WEBLOGGING Presentation

Speaker:

Terry Huwe - Director of Library and Information Resources- UC Berkeley

Date: Thursday, January 13, 2005
Time: 3:30 - 5:00 PM
Location: Orange Conference Room, Bldg 40
Goodies: Tea and cookies provided

It seems everywhere you look these days, people are talking and thinking about Blogging. But just how relevant is Blogging? Is it just another "transitional" technology, or is it here to stay? Terry Huwe will explore these questions, covering what Blogs are, how they work, and what their value points are. This talk will explore both the "big picture"--how Blogs fit into the "information ecologies" of today's organizations--as well as the basic technical skills you need to get started. Attendees will learn what the top Blogging products are and how to find out more about them, what's new and emerging in the Blogosphere, and how to make strategic, informed decisions for evaluating Blogging as an information management tool.

About the Speaker:

Terry Huwe is Director of Library and Information Resources at the Institute of Industrial Relations Library, at the University of California, Berkeley. Prior to his appointment in 1989, he worked for private law libraries in San Francisco, California. He is a frequent presenter at Internet Librarian USA and Computers in Libraries. Since 2002, he has been a Columnist with Computers in Libraries magazine, covering Digital Library Issues, and has also been a frequent contributor to ONLINE magazine. He is President of the Librarians Association of the University of California, which is formally charged to advise the University administration on matters of library policy.