Blog Boot Camp Slideshow

Blog Boot Camp: A Primer for Special Collections Staff / 2008 June 26 @ the Getty Research Institute

Blog Boot Camp:A Primer in Blogging

for Special Collections Staff


Introductions

Kathleen Burns

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale

John Overholt Nancy KuhlStephanie Horowitz

Charles Babbage Institute at the University of Minnesota

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale

Houghton Library, Harvard

Moderator PanelistPanelistPanelist


The Plan• Blogs – What are they? Why should you care?

• Survey! – How are special collections using blogs today?

• Brief Blog Profiles from Our Panelists

• A Quick Demo

• Discussion


Blogs – What Are They?


A Blog Is A Communication Tool


Content is public and sharable


Enable two-way conversation


Visual Anatomy of a Blog Post


Special Collections Blogging

Institutional Blog

W. S. Hoole Special Collections Library, University of Alabama



Subject Specific

“Mary Comes to the College with William”

Swem Library Special Collections Research Center, College of William and Mary



Project Specific

“A View to Hugh: Processing the Hugh Morton Photographs and Films”

North Carolina Collection at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill



Recent Acquisitions

New Acquisitions Blog, Modern Books & Manuscripts, Houghton Library, Harvard



Reference Transactions

Pennsylvania State University Special Collections Library



Blog as Interactive Catalog

Department of Special Collections and University Archives, University of Massachusetts Amherst



Kate Theimer’s ArchivesNext blog

Professional Discourse


Let’s Get Started!
































Visual Anatomy of a Blog Post









Blog Profile

Charles Babbage Institute News and Information (main page)


Blog Profile

CBI Blog : Create a New Entry Page


Blog Profile

CBI Blog : "IM an Archivist" Chat Window


Blog Profile

CBI Blog : CBI Archivist Meebo Chat Screen


Blog Profile

CBI Blog : Chat Window With Dialogue


Blog Profile

Hyde Catablog Dashboard


Blog Profile

Hyde Catablog Stats 1


Blog Profile

Hyde Catablog Stats 2


Blog Profile

Hyde Catablog Post Window (Blank)


Blog Profile

Hyde Catablog Post Window (With Post)


Blog Profile

Hyde Catablog Main Page


Blog Profile

Poetry at the Beinecke Library : Home Page


Blog Profile

Poetry at the Beinecke Library : About Page


Blog Profile

African American Studies at Beinecke Library


Blog Profile

Room 26 Cabinet of Curiosities


Blog Profile

Room 26 Cabinet of Curiosities : A Librarian’s Biggest Fear?


“Forget Google Books; perhaps Room 26 is a

more human answer to Robert Darnton’s question

of what role libraries should play in the new

digital age.”

http://books.google.com/

http://www.nybooks.com/articles/21514

http://www.nybooks.com/articles/21514


Image CreditsSlide 1 – © Luc Viatour GFDL/CC

Slide 2 – Images used with permission of participants. Rights reserved.

Slide 4 – Screenshots used under Fair Use provisions.

Slide 5 – Darren Hester / http://www.flickr.com/photos/ppdigital/2054989998 / Creative Commons Attribution License

Slide 6 – Pingu1963 / http://www.flickr.com/photos/pingu1963/2493732743/ / Creative Commons Attribution License

Slide 7 -- b_d_solis / http://www.flickr.com/photos/briansolis/1411905457/ / Creative Commons Attribution License

Slide 8-73 -- Screenshots used under Fair Use provisions

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ppdigital/2054989998%20/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/pingu1963/2493732743/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/briansolis/1411905457/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/briansolis/1411905457/

Technology

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