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Presented at the 2013 Pacific Northwest Association of Church Libraries (PNACL) annual conference at Northwest Nazarene University in Nampa, Idaho.
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LEAFING OUT:CREATING A LIBRARY WEBSITE USING SIMPLE ONLINE TOOLSAnn Pool2013 PNACL ConferenceNampa, Idaho
Agenda Setting up a blog for a library website Setting up LibraryThing to catalog library
books Why combine them? Things you can do with LibraryThing
widgets on your website One example in a bit more detail, and
where you can go for others Questions/ideas/discussion
Why use these tools? Easy to get started and use Free or very cheap Tend to be updated frequently so
they stay looking modern
Flickr user: secretlondon123 License: CC BY-SA 2.0
A couple of catches Blogs tend to make it obvious if you
don’t post regularly Can be tough to customize if you decide
you want to
Busted!
Setting up a blog Start at http:www.blogger.com It’s owned by Google, so if you have
a Google account all you have to do is sign in
If not, click the “Sign Up” button in the corner
Setting up a blog: Google profile Next option: create a Google+ profile
or create a Blogger profile?
Setting up a blog: Create the blog All you need for now is to click “New
Blog.”
Setting up a blog: Create the blog All you need to do for now is add a
title and address, and choose a template.
Setting up your blog: First post Think of it as typing in a word
processor You can preview what it will look like,
and publish the post when you’re ready
Setting up your blog: Main page Just a quick look at the page where
you’ll find links to customize your blog. You’ll use “Layout” and “Template” for that.
Getting help with Blogger Google help for Blogger: https://
support.google.com/blogger Blogger tour: overview https://
www.blogger.com/tour_start.g YouTube video: how to create a blog on
Blogger http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rA4s3wN_vK8
BloggerHelp’s YouTube channel http://www.youtube.com/user/BloggerHelp?feature=watch
Setting up LibraryThing Sign up at
http://www.librarything.com Click “Join Now” and fill out a few
fields
LibraryThing: Add books The easiest way is to search for the
book using the ISBN if available, or title and author
Getting help with LibraryThing LibraryThing quick start page http://
www.librarything.com/quickstart.php LibraryThing help http://
www.librarything.com/wiki/index.php/Help_and_FAQ
LibraryThing training video on YouTube (created by a user) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8d5gHiCzN8k
Putting them together Many websites simply link to
LibraryThing Another option: add widgets to your site
Widget: a small application that gets added to a web page (or another location like your desktop)
Keep people on your website Add useful features like reading and
resource lists
Reading and resource lists
How-to video:http://youtu.be/g4lD0EIz9K8
Book blurbs
How-to video:http://youtu.be/PRf6aqJaJI0
Subject and author displays
How-to video:http://youtu.be/P31ap-AFHTQ
Search box
How-to video:http://youtu.be/1ToeZ5O4Fr4
Questions? Email: [email protected] Church library website: http://
crossandcrownrentonlibrary.blogspot.com
YouTube how-to tutorials: http://www.youtube.com/user/girlwsquirrel
My LinkedIn profile: http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=6935388
