FW: [WEB4LIB] Re: To blog, to chat, to message board, that is the

[Kevil, L H.]

OK, gang, now that this topic has been breached, could I ask for
recommendations regarding message board software suitable for our library's
web users group? Anything goes, from FrontPage Discussion Webs to
sophisticated boards like the Anandtech Community or the OCWorkbench forums,
provided it works well for you.  TIA,

Hunter

L. Hunter Kevil
Collection Development Librarian
176 Elmer Ellis Library
University of Missouri-Columbia
Columbia, MO 65201

KevilL at missouri.edu
573-884-8760 voice
573-882-6034 facsimile

-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew Mutch [mailto:amutch at waterford.lib.mi.us]
Sent: Friday, January 18, 2002 8:54 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: [WEB4LIB] Re: To blog, to chat, to message board, that is the 


David,

The primary difference is in the style of communicaton.

A blog is typically the personal postings of an individual on their own web
site. You can read their postings like a journal entry. Some of the bogs
also provide an opportunity for reader comment.

Chat is normally one-to-one or one-to-many communication in real-time.

A message board is the merging of the two. On a message board, people can
post comments and others can respond to those.  It's not as instantaneous as
chat and not as personalized as a blog.

Of course, these are all broad generalizations! I hope that helps.

Andrew Mutch
Library Systems Technician
Waterford Township Public Library
Waterford, MI

David Merchant wrote:

> