Comments on: Public Library Blogs: 252 Examples–coming soon!

By: walt

walt — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 17:56:49 +0000

Well, that's what happens when I import an isolated paragraph: It lacks context. The two wikis are the Blogging Libraries wiki and the weblogs pages of LISWiki. They're both mentioned in the book itself...

By: DrWeb

DrWeb — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 17:45:51 +0000

You wrote:
“That resulted in 209 blogs from 196 libraries. I went back to each library and added other blogs (43 in all, and never more than five blogs from one library) that met the criteria but werenâ€™t listed in the wikis.”

Walt,
What wikis are you referring to? I didn’t see a reference to these 2? wikis you used as starting points in the post. Thanks, and good luck on the book project.

Best,
DrWeb

By: walt

walt — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 21:06:13 +0000

Thanks both (Jessamyn, your comment arrived just as I was modifying the post). Note the delayed timing… It really is an interesting project, if also a bit time-consuming. Part of me says it isn’t a book you’d read from beginning to end…but I may be wrong. I do include most or all of a sample post from almost every blog (exceptions are those that are entirely unannotated new-item lists, entirely time/place events listings, and one that appears to be intended for internal staff use), and the posts say a lot about voice, style, range and the like.

By: jessamyn

jessamyn — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 20:54:58 +0000

what a great idea, I think Stephanie’s right on both points.

By: CogSciLibrarian

CogSciLibrarian — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 23:46:49 +0000

Sounds like a good book to use in library school — I’ll be looking at it as a reference for folks to use for how to promote libraries. Can’t wait to see it!