More about blogging today

Hi everyone.

Today we are going to do some more work on our blogs. I'd really like everyone to be able to find some library related blogs they like and post a link to them. Looks for some blogs created by library people and some blogs created by libraries themselves.

I'd also like us to explore the use of labels or tags in our blog posts and apply these to blog entries. Can you include a list of labels on the sidebar of your blog?

Lots to do.

I'll start off with a good blog to follow.

ALIA Students and New Graduates which is built using the Wordpress platform.

Libraries Interact - a blog about Australian library blogs. Interesting but not always up to date.

23 Mobile Things - an online course created by library people to learn about mobile technologies.

Getting to know Blogger

Throughout the course we will be using our blogs to share information and keep track of our learning. I chose the Blogger software platform because it is familiar, popular and easy to use. Blogger is one of the most popular free blogging tools available.

You'll need to become familiar with the many features of Blogger. The best place to start is the Blogger Help Centre. There are loads of tutorials including some great videos. Take some time to familiarise yourself with the Blogger help Centre.

You can also use resources from the VU library such as Google Blogger for Dummies which is an electronic book you can read on your computer screen.