Quoting Shelley Powers –
“If Shakespeare had been a weblogger, Romeo would find Juliet after she took poison and would have been so overcome with emotion he would have blogged about finding Juliet dead and would have taken so long that Juliet would have awoken and Romeo wouldn’t have killed himself, and they would have married and had kids and his and her weblogs… and everything.”
Blogging seems to be very much in the news nowadays. Everyone seems to be blogging these days — from students, IT consultants, executives, scientists and reporters to patients and librarians. So, this space welcomes contributors who wish to share their opinions and experiences pertaining to the HSS community, academic libraries and information world.
Some pointers –
- Keep it conversational and light
- Know your audience and write to them
- Blogs are highly time-sensitive so currency is critical
- Anecdotes are encouraged and expected
- Use links to refer to relevant information
- Be succinct and break-up the text – which encourages ‘scanning’
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