Comments on: Reasons To Like Team Blogging http://acrlog.org/2006/08/31/reasons-to-like-team-blogging/ Blogging by and for academic and research librarians Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:32:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kenley Neufeld http://acrlog.org/2006/08/31/reasons-to-like-team-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-15247 Kenley Neufeld Thu, 31 Aug 2006 18:36:50 +0000 http://acrlblog.org/2006/08/31/reasons-to-like-team-blogging/#comment-15247 Steve: I maintained a weekly email list (in the pre-blog world) and then weekly web site (before Web 2.0 "existed"). The content was time sensitive and also cummulative so if I missed something, I would need to go back and include it later (it was a concert calendar). Vacations were often a challenging time on the home front. However, I found that the readership of my email list, and later the web site, were very sympathetic and it was often at these times that I received the most kudos for my work. Needless to say, after doing this weekly for 7 years, I finally sold the domain name and stopped doing it in any form. I enjoyed the time but am also happy to not being doing it anymore. Hope this helps someone. Kenley Steve:
I maintained a weekly email list (in the pre-blog world) and then weekly web site (before Web 2.0 “existed”). The content was time sensitive and also cummulative so if I missed something, I would need to go back and include it later (it was a concert calendar). Vacations were often a challenging time on the home front. However, I found that the readership of my email list, and later the web site, were very sympathetic and it was often at these times that I received the most kudos for my work. Needless to say, after doing this weekly for 7 years, I finally sold the domain name and stopped doing it in any form. I enjoyed the time but am also happy to not being doing it anymore.

Hope this helps someone.
Kenley

]]> By: Diane http://acrlog.org/2006/08/31/reasons-to-like-team-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-15213 Diane Thu, 31 Aug 2006 13:55:15 +0000 http://acrlblog.org/2006/08/31/reasons-to-like-team-blogging/#comment-15213 This is an interesting and timely post. I have blogs for the university and a personal blog (vacation time? no worries ... readership is beyond low) and have just this summer started a professional blog with another academic librarian. Though in its infancy, we are already noticing good things from collaboration/group blogging. Most importantly, our job differences mean we are busy during different times of the year. I am traditionally swamped at the end of the term. She is swamped at the begging of the term. We will each be able to carry on with the blog as time permits. Before beginning, we spent a lot of time with our ground rules and discussing the importance of different writing styles, topics, and job reflections. We hope this will keep the blog from getting stale. In response to your question about special features, right now I am blog widget happy; ZoomCloud, WorldCat Beta, LibraryThing, and others. Why? It's just fun. This is an interesting and timely post. I have blogs for the university and a personal blog (vacation time? no worries … readership is beyond low) and have just this summer started a professional blog with another academic librarian. Though in its infancy, we are already noticing good things from collaboration/group blogging. Most importantly, our job differences mean we are busy during different times of the year. I am traditionally swamped at the end of the term. She is swamped at the begging of the term. We will each be able to carry on with the blog as time permits.

Before beginning, we spent a lot of time with our ground rules and discussing the importance of different writing styles, topics, and job reflections. We hope this will keep the blog from getting stale. In response to your question about special features, right now I am blog widget happy; ZoomCloud, WorldCat Beta, LibraryThing, and others. Why? It’s just fun.

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