Blogging
I am honored to be on a panel tomorrow for the UW-Madiso SLIS Centennial, my alma mater. We will be talking about the opportunities and pitfalls of library blogging.
It seems that every time I head out to speak, I have a new blog to announce. This time, I have two. One is a Menasha Public Library staff blog called Menasha Mail that all staff have the ability to post to and comment on. Thrillingly, there are several posts from different staff members on it and it is less than a week old. My staff at Menasha is amazing! They are embracing technology quickly and with a real will to see how it can better the library and our patrons.
The second blog is the Winnefox 2.0 blog. This is a blog for the Winnefox Library System to start talking about Web 2.0 and Library 2.0 and how we can work together to understand and learn about these new technologies and how they impact our libraries and patrons. Unlike the staff blog, this one hasn't taken off yet, but I hope it will. I tend to be the only person posting on a regular basis, but I am very proud of the quality of the content. To go along with the blog, the library system created an Emerging Technology Committee (ETC) as well as an email list. We plan to discuss technologies, meet a couple times a year, and present ideas to the general Winnefox members.
It is a very exciting time to be a library blogger, from blogs at all staff levels to niche blogs on a variety of subjects and finally to library websites based on blogs. Very cool things are happening!