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- A brief evaluation, touching on all the points in the readings.
- Sign off with the names of the people in your group.
Carol
Sunday, September 20, 2009
Practice Evaluating a Blog
Before doing the assignment on your own of Evaluating a Blog (due October 1st), here's a chance to get some practice applying the criteria, with input from some other classmates.Using the criteria in the course content, in groups of 3, write an evaluation of the blog Library Garden: http://librarygarden.net/
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The name of the blog is Library Garden. It's URL is: http://librarygarden.net/.
ReplyDeleteThe posts are either about new technology, the ALA, or working with teens in public libraries. The initial post is regarding a panel discussion between the editors and authors of a book about interacting with Generation M(illennials). The contributers are all Library Garden contributers. This blog has produced its own book! There are also discussions on gaming as a way of getting teens into libraries, the introduction of WiFi into libraries, the new ALA Connect social network, and educational tidbits that one blogger discovered on twitter.
The managing and contributing editors are either working librarians or university professors. They are all involved in one way or another with different library or technological associations. I wouldn't say that the blog is scholarly or even general. The postings deal with real issues in libraries, mostly how to incorporate changing technologies.
- No group, just me and my cats snuffling about at home, Alison Davidson.
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ReplyDeleteThe Library Garden blog is managed by a team of editors who are mostly professional librarians, occasionally inviting guest editors. They discuss various topics relating to libraries, but tend to focus primarily on the issues surrounding the integration of emerging technologies into existing library systems, and the challenge of keeping libraries and librarians "relevant." Particular focus is given to the challenges that arise when studying these issues in conjunction with teen and youth programming. This blog uses a more practical than academic approach that makes it a far more interesting read.
ReplyDelete--Arien
The http://librarygarden.net/ website is a good place to learn about the different things that are going on in the library world and any issues it is facing. The site is a blog maintained by librarians, so you always have up to date information. It is easy to read aswell, which makes it user-friendly too!
ReplyDelete***Claire
Name of the blog: Library garden
ReplyDeleteURL: - http://librarygarden.net/
Library garden provide a place to share the ideas and experiences about the new things that happen in library profession. Library garden is maintained by a team of editors, most of them are librarians and University Professors. Library garden also offer to participate as occasional guest editor. It gives a platform to professionals exchange their ideas related to all types of libraries. Most posts are related with the emerging trends in the public and academic libraries.
The recent post is a panel discussion between the co-editors and authors of the book ‘Teaching Generation M: A handbook for librarian and educators’. They discussed effects of new technology in library field. One is New ALALearning Post: Finding you voice. It is a great topic and encourages us to think about our style. The other blog give information about CLENERT now it becomes LearnRT , but the mission remains the same. One post gives the five reasons why we need video game programs or circulating video collection in libraries. I find (CogSci Librarian) the post about the Ranganathan’s five laws of the library science (1931). These laws are still relevant for library profession.
Library garden is very user- friendly and interesting.
Just me.
Manjinder
The authority is not just one single author but a group of different authors that are a part of the libraries in the state of New Jersey. On the blog’s website there is an author section that gives details about the different authors and the libraries that they are associated with. This includes links to the libraries that the authors work at. This list includes assistant directors, program coordinators and branch managers. The organisation is, in a sense, the community of libraries that are in the state of New Jersey and the information that each author can gather to create what is presented in the blog Library Garden. The blog is written in a formal style with added links to the different sites of information to allow readers to understand it better. These links include bookstores, libraries, universities and information on important people in the library field. Each link helps highlight the points that each blog or article makes and provides the support and accuracy for the points discussed. The target audience of this blog is the people in the library system as well as people who are involved with books, both the publication and selling of them. The blog is updated almost every few weeks, but the articles are lengthy and cover any topics that would have arisen in the time period between posts.
ReplyDeleteSamantha Brown
Navdeep Khabra
Adrienne Schut
Peter Bromberg, the founder of Library Garden, is the Assistant Director of the South Jersey Regional Library Cooperative. There are 11 contributing authors, including students and library professionals, based in New Jersey. The authors may have biases depending on their library field. The blog is not affiliated to an organization because the team of contributing authors come from varied organizations. The main blog contributors work as high-ranking library officials. The purpose is to communicate current news and new technology within the library community. The blog is formal with a mix of opinions and factual information. Comments are allowed. The sources are reliable because all contributors include links to external websites. The comments come from a wide range of contributors, including professors and the general public interested in library issues. Library Garden is updated frequently. The last post is dated September 11, 2009. New articles are added approximately every few days.
ReplyDeleteLeah, Curtis, Cindy
-Different authors contribute to the blog
ReplyDelete-all affiliated with local libraries within NJ.
-posts are all related to libaries, with linked articles to outside sources; lots of reference to other authors/blogs
-informal approach to how the blog presents thier information
-all posts seem to be within a week or two of one another, with the last post coming about 2 weeks ago
-allows for comments; as long as you enter your name + email. outside users are welcome.
