While I was learning about blogs for this week's assignment, I looked at quite a few library websites and blogs. There are many different strategies being used in library world right now. I saw websites that had news and event calendars on their home pages, but no formal blogs. There were also institutions advertising their Facebook and Twitter pages as a way to get news and communicate with the library. Many libraries also had a blog on their website, and the contents and set-up of these blogs came in several forms. Some libraries used the blog to announce upcoming events at the library, while others focused on new acquisitions and displays. One university library had entries about mostly practical, day-to-day library concerns, like special hours or database outages.
My favorite of the blogs I perused was the one run by the Leddy Library at the University of Windsor. It has a really nice mix of useful content, including upcoming events, library policy reminders and updates, features on new resources, recommended books, and other library news. The entries are categorized by topic and the subject area students the news is relevant to. RSS feed is also enabled, allowing students to subscribe to get updates only about events, or only news relating to Engineering. The blog is also searchable and the archives are linked on the sidebar and easy to use. Comments are enabled (although it doesn't seem to get many). All in all, it is a helpful and easy to use blog.
hello katie
ReplyDeletei liked your review of the library blog because it gave a large number of reasons for appreciating what you were reading and how it was presented. i wonder how you managed to find the site, was it advertised elsewhere or was it pure serendipity?