Workshop on blogging

The world has gone crazy. The first librarian I met was from Nashville and he told me country music was not his preferred type of music.

Prior to the actual "Internet librarian international" Conference I attended a workshop "Blogging effectively" led by UKOLN's Marieke Guy and University of Bath's Ann Chapman. For those who don't know (including myself until recently) UKOLN is a research organization that aims to inform practice and influence policy in the areas of digital libraries, information systems, bibliographic management, and web technologies. It provides network information services, including the Ariadne magazine, and runs workshops and conferences (see http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/).A BLOG is an online journal. The term BLOG comes from web log.www.emerge-solutions.com/learning_glossary.htmlThe aim of the workshop was to learn about up-to-date blog features and tools, to identify potential issues with the implementation of blogs within an institution, to outline policy considerations which best fit their individual or organisational purpose, to learn about tools for measuring blog success and to hear about and discuss examples of best practices to make use of in developing a sustainable blogging service locally.

The night after the workshop I performed with Gary Day at the Hammersmith Ram pub -- his mother is a librarian in County Down Ireland

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