Friday, March 7, 2008

Outside the Library



Okay, so this is good-- it works
I can see how the information contained within the library walls can be put out into cyberspace. The library can advertise, promote and sell itself in www. land. However my concern is how do people find your blog? Maybe this will become apparent in future sessions. I can see how links from webopacs, catalogues etc can be created. These would need to be managed, updated and revised constantly, in a small library, who has time to do this daily? Are people going to find your blog? Does it replace or supplement library "traditional" material? How do both co-exist? In educational institutions, where the learning process is more interactive it would obliviously be linked to student areas, such as tutorials and study notes.
In all honestly, is the public library user going to look at blogs, rather than browsing stock and shelves. I can see how book clubs and RA services could benefit from them. As blogging is about sharing information, it will be interesting to see if anyone finds my blog and posts a comment

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