According to Brian Kenney and Michael Stephens in their article, “Talkin’ Blogs” in Library Journal (10/1/2005), librarians and blogs are a natural combination like rice and beans or peanut butter and jelly.
Michael Stephens in the September/October issue of Library Technology Reports says there is a need for participation at all levels of the library. He says it is important to communicate the mission, vision, and purpose of the library’s social participation. For it to be successful, staff must see value in blogging and interacting with library users. He also says that sometimes it means seeing beyond the buzzwords and recognizing evolving tools that can benefit an online community.
He suggests that if library users are experiencing a living, social Web in the rest of their daily lives, shouldn’t librarians take the step to meet them there? And he concludes that the perceptions of the libraries generated by such initiatives hopefully will range from “involved” to “savvy” to “building community”.
Therefore I say…Go Forth and Blog.
