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Blogs versus Wikis

So far, the course is great and I'm getting a lot of great ideas.  One of the main things I learned this week was the difference between a blog and a wiki and the best use of each.  Blogs are best used for discussion threads and the like while wikis are better for multi-part programs, such as tutorials.  I do think that my library would benefit from having several sets of tutorials for patrons and staff on a wiki.  It would certainly prevent some of the repetitive training that we now do for both and allow us to spend more time on the more complex needs of our patrons and our staff.

Cheri Duncan I've had time

Cheri Duncan

I've had time to explore a number of the blogging tools now and I believe that my choice for a blog for my library would be Blogger.  My main reason for this is the integration between Blogger and Google, which is our students favorite search engine by far.  Also, however, because Blogger offers the option of local or hosted versions and it seems pretty straightforward and simple to use.