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Blogs: less what, more how, more wow

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User Experience Librarian, McMaster University

email + MSN: amanda AT etches-johnson DOT com

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Presentation Slides

Blog software

Picking the right software for your library

WeblogMatrix (compare different blog software tools to figure out which best meets your needs)
How to Choose In-House Blogging Software, Michelle V. Rafter
Starting Your Own Blog: How to Choose the Right Blogging Tool for You, Molly Holzschlag

Blogging Usability & Ethics

The quintessential example of a library blog: Ann Arbor District Library
For more on RSS: RSS in Plain English
Great example of a solid mission statement: Scholarly Communication at Duke (about page)
Need help defining your mission? Check out what other libraries are doing with blogs at the Blogging Libraries Wiki
Good example of a page explaining RSS: What is RSS and How Might it Assist Your Research?
Check out this post for an excellent example of posting as yourself (not as the library): Of Poetry and Angels, on SJCPL blog
Share blog authorship and display your authors proudly: Boxes and Arrows
Neat example of engaging with users in comments: Blogging for a Good Book
Why not let your community moderate comments/content themselves? Here's a non-library example we can draw from: My Starbucks Idea
If you see an idea you like on another blog, use it! For example, the director's blog at AADL.
A cool example of using other media (like pictures and movies) in your blog posts to make them more interesting: Lamson Library at Plymouth State University