[Publib] Library Book Blog

[Jane Jorgenson]

We recently started several blogs at our library, one of which is a book 
blog (www.madisonpubliclibrary.org/madreads).  Each day a review is posted, 
written by one of the staff.  We get comments only occasionally, but I 
think that's the nature of most blogs - unless they're 
controversial.  People are reading the blog.  I can tell that because for 
every book reviewed, there are a few holds placed after the review appears.

Another example of people lurking was with our What's New blog 
(www.madisonpubliclibrary.org/new).  On that one there are almost never any 
comments, but when we recently posted about increased hours at a couple of 
the branches, a dozen different people commented about the change.  They're 
out there, they just wait until they feel strongly about what you've said 
before they'll post a comment.  Sort of like everything else we do. <g>

We did publicize the blogs.

Jane Jorgenson
Madison Public Library
Madison, WI



>Has anyone had good public response doing a book blog – by which I mean a 
>blog linked to the library’s Web site, someone from the library putting in 
>a starting comment about a current book or issue in publishing and 
>inviting comment. I’d like to do it, but I don’t want to be another 
>iteration of something that’s not working in a hundred other locations.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Tom Cooper, Director
>Webster Groves Public Library
>301 E. Lockwood
>Webster Groves, MO 63119
>
>(314) 961-3784
><mailto:tcooper at wgpl.lib.mo.us>tcooper at wgpl.lib.mo.us
>
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