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Blogging and RSS: Beyond the Basics, a preconference for Internet Librarian 2007
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Blogging and RSS: Beyond the Basics
what you really need to know to make them work
Defining the Purpose
• Book Reviews• News• Subject Portals• Website Redesign
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Housekeeping
Policies
Staffing
Motivation
Support
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Commonalities
• Viewer options• multiple author
options• categories• multiple formats• WYSIWIGs• RSS• plug-ins
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Blogger
• free• hosted, supports own
domain
• open API• Google goodies• built in Feedburner
WordPress.com
• free• hosted• widgets• 60 themes• autosave
• Akismet• importing• tags• posts to the
future
WordPress.org
• everything of .com plus• non-hosted• control• Open Source• requires server space -
PHP 4.2 and MySQL 4.0
WordPressMu
multi-user platform for thousands of blogs and users with unique permissions
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MoveableType
• non-hosted• free for personal use
only• fees for support and
everything else• integrates with your
authentication system• junk mail file
• file management• tags and widgets• email notification• Atom API• programming
interfaces
Examples
• Boise State U Library
• U of Tennessee at Chattanooga Library
• Virginia Commonwealth U Library
• For more see Blog Without A Library Wiki Academic Libraries list
RSSgetting what you need to the users,
giving them what they want
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FeedBurner
Making the Old Look New
• Feed2JS• FeedBlendr• Grazr
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Making the Old Act New
• FeedYes• ListGarden
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