developing irish online publishing through blogging
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Presented by Ms. Michelle Dalton, College Liaison Librarian, University College Dublin Library, at the seminar "Developing Academic Writing among Librarians" held at NUI Maynooth Library, Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Ireland on Monday, 27th January 2014.TRANSCRIPT
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Michelle Dalton / Liaison Librarian, UCD
#dawal2014Developing
Irish Online PublishingThroughBlogging
(melissa gregg, 2006)
“conversational
scholarship”
november 2011
30+ contributors
1500+ followersopen
editorial policy
300+ posts
libfocusnew voices
the same but different
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collaborating
publishing
blogging
sharing
writinglearning
discussing
creatingreflecting
thinkinginforming
no author guidelinesno word countsno conventionsno restrictionsno formatting
freedom
is not free.
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“one of the most
difficult things is the
first paragraph…
”
gabriel garcía márquez
low pressure
Source: Harald Weinreich et al. (2008) “Not Quite the Average: An Empirical Study of Web Use,” ACM Transactions on the Web, vol. 2, no. 1 (Feb)
on an average web page (593 words) users only stay long enough to read up to 28% writing for the web is
different
writing for yourself
versuswriting for an
audience
a space to make
mistakes
develop“Most people give up on doing
something new after one or two tries, but normally, six iterations of
making something is enough to get you 90% of the way to
understanding what it is, and how you want to make it.”
Matt Locke, test.org.uk
clarity
personality
greatcan make a good
blog
try it on for size first
thank you
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Michelle Dalton / Liaison Librarian, UCD