DCPLive

One library’s experienceorganizing, writing, maintaining

and promoting its blog

http://dcplive.dekalblibrary.orghttp://www.dekalblibrary.org

Jimmy Lo: loh@dekalblibrary.orgNolan Reynolds: reynoldsn@dekalblibrary.org

Overview

• How we started

• Developing a system

• Writer’s block

• Getting the word out

• How are we doing?

From the Roots…

• Before the blog

• New Librarians’ ideas

• “Why do we need a blog?”

• Test phase

We Need a System!

• Who posts on what days?

• A rotating moderator

• Proof-reading process

• Dealing with comments

Writer’s Block!

• Sharing ideas on RefRap

• Does every post have to be about the library?

Getting the Word Out

• Internal promotion

• External promotion– Bookmarks– Script on the homepage

How Are We Doing?

• Gauging traffic

• Comments from patrons

Thank You!!!

http://dcplive.dekalblibrary.org/

http://www.dekalblibrary.org/

Jimmy Lo: loh@dekalblibrary.org

Nolan Reynolds: reynoldsn@dekalblibrary.org