In the “Yellow Moon” group, we had representatives from large library systems and small libraries (where the representing librarian is the only librarian). So our discussion, led by Diana Weaver, approached the topic of “How can we keep up with new technology” from a variety of viewpoints.
Question 1. We came to the conclusion that if our libraries are going to have blogs, we need to publicize the blogs, talk about them and get them into the public eye. But more importantly, we need to make sure we have the technical knowledge to create and maintain blogs. Not everyone in our group was familiar with the technology, and although they were assured that it’s easy to create a blog, they made an excellent point: talking about blogs and seeing presentations on blogs is no substitute for real-time, hands-on instruction on how to create a blog. Smaller libraries don’t have anything like a web content team to handle a blog, and librarians at smaller libraries don’t always have the time to learn about and maintain a blog.
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