Target Audience: Librarians interested in blogging and publishing
Learning Outcomes: 1. Participants will gain skills to craft postings that could be used to present the librarian community in a professional manner through other publishing mediums. 2. Participants will learn how to use law library/blogger community views and input to better hone their writing style and tone.
Greg Lambert, a prolific blogger and tweeter in the library community, routinely imparts his views and knowledge on a variety of cutting-edge topics that help keep the busy librarian informed. A frequent contributor to 3 Geeks and a Law blog, Mark Gediman is known for his thoughtful commentary sure to provoke discussion on posted topics. Their presentation will use the example of an August 2009 cost recovery blog post being turned into a March 2010 AALL Spectrum article by Gediman. The presenters will explain their experiences of turning what started as a simple posting into an article for publication and beyond.