David
Ryan
Melissa
Library Garden.(2009) New Jersey. http://www.librarygarden.net
ReplyDeleteLibrary Garden is a blog maintained by a dozen people from various facets of the library profession in New Jersey. The content varies depending on the blogger's age, role in library service, background, and interests. From posts about academic issues to podcast recommendations, the blog gives a well-rounded view of their library community. As the content was wide-ranging, the responses were as well, but it did seem to come from people in the libraary world. Though it has not been updated since the 11th of September, posts prior to that indicate that it is generally active.
Claire, Adam and Rachel.
The authors are a collection of New Jersey librarians and library students and most of them post their credentials on the blog (as well as author photos and e-mail addresses). It is a formal blog and they cover implementing technology and getting young people into libraries. There are many links to ALA sites, personal websites, articles, and other blogs. They cite everything, so the blog is thoroughly accurate. Their founders are very current and active in the field as well as active bloggers. There are 5, 037 readers!! So this blog is very popular. The most recent postings were September 10th and 11th.
ReplyDelete"Library Garden". (2006). WordPress.com. 24 Sept. 2009. http://librarygarden.net.
- Karen, Peter, Alison.
Authority: Multiple authors with different expertise in the field, ranging from seasoned professionals to doctoral students. Definite pro-library agenda. The first post also promotes a book co-edited by one of the blog contributors
ReplyDeletePublisher/Author Affiliation: No organization is publishing the blog (that we can find) but the authors have affiliations to Universities and Libraries.
Scope/Content: The stated purpose of the blog is to promote conversation between librarians of different field. But the first post is promoting the blogger’s own book leading us to believe some bias and personal agenda may be present. The blog is semi-formal in tone and links to other library/book related blogs.
Accuracy and Reliability: The posts provide links to the original material being discussed, but doesn’t provide official citations.
Audience: The few comments that were posted came from the peers and students of the editor of the book being promoted.
Currency/Volume: Updates appear a few times a month. Last post Sept 11, 2009.
Jana, Taj, Carly
Library Garden
ReplyDeletewww.librarygarden.net
Author check:
-Several contributors, all with library backgrounds and proper credentials.
-Various affiliations with libraries and universities. Searched confirmed these findings.
Publisher:
None. Independently written and edited.
Content:
-By and for library professionals. The purpose is to cultivate libraries and ensure they remain essential services.
Reliablility:
-Links are provided to sources.
Audience:
-Other Lib. professionals, and others involved.
-Comments allowed, and replied to.
Volume:
-Updated a few times a month. Last update was Sept. 11/09
By: Krystyna N., Steinunn B., Momoko I.
The blog is authored by a group of librarians in New Jersey. The about us section talks about each of them. We checked one of the authors on a search--Peter Bromberg and found that he was mentioned in Library Journal. So we would consider the site authentic.
ReplyDeleteMany of the authors of the blog are associated with ALA or the New Jersey Association.
The tone is in-between formal and informal. There are some opinions, but seem to be well thought out. There is a focus on current events in the library community and other topics as they interest a particular person who assists in the blog. This blog also connects to other good blogs.
Heather Wallace
Steph Quon
Lisa Conceicao
The Library Garden
ReplyDeletehttp://librarygarden.net/
All contributors are library management employees of New Jersey. There is no supporting website, Library Garden is run by the contributors themselves. The mission of Library Garden is to "ensure the health and relevance of libraries" (http://librarygarden.net/about/).
The blog has a formal appearance but the content is easily accessable to all visitors. Anyone can comment, but everyone cannot post. The posts have both opinions and facts. References are included in each post where necessary.
Library Garden is directed towards an academic audience but it is still interesting to all. The blog was nicely organized and you could access posts by subject, date or author. There was also a long list of blogs that the contributors also like. The blog is updated regularly with one posting per week.
Kim, Carmela and Hardeep
Group #1:
ReplyDeleteThe Authorities for Library Garden are all working professional or students in the library field. Their profiles contain links to additional information on their backgrounds (such as links to institutions). Since they are all affiliated with different institutions no particular bias is reflected in teh posts.
Library Garden is not affiliated with any particular organization. It is hosted by Wordpress.com. Most posters seem to be from New Jersey.
The purpose of the blog is to promote conversation between libarians. The focus seems to be emerging technologies and their impact on the library field. The blog is mostly informal, especially in that anyone can comment. The majority of the comments seem to be coming from professionals in the library field. Library Garden posts links to other blogs, books, journal articles, and newspapers.
Most topics of conversation are sourced to the original website or book or article or blog through a hypertext link.
The blog audience is generally professionals in the library field. It is about par with other blogs of its type of similar subject.
Library Garden is updated semi-regularly; often several times a month, usually at least once per month.
Thank you taking the time to evaluate our blog. If you have any suggestions or feedback to make it better or more relevant to you please let us know. You can email the LG blogging team at librarygarden[at]gmail.com.
ReplyDeleteBest wishes with your studies!
-Pete
It's important.Thanks for taking the time to respond. Really. Means a bit chum. Be well.Later.
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