Wednesday 1 October 2008

Blog slide

I've already discussed blogs for archives in detail here so I don't want to repeat myself. When I was thinking about the presentation I wanted to get across that blogs are an accessible way to start experimenting with Web 2.0 and are a flexible in what they can be used for.

As a Web 2.0 tool they are very popular with over 15 million active blogs in 2007. However, there were actually 70 million blogs recorded in April 2007 which shows that a vast number of the blogs people start become inactive. The best way to avoid an inactive blog is to know what your blog is going to be for and to commit to making regular posts.

If you can do this then a blog will give you a more informal way to communicate regularly with readers. For archives, blogs can be a good way to publicise new collections/accession, an image of the month, small online exhibitions, diaries work well published as blogs and generally allow you to highlight treasures in your collections.

Ultimately blogs are a very accessible starter tool that can be used for a multitude of purposes and if it doesn’t work for you just delete it.

1 comments:

Unknown 10 December 2012 at 00:33  

Hi Kiara,

I totally agree with you on this, I have lots of people saying my blogs not going anywhere, or not many people visit it. I tell them that they have to update it on a regular basis as a minimum. You have some great points on here, which is why I'm also going to link us.

Happy Blogging
John Shaw
www.howtostartyourownblog.com

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