Thursday, May 15, 2008

Advantages of Library Blogging

Blogging as a means to market libraries and their services



Advantages of library blogging

Promote Library Events: By creating a blog that promotes library events and programs, we offer an opportunity to invite visitors to come back to the library or its website over and over again.


Support Your Dedicated Users: An obvious hit with the library visitors will be finding out what new books, videos, CDs, or DVDs and other materials have been added to the collection such as setting up topics on the blog for each genre: mysteries, horror, science fiction, romance, and so on.


Engage Your Community: Posting new book reviews and book award lists will attract viewers and invite comments and suggestions. Creating an online book discussion is also a great idea. This will allow readers to recommend books to others.


Support Your Community: Librarians are always looking for ways to offer value-added services.


We can offer a special service with the blog and reach a new audience!


Promoting your library's services, resources, and programs online can be a lot easier with the help of a blog.

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