Trial by Fire, or Blog

"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times..." Can I quote Charles Dickens if I don't use proper format here? What is the APA or MLA rule for blogging? Post if you know the answer.


Blog Entry #1 (#1!!!)

I have been a little slow in joining the "blogging world", and I have a feeling that the majority of our students may think we are a little behind the times. My mother told me I didn't always have to do things that "everyone" else was doing, but sure enough, here I am. Just like that time in high school...

Even the reputable media have been taking blogs seriously, and the authors of these blogs, not surprisingly, are amazed at how news reports, research, court cases, and other media have been including them in the analysis of world events. It is, after all, just one person's opinon on a subject, and whether or not that person is an authority is questionable.

I certainly don't claim to be an authority on anything, but as I tell students, I may not know the answers, but I can figure out where to find them. This will be a posting of those questions, problems, or concerns, that may cross my desk on a daily basis. Controversial? Scandalous? I don't know if I will be shaking up the media, or our campus with my posts, and whether or not you choose to take my ponderings seriously (I am a librarian with a sense of humor!) is up to you. Some of the topics may be of a serious nature, but mostly about the happenings at our little northwest Iowa library, our surrounding communities, and our world, on occasion. If you have suggestions for issues you would like to read about, I will do my best to accommodate. If it's an emergent need, you might want to email or call--but remember (as a wise woman once told me):

"No one ever died from a library emergency."


Blogging through the stacks-

Rhonda