Friday, June 13, 2008

All About Blogs

~2008 NYSLAA Conference Report~
All About Blogs
Presented by - Dave Fulton, Librarian at Liverpool Public Library

Workshop attended and reported by:
Allen Tompkins, Newark, Sodus and Red Creek Public Libraries

All about Blogs presented by David Fulton, Computer Literacy Librarian at Liverpool Public Library

This was another good workshop and the topic of discussion was Blogs. A blog is a weblog in which entries are commonly displayed in reverse chronological order. There are currently more than 74 million blogs and of these about 55% are active(updated regularly) A blog can be created free by going to Blogger.com or Wordpress.com just to mention a few and the process is very simple and easy to use to create your own blog. Dave Fulton explained to us the process of using Blogger.com and how to search for blogs. What blog reader does (also known as a RSS reader or aggregator) RSS means Really Simple Syndication. Dave also showed us websites to use to publicize our blogs and provide links to more blogging resources through Daveman.info This was a very good workshop and very well presented.

Lists of some of the resources that are available through Daveman.info are listed below.

Resources found on Daveman.info

Where to Find Blogs

Yahoo! Blog Directory

Google Blog Search

Ask.com

Blog Readers

RSS Readers and Aggregators

Google Reader

Create Your Own Blog

Blogger

How to Create a Blog with Blogger (from Al Fasoldt's Techno file column)
A blog? It's easy. Here's how, Part 1 and Part 2.

Word Press

Legal Guide for Bloggers

Bloggers Beware: Debunking Nine Copyright Myths of the Online World

Publicize Your Blog

Blog Catalog

Pingomatic

MillionRSS

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