Achives and blogs

The book for the LIBR 284 class "Web 2.0 Tools" by Kate Theimer gives a really good break down on how archives should implement a blog and what they should expect from doing so. The archive should consider what they are going to blog about and how often they will do it. I like that she also pointed out that an archive should not be afraid to change how the blog is being done if it does not seem to be working that well.

The San Diego Historical Center uses Facebook as their main blog. While it uses it to post about new collections or special events, it mostly uses it ask trivia questions about San Diego's history. This is great way to get people interested in what the archive houses. It also allows the archive to keep generating posts when they do not have much to post about otherwise. 

The lack of consistent posts is what will kill a blog. If the SDHC did not do those trivia questions, I am sure people would not try to keep track of their posts and they would lose out on the point of having the blog. I do not know how many people actually go to someone's wall to see all of their posts or just look at the most recent posts from the list of friends.

Starting again

I am starting a new blog for my LIBR 284 class, as my last one was hosted on Professor Ebey's site for LIBR 240. I think I enjoy setting up a blog more than actually writing one. I like to see all the different options I have for the blog and what changes I can make. The name for blog is the translation of my last name. Taka(i) is tall or expensive and Sugi is (Japanese) Cedar.