TITLE

TALKIN' BLOGS

AUTHOR(S)

Kenney, Brian; Stephens, Michael

PUB. DATE

October 2005

SOURCE

Library Journal;10/1/2005, Vol. 130 Issue 16, p38

SOURCE TYPE

Trade Publication

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

Presents comments from several library professionals who write blogs. Impact that writing a blog has on their professional career; Things that they write about in their blogs; Ethics of bloggers; How blogs are used by libraries; Reasons for blogging and its importance; What make a blog interesting to read.

ACCESSION #

18483813

Tags: BLOGS;  DIARIES;  WEBSITES;  LIBRARIES;  ETHICS

 

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