mmit 2015: blog's not dead

Image © CC BY Hey tiffanyhttp://bit.ly/1ROwvvOImage CC BY 2.0 http://bit.ly/1hQmQae Taro Taylor

BLOG’S NOT DEAD!

Andy Tattersall

Workshop Objectives

● The anatomy of a blog● Why and what to blog about?(Discussion)● How to set up a blog● Tips on blogging and writing● How to get your writing out there

The anatomy of a blog (1)

Banner

About your blog

Static pages

Your posts

Subscribe

Twitter Feed

Social media buttons

Tags

Followers

Image - with CC Attribution

The anatomy of a blog (2)

Visitors

Buttons - Mendeley

LibraryThing widget

Search your posts

rss feed

Archive by date

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LinksArchive by tags

http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2015/04/08/using-the-5-ws-to-communicate-your-research/

Group Discussion - What to blog about?

Image CC BY 2.0 http://bit.ly/1Lmsf0f Dean Hochman

What to blog about?Any creative outputs - presentations, papers, videos,

podcasts, anything…Updates from you, your colleagues, your service. New

members of staff, those leaving, qualifications, changes to service.

Professional ideas, essays, thoughts.New materials, resources, additions to your library

service.Things you find interesting/amusing/informative -

book, technology, film reviews.

Setting up your blog

● Create a discoverable - catchy title for your blog

● Give editing rights to contributors - rather than one master log in

● Spread the workload● Stockpile/schedule your posts● Make it as comprehensive/simple as

you wish (library service blog will have more links/ peripheral content)

Images

CC SearchFlickr CC SearchYour own imagesGoogle CC Search

Analytics

Blog about what you know

http://bit.ly/1UEIfoC

http://cnn.it/1igIOEa

849 for video229 for Facebook232 for Twitter270 for ‘social media’

Includes research on and using these technologies

http://impact.ref.ac.uk/CaseStudies/CaseStudy.aspx?Id=21967

http://www.elsevier.com/about/press-releases/corporate/elsevier-acquires-media-monitoring-company-newsflo

http://www.altmetric.com/blog/moreover/

http://www.altmetric.com/sources-blogs.php

Record a Lay Summary of your work and blog it

Image CC BY 2.0 http://bit.ly/1xLqbJB Francois Schnell

Blogging is not all about textual content

Digital Science Guest Blog http://bit.ly/1EZmFEj

CILIP Blog http://bit.ly/1CoUrja

Jobs.ac.uk Digital Blog - http://bit.ly/1ODQLxl

Essential tips for your blogLimit hyperlinks - Keep them on your blog, not somewhere else.Start strong - A good title to lure the reader.State the purpose of the piece from the first few lines for a news item. Use images to break up the text.Share via any social media links you have.Make your content Creative Commons so it can be reposted easily

with attribution.Enjoy writing, don’t make it a chore.Ask colleagues/friends to peer review your work if you are lacking

confidence.Link and integrate your blog to any formal web presences you haveModerate your commentsKeep it regular

Any Questions???

a.tattersall@sheffield.ac.uk

@andy_tattersall