Ili Masterclass 2007 Jones

Case study 2my:self-archive

Kara JonesResearch Publications LibrarianLibrary & Learning CentreUniversity of BathK.L.Jones@bath.ac.uk

Internet Librarian International 2007Masterclass: Using Blogs Effectively Within Your LibrarySunday 7 October 2007

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Background

myselfarchive.wordpress.com

Reflections on institutional repositories, self-archiving, open access and libraries.

An individual / subject blog

Rational• Using my thoughts on blogs, information literacy and

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– Community building– Highlighting a path of progression

– Helping to keep up to date– Provide a place to perform critical

analysis and information synthesis – Sharing experiences

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Communities

• Institutional repositories are a fledgling service

• Very young community of practitioners, few voices

• My contribution is to share my experiences – what I would like to have known when I was starting out.

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Development

• My second library blog– bathsciencenews.wordpress.com

• Using WordPress (hosted)

• Scope:

– Audience – internal and external– Experimentation – blog stats, promotion..– Informal style – also improving my writing

and gathering ideas– Regular postings – 2-3 per week

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Content

• Reporting on visits to other repositories• What kind of documentation I need to write• Good ideas I’ve seen on other sites• Technology that works (ie. wikis, slideshare)• Perspectives on open access (ie. from publishers)• Topical issues (ie. links to articles)• Choosing software• Related projects in the library• User education and advocacy• National initiatives to support repositories• What confuses me! Good ideas! Scribbles!

Personal information! Photos!

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Learning• Sharing good practice

• Engaging the community

• Using new technologies

• Developing skills to cascade to my colleagues as they step into the world of blogs – for work and for personal reasons

• An informal record of my activities

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