developing irish online publishing through blogging

e michelle.dalton@ucd.ie w www.michelledalton.ie t @mishdalton

Michelle Dalton / Liaison Librarian, UCD

#dawal2014Developing

Irish Online PublishingThroughBlogging

(melissa gregg, 2006)

“conversational

scholarship”

november 2011

30+ contributors

1500+ followersopen

editorial policy

300+ posts

libfocusnew voices

the same but different

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collaborating

publishing

blogging

sharing

writinglearning

discussing

creatingreflecting

thinkinginforming

no author guidelinesno word countsno conventionsno restrictionsno formatting

freedom

is not free.

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“one of the most

difficult things is the

first paragraph…

”

gabriel garcía márquez

low pressure

Source: Harald Weinreich et al. (2008) “Not Quite the Average: An Empirical Study of Web Use,” ACM Transactions on the Web, vol. 2, no. 1 (Feb)

on an average web page (593 words) users only stay long enough to read up to 28%  writing for the web is

different

writing for yourself

versuswriting for an

audience

a space to make

mistakes

develop“Most people give up on doing

something new after one or two tries, but normally, six iterations of

making something is enough to get you 90% of the way to

understanding what it is, and how you want to make it.”

Matt Locke, test.org.uk

clarity

personality

greatcan make a good

blog

try it on for size first

thank you

e michelle.dalton@ucd.ie w www.michelledalton.ie t @mishdalton

Michelle Dalton / Liaison Librarian, UCD