Social Media in the Springtime - Act III

Here's the last installment of Social Media in the Springtime!

Let's talk about blogging a bit. At Evanced, we clearly love our blogging. But blogging certainly has it's faults. Namely, you have to have something to blog about. And you can't be too lengthy (boring) and you can't be too brief (isn't that what Twitter is for?)

I was recently hosting a technology unconference where a librarian mentioned that if done right, a good blog can replace most, if not all, of your library website. Not recommended for large library systems, but for a smaller library it might just do the trick.

When used right, you can link your Evanced products, photographs, feeds, and other social media to your blog allowing them to interact almost effortlessly.

The most popular of blogging sites, when unconference attendees were polled, was Wordpress. Here at Evanced, we use Blogger.

If you're thinking of getting a library blog, expanding your blog, or changing your blog, you might find these articles that compare Wordpress and Blogger.

http://www.thoughtclusters.com/2009/01/comparing-blogger-and-wordpresscom.html
http://pulsed.blogspot.com/2007/07/blogger-wordpress-chart.html

And if you're looking for tools to add a new look or functions to your blog, take a look at some of these options:

For Blogger:
http://mashable.com/2009/01/16/blogger-toolbox/ (highly recommended)
http://www.allblogtools.com/
http://tools.bloggerbuster.com/

For Wordpress:
http://mashable.com/2007/08/16/wordpress-god300-tools-for-running-your-wordpress-blog/
http://www.crazyleafdesign.com/blog/top-50-free-wordpress-themes/

Do you have an interesting library blog? Have a blog you use in a unique way? Tell us about it!

Christine
Coordinator of Customer Experience
Evanced Solutions