If you, like me, thought all blogs were good for was funny cat pictures and political trolling, then you’re in for a surprise. These days’ blogs are being used by everyone from the suit and tie business man discussing the price of gold, to the guy in his mom’s basement analyzing the many flaws of “The Phantom Menace”. Blogs are being used to spread information, and share opinions on almost any subject you can imagine.
I think blogging is a great tool. Before I applied for school at red river I viewed several library blogs just to see what the average day was like for a library tech. Blogs are excellent even if all you aim to do is keep friends in touch with the happenings of your life. I have not had a blog for about 8 years but I did have a lot of fun with my blog in high school and still enjoy reading my friends blogs. My only problem with blogs is the fact that they rely solely on the authors’ motivation, which can be a great thing, or a bad thing.
I think there is still plenty of room for blogs to grow, and be utilized by library staff. However, if nobody at the library is particularly inclined to update the blog regularly, they may want to look at other options. Librarians know how hard it can be to advertise for a library so I think they should be taking advantage of the blogging opportunity. On most sites it costs nothing to set up an account, and really how hard is it to update it once a week. If librarians truly want to get the word out to people I think they can find a half hour a week to write a blog. I think this is especially true for the public libraries, but can be applied to all types.
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