From our colleague,
Marydee Ojala, live at Computers in Libraries, DC
Editor, ONLINE: The Leading Magazine for Information Professionals
OK, that title’s a bit misleading. What I really want to talk about is the sessions that were about blogging, not actually blogging the sessions. First of all, there was a terrific pre-conference workshop given by Steve Cohen and Jenny Levine. I poked my head in while they were talking about the differences among the various search engines designed specifically for finding information on blogs. Another time when I listened in, they were intently discussing RSS feeds. I wish I’d been able to hear the entire workshop.
This morning (Thursday) I caught Michael Angeles, Information Specialist, Lucent Technologies, talking about the intersection of Knowledge Management with blogs. Some of this was a repeat of his article in Library Journal, but some was not. He sees libraries as uniquely positioned to be both aggregator and disseminator. I liked his road map to internal blog creation and his characterizing blogs as “guerilla information architecture.” I’m not sure about his phrase “the techno social life of blogs.” Tying how (and whether) to establish blogs within an organization, he rightly pointed out, requires that you understand the culture of that organization.
There were other sessions on blogs, but I’m not sure I’ll hear all of them. If you do, let us know what your take is.