Learning the Value of Blogs!

While checking into one of the blogs I liked—The Guardian newspaper in London—I discovered a new book site devoted to offering excerpts from books, flash fiction and poetry. Ursula LeGuin is one of the founding members.

Needless to say, I have added it to my list.

It is called the Book View Cafe

And now on to what I am supposed to be discussing here.

I enjoyed Library 2. It seems that a library should change with the times or even ahead of the times. Language must change, adapt and develop in order to stay alive, so it makes sense that libraries, these cathedrals of language, should also change, adapt and develop in order to stay alive and be of service to the public.

After checking out the blogs from various libraries in the country, I have to say that this looks like the way for Jacksonville to get people interested in the library and what we have to offer.

The SJCPL Subject Guides interested me, since I had a customer who wanted to know if she could find out what fiction we had that was set in the 18th century. A blog with that type of information could be helpful to those who simply want to read historical novels of a specific period. Fairfax County Library has a list of popular fiction, although I noticed that the readers did not post any reviews!

Hi-Tech Stuff

There were some interesting links and information about phishing and other such scams on the internet.

I sent an email to someone I did not know and was astonished to be told by my email service that the address was suspected of being a home for phishing scams. So I promptly dropped that email. I get enough of the ones from strange banks asking for account information or telling me I am about to receive millions if I will just comply with their wishes.

A new type of article called a charticle is now making its appearance. Apparently, it is a compilation of text, images, and graphics that are taking the place of articles. According to my source (Freelance Writer's Report for November), these are appearing in the Florida Times-Union among other papers. See www.grumpyeditor.com if you want to keep up with what's happening in the newspaper world.

So, we are supposed to be writing three blogs this week. Or last week. Well, this is the second one, but I am not entirely certain what the third one should have been about.

Just hold on, folks, for the next instalment when all will be revealed.