nsuba library using blogs to instruct and communicate within & beyond
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A little bit about our blog: Started as a SLIS student project Linked from our home page Goal: to provide information to our patrons and others in the community Now has five authors – have met to plan the ‘future’ of the blog Challenges: what do we blog about? Most popular posts are half staffTRANSCRIPT
Blogging @ NSUBA Library
Using Blogs to Instruct and Communicate Within & Beyond
Our first blog: NSUBA Library Blog
A little bit about our blog: Started as a SLIS student project Linked from our home page Goal: to provide information to our
patrons and others in the community Now has five authors – have met to plan
the ‘future’ of the blog Challenges: what do we blog about? Most popular posts are flags @ half staff
Another look:
Our sidebar provides a search function, library tips, RSS feed option, library photos…
Sidebar cont.:
…general information, links to blogs, websites…
Sidebar cont.:
…more blogs and helpful educational links!
Our internal blog: Librariantics
About this blog: Met a need for communication internally Desktop shortcut from circ computers
(private blog – log in with generic or personal email)
Goal: to inform staff without cluttering email boxes (auto archived, searchable)
Challenges: notification problems Desk shift conflicts, student worker issues,
general U info, technology solutions, project discussions
Instruction Blog: Library Suvivor
Details: Came from an idea to teach IL in game
format – still a work in progress Allows students to ‘complete’ library tasks
that are place as challenges in the blog post
It’s interactive: Students record their ‘answers’ or results as comments
Links to a wiki that provides info, images, tutorials about library resources
Lessons learned: I used to think: I don’t have time for
another ‘thing’ Now I think: How can this ‘thing’ help
improve our library services? Make the technology work for you – if it
doesn’t work for you, don’t force it