
Participant
Author
Collaborator
Creator
Claiming your
space in the flat
world

7. ‘A weblog is kind of a continual tour, with a
human guide who you get to know. There are Problogger (a blogger)
many guides to choose from, each develops an has blogged about what a blog is in
audience, and there’s also comraderie and his blogpost…
politics between the people who run weblogs, “What is a blog” in reference to
they point to each other, in all kinds of other
structures, graphs, loops, etc.’ Source bloggers defining blogging…..
Wikipedia: A blog (short for web log) is a user-generated website where entries are
made in journal style and displayed in a reverse chronological order. A typical blog
combines text, images, and links to other blogs, web pages, and other media related
to its topic. Blogs also provide readers with the option to leave comments, which
makes it possible to start a discussion around a blog post

8. So… , Books
Stories
Take all
the fun
Creativity
Knowledge,
Information Collaborations

9. Create an online Create a
library space! Blog!
Where? How?
Follow the
Blogging learning
pathway:
http://maggiev.edubl
ogs.org/blogging-
learning-pathway/

10.  Book reviews
 Reading lists
 Have book feed widgets for
your audience
(Librarythings/shelfari)
 Library events and news
 Photo /video galleries/widgets
 Podcasts about books/media
 Voicethreads/forum
discussions about
books/media
 Resource bookmarks
What could  Library, copyright and fair use
I use a blog rules and policies
 Blacklist of library offenders???
for??  Games
 ……….???????

11. Social Sharing
Bookmarking
Where? How?
Follow the
Bookmarking
learning pathway
http://maggiev.edubl
ogs.org/learn-how-
to/use-social-
bookmarking-to-
keep-track-of-
resources/

12. RSS
Feeds
Really
simple ,
Stupid?

13. Widgets

14. Mash-up
Photo-sharing:
Flickr
RSS
Feeds Documents:
Scribd/Google
Blog
Videos: Podcasts:
Youtube Gcast
Presentations
Slideshare

15. Bling your library
online!

16. Please join me…….
 School librarians blog
http://saschoollibraries.wordpress.com/
 Infolink librarians mailing list for South African
teacher librarians:
http://lists.school.za/mailman/listinfo/infolink
 Our bookmarking group:
http://groups.diigo.com/groups/infolink-librarians
 Follow us on twitter:
http://www.twitter.com/schoollibrarian
Thank You!!!
Maggie 2.0
http://www.twitter.com/maggiev
http://www.school2.co.za

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