1. Instructional Technology & Design Office itd@support.lis.illinois.edu 217-244-4903 or 800-377-1892 BLOGGING 101 Presented by Berenice Vargas

2. Overview What is a Blog Blog Platforms Blogs vs. Websites Types of Blogs Why Blog Before Blogging Starting a Blog

3. What is a Blog? Website for sharing writing, photos, and other content Content is in chronological order and ideal for sharing updates Many platforms- most popular are free and globally reaching: WordPress Blogger Tumblr

4. Blog Platforms WordPress Highly customizable Blogger Easy to use Tumblr Highly visual

5. Blogs vs. Websites BlogsWebsites Sometimes updated Static Require some skill Owned Frequently updated Interactive User-friendly Shared

6. Types of Blogs Microblogging Focuses on very short entries Often uses single image per entry and hyperlinks Examples include Tumblr and Twitter Blogging Entries relatively more elaborate but still concise Visual in layout and uses many images per entry Examples include Blogger and Wordpress

8. Why Blog? Current Free Interactive You, too, as a librarian or representative of an institution have a voice Examples of blogs: GSLIS: https://publish.illinois.edu/gslis-itd/ https://publish.illinois.edu/gslis-itd/ Library of Congress: https://twitter.com/librarycongresshttps://twitter.com/librarycongress New York Public Library: http://nypl.tumblr.com/http://nypl.tumblr.com/

9. Before Blogging… Consider the following: What are you going to blog about? Keep it concise Who is your audience Colleagues, students, community How will you organize and display content Don’t just have text – make it visual with images

10. Decide which blogging platform to use Free: blogger.com or tumblr.com Self-hosted: choose a domain & hosting company Don’t forget to promote your blog Be consistent with posts Write your first post! Starting a Blog

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