Aknauta
01-05-2003, 04:09 PM
infotoday.com
The Blog Realm:
News Sources, Searching with Daypop, and Content Management
by Greg R. Notess
Reference Librarian, Montana State University
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Like to browse, surf, wander, and explore the Web? It is easy to find many interesting nooks and crannies during the process, yet remembering the URLs for each is a daunting task. Bookmark lists and favorites can help, but too often they just expand too quickly, soon becoming unmanageable. And they are individual, designed for a single user to keep track of items, rather than a tool for adding and sharing notes and commentary with the entire Net community.
Enter the Web log. Quickly conjugated to "Weblog," the shift of a space makes "we blog," and the shortened version is "blog." It has become the "in" technology of the moment on the Net. While at first glance, a blog may appear to be little more than an online diary of oft-uninteresting personal opinion and seemingly random links, there is much more to the blogging world of which the information professional should be aware.
the peoples newslinks (http://www.infotoday.com/online/sep02/OnTheNet.htm)
The Blog Realm:
News Sources, Searching with Daypop, and Content Management
by Greg R. Notess
Reference Librarian, Montana State University
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Like to browse, surf, wander, and explore the Web? It is easy to find many interesting nooks and crannies during the process, yet remembering the URLs for each is a daunting task. Bookmark lists and favorites can help, but too often they just expand too quickly, soon becoming unmanageable. And they are individual, designed for a single user to keep track of items, rather than a tool for adding and sharing notes and commentary with the entire Net community.
Enter the Web log. Quickly conjugated to "Weblog," the shift of a space makes "we blog," and the shortened version is "blog." It has become the "in" technology of the moment on the Net. While at first glance, a blog may appear to be little more than an online diary of oft-uninteresting personal opinion and seemingly random links, there is much more to the blogging world of which the information professional should be aware.
the peoples newslinks (http://www.infotoday.com/online/sep02/OnTheNet.htm)