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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