Comments on: CILIP in London talk – Social Libraries http://chartershiprecord.wordpress.com/2007/04/10/cilip-in-london-talk-social-libraries/ Library/information professional in a health library. This is a record of my progress towards becoming a chartered member of CILIP (Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals). Fri, 15 Jun 2007 22:20:40 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Mark Ludlam http://chartershiprecord.wordpress.com/2007/04/10/cilip-in-london-talk-social-libraries/#comment-15 Mark Ludlam Sun, 22 Apr 2007 20:52:14 +0000 http://chartershiprecord.wordpress.com/2007/04/10/cilip-in-london-talk-social-libraries/#comment-15 I have been following the 5 weeks to a social library course now for...er...5 weeks. So far, I have just finished week 1! Like you say, it quickly sparks off ideas as to how blogs can improve library services. I download many of the presentations (such as Anne's) and listen to them on my mp3 player. Anne's use of blogs to advertise collections and new items is an excellent idea. I have been following the 5 weeks to a social library course now for…er…5 weeks. So far, I have just finished week 1! Like you say, it quickly sparks off ideas as to how blogs can improve library services. I download many of the presentations (such as Anne’s) and listen to them on my mp3 player. Anne’s use of blogs to advertise collections and new items is an excellent idea.

]]> By: annewelsh http://chartershiprecord.wordpress.com/2007/04/10/cilip-in-london-talk-social-libraries/#comment-14 annewelsh Thu, 19 Apr 2007 17:03:54 +0000 http://chartershiprecord.wordpress.com/2007/04/10/cilip-in-london-talk-social-libraries/#comment-14 Hi there It was great to see you last Tuesday, and I'm really glad that you're finding the Social Libraries presentations useful. Maybe, now that Cilip is offering blogging for groups and branches, the London Branch might think about starting one up ... Best Anne Hi there

It was great to see you last Tuesday, and I’m really glad that you’re finding the Social Libraries presentations useful.

Maybe, now that Cilip is offering blogging for groups and branches, the London Branch might think about starting one up …

Best

Anne

]]> By: assistantlibrarian http://chartershiprecord.wordpress.com/2007/04/10/cilip-in-london-talk-social-libraries/#comment-13 assistantlibrarian Thu, 19 Apr 2007 12:03:28 +0000 http://chartershiprecord.wordpress.com/2007/04/10/cilip-in-london-talk-social-libraries/#comment-13 Hi Katharine, I think the potential of all of this type of software is only just beginning to be realised - the example you give is a really interesting use of blogs and tagging. I'd love to be able to explore all that WordPress can do if you download the full (free) blog software - seems to have extra functionality that I'd be be very interested in trying, but it's not possible at the moment. The 5 weeks course presentations are all still up on the site and will remain there for quite a while by the sounds of it - I've listened to/watched a few and they have sparked off a few ideas already! Karen Hi Katharine,

I think the potential of all of this type of software is only just beginning to be realised – the example you give is a really interesting use of blogs and tagging. I’d love to be able to explore all that WordPress can do if you download the full (free) blog software – seems to have extra functionality that I’d be be very interested in trying, but it’s not possible at the moment.

The 5 weeks course presentations are all still up on the site and will remain there for quite a while by the sounds of it – I’ve listened to/watched a few and they have sparked off a few ideas already!

Karen

]]> By: Katharine http://chartershiprecord.wordpress.com/2007/04/10/cilip-in-london-talk-social-libraries/#comment-12 Katharine Sun, 15 Apr 2007 20:21:20 +0000 http://chartershiprecord.wordpress.com/2007/04/10/cilip-in-london-talk-social-libraries/#comment-12 This sounds really useful. There are a few applications of blogs that really surprised me. At Warwick some staff add blog boxes to the bottoms of online tutorials so that students can use them to add comments to their own blogs about the tutorial they have taken without leaving the page. The comments are tagged to match the tutorial they relate to and that means that the person who created the tutorial can search the blogs for the tag and easily pull up all the feedback for that tutorial at once from the blog entries that students have made. I might check back soon and have a look at the links you left here. This sounds really useful. There are a few applications of blogs that really surprised me. At Warwick some staff add blog boxes to the bottoms of online tutorials so that students can use them to add comments to their own blogs about the tutorial they have taken without leaving the page.

The comments are tagged to match the tutorial they relate to and that means that the person who created the tutorial can search the blogs for the tag and easily pull up all the feedback for that tutorial at once from the blog entries that students have made.

I might check back soon and have a look at the links you left here.

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