Although I am not part of the official Arcadia Public Library staff, I feel lucky to be able to participate in this Library 2.0 Challenge. In a previous library that I worked in, they had a program very similar to this one, but restricted it to supervisors and people in administration so it's great that everyone is getting involved here. I browsed the topics for this 11-week challenge and I have some experience with most of the programs and sites, but I hope that this challenge will allow me to learn about more of their features and to be more effective. I especially think that it's great that we are introduced to these tools in relation to how they can and should be used to make our library better.
I thought it was very simple to make a blog especially since I have created blogs in the past (only to stop writing in them a couple months later). Picking a name is difficult especially since people don't delete blogs that they have abandoned like Pam suggested we do. Although I have failed at coming up with novel blog ideas in the past, I think that if I had a real purpose and audience (again, from today's lecture) I could become a regular blogger. Obviously a library blog is a perfect example.
I am not as familiar with the patrons of Arcadia Public Library, but if I were to suggest a way to make the library blog a resource that people use more I would think that frequent posts coupled with fun features such as surveys, pictures, and library riddles or jokes is a good start.
See you around the library and in cyberland!
3 comments:
Welcome to the Challenge!
It's good to have someone with an "outside perspective" be a part of this challenge. We value your insights; they may help us to do a better job of reaching out to our patrons.
You have made some great suggestions to improve APL's blog. Part of connecting with the commuity is in keeping the blog not only informative but interesting, involving, and just plain fun as well. Keep up the great work!
I like your suggestions, Narineh. Jokes and things like that might draw people in.
I also think a Riddle of the Week might be a good feature.This would reinforce other fun activities the library provides like Teen Word Search. However, a Riddle of the Week might draw in younger and older patrons as well. The reward is simply the same as solving a puzzle in the newspaper, such as crosswords, suduko puzzles, and word scrambles. People do these things just for the fun of the challenge.
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