This will post #5. Now the second post has disappeared from the blog archive, and the third has re-appeared. ??
But, on to thoughts about RSS. I chose 11 feeds. This morning only two of them had any updates. Maybe the weekends are quiet times for blog postings - maybe I chose some relatively inactive blogs. I did spend lots of time looking at websites yesterday. One that I really enjoyed was for my "first" library, the Saint Paul Public.
Back to RSS. This would probably be popular with book club members, who could tease each other with comments about their current book.
Our library board members email each other regularly. They might find a blog as useful.
Library users could use a blog to let staff and other card holders know about all sorts of things. It could serve as a community suggestion box. It could be the place people request new materials, not personally, as in ILL, but in general, for the whole library.
1 comment:
I think you're right on target with potential uses for blogs in library. They really can be a way for users to interact with each other and library staff. My one concern would be seemingly always present battle between anonymity/privacy and civility. I'll use the Billings Gazette comments as an example. Those can get quite negative and abusive. I have to say that I moderate comments on some of my blogs just to make sure they stay on topic. And expect a learning curve. This is new stuff for a lot of people.
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