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Presentation given by Michelle Dalton, College Liaison Librarian at University College Dublin, Ireland, at Seizing Opportunities, Leading Changes - Annual Joint Conference LAI & CILIP Ireland, April 10 & 11, 2014, Waterford, Ireland.
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Michelle Dalton Liaison Librarian, UCD Library t @mishdalton
#laicilip14
Habits of Highly Effective Bloggers
Habits of Highly Effective Bloggers*
(*not me)
libfocus.com november 2011
open editorial policy
300+ posts
30+ different writers
10,000+ views a month
organisation
& corporate
blogs
personal blogs
(Melissa Gregg, 2006)
“conversational
scholarship”
…but different Source: http://angiesweetgirl.deviantart.com/art/Christmas-snowflakes-275898008
it’s like ‘writing’
collaborating
publishing
blogging
sharing
communicating
learning
discussing
creating reflecting
thinking informing
entry point complement
no author guidelines
no word counts
no conventions
no restrictions
no formatting
freedom is not free.
Habits
start now
http://www.flickr.com/photos/alancleaver/4222533261
Copyright: Tom Gauld http://myjetpack.tumblr.com/
keep going
write for
yourself
Harald Weinreich et al. (2008) “Not Quite the Average: An Empirical Study of Web Use,” ACM Transactions on the Web, vol. 2, no. 1 (Feb)
on an average web page
(593 words) users only
stay long enough to read
up to 28%
engage
55% spend less than
Source: Tony Haile, 9th March 2014, http://time.com/12933/what-you-think-you-know-about-the-web-is-wrong/
actively on a page 15 SECONDS
share http://www.flickr.com/photos/castaway_in_wales/4872069327/
e x p e R
n
i m
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t
find inspiration
every where
thematic blogs
journal clubs
group blogs
guest posts
thank you e [email protected] w www.michelledalton.ie t @mishdalton
Michelle Dalton / Liaison Librarian, UCD
