Internet Librarian 2005 Presentation 10/26/2005:
"Add Flava, Mix, Consume: Librarians and Conference Blogging"
Posted 10/26/2005
The goal of this presentation is to to present information about what makes a successful conference blogger by explaining who conference bloggers are and what conference bloggers do, and also to explain how conference blogging is influencing the role of the librarian.
While I have no presentation slides for this talk, below is a list of useful links from the presentation.
A sampling of library conference blogs:
- PLA Blog: Blog of the Public Libraries Association. Features volunteer conference bloggers for ALA and PLA conferences and other events, but also features local library news highlights, PLA announcements, and resources and trends of note to public librarians.
- SLA 2005 Blog: Blog of the Special Libraries Association 2005 conference (although I think they will use this link for all conferences, I'm not sure).
- LITA Blog: Blog of the Library and Information Technology Association, a division of the American Library Association. Mostly conference coverage. "Between conferences the blog may be very quiet."
- AASL Conference Blog: American Association of School Librarians, a division of the American Library Association, 2005 conference blog.
- ACRL Conference Blog: Blog of the Association of College and Research Libraries, , a division of the American Library Association.
- FLA 2005 Conference: Conference blog of the Florida Library Association.
- MPLA/WLA 2005 Conference Blog: Blog for the WLA/MPLA (Wyoming Library Association and the Mountain Plains Library Association) 2005 Annual Conference.
- CLA 2005: Blog of the Canadian Library Association 2005 conference.
- InfoToday Blog: Blog covering various conferences from the folks at Information Today.
A few examples of conference bloggers in their natural habitat:
Tagging it all together at Internet Librarian 2005:
- Technorati tag "il05"
- Flickr tag "il05"
- List of librarians blogging Internet Librarian 2005 care of Information Today (22 bloggers as of this posting)
- Post discovery through tags example: Liz Lawley's keynote
Articles on conference blogging:
- "Conference Blogging" posted by Ross Mayfield. Many 2 Many blog. Posted 8 February 2004. Retrieved 26 October 2005.
- "What we learn from the Convention blogging" posted by Dan Bricklin. Dan Bricklin's Log. Posted 28 July 2004. Retrieved 26 October 2005.
- "Lessons Learned from Conference Blogging" posted by Nancy White. Full Circle Online Interaction Blog. Posted 9 June 2005. Retrieved 26 October 2005.
- "'In And Out' Conference Blogging" posted by Renee Hopkins Callahan. IdeaFlow. Posted 11 February 2003. Retrieved 26 October 2005.
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Andrea Mercado
- Reference & Techie Librarian
Reading Public Library
Reading, MA
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