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Using Blogs, Micro-blogs and Social Networks in Your Library Case Study 3:The IWMW 2009 blog
14th October 2009
Marieke Guy
Research Officer
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Contents• Introduction• Case Study 3: The IWMW 2009 blog• Reasons For Having a Library Blog• Beyond Blogs: Micro-blogs and Social Networks• Barriers• Addressing the Barriers• Sharing Best Practices• What Next?
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BackgroundWhy?• Needed something fast
moving to support an event • Way to provide information
before, during and after the event
• Didn’t want to clog up official Web site
• Delegates voiceWhen?• 10 July – 12 August 2009What?• Wordpress
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Launching• Initial posts:
– Introduced the IWMW team – Introduced the location, the sessions and other
aspects of the event– Plenary speakers introduced their talks
• Promotion: – Promoted IWMW2009 Twitter account– Emailed IWMW2009 delegates– Mailed WEBSITE-INFO-MGT mailing list– Linked to it from numerous Web site including
Netvibes and live blogging
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Audience• IWMW 2009 delegates• Anyone attending the event remotely (by watching
the video stream, joining in with the Twitter chat)• Anyone interested in being part of the IWMW
community• Anyone interested in the subject area of the event –
Institutional Web management
• Anyone else?
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Fast Moving
• Inclusion of:– 5 minute interviews with photos– Quick interviews (video)– Summaries of talks
• Widgets included:– Flickr photos and tweets using #iwmw2009
• Comments encouraged• Delegates encouraged to add entries and given
user accounts • Tried to get posts up quickly• Steady stream of content (scheduled posts)
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Archiving
• Last post on 12th August (Last orders at the IWMW blog)
• No more significant posts• Committed to providing the blog as a resource for
people to use• Currently comments open, may close in the future• May consider archiving of the blog, may use as a
test bed for projects like ArchivePress
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Questions
• Any questions?
