First Posting

Greetings Cyberworld!

This is the first posting from the DeForest Bookrat. Creation of this blog was / is an assignment from Project Play! Using blogs in the public library is the assignment and the myriad uses this type of communication can be used for in the public library arena. Well, off the top of my head, I can think of a couple. This is a great way to communicate more frequently than say a weekly newspaper column -- which I do now. Blogging on a regular, dare I suggest, daily basis, could alert the library's users about new books, and other media as items arrive rather than gathered into a weekly pile and delivered in print. Same thing holds true for news items that would go into a print newsletter. As things are planned, they can be blogged. Postings from the library on the blog would also be a good way of letting blog readers know what is happening that day at the library. And then there's the whole advantage of two way communication. The blog allows library users to ask questions, make comments on programs, or ask for specific titles and specific types of programs. This could be the greatest communication device since sliced bread(Well, I guess sliced bread isn't actually much of a communication device unless you toast it and scrape off the brown bits to write your message.) for public libraries who want to communicate with the public [which, let's face it, isn't all public libraries]. Anyway, I'm glad to have been pushed to give this a try.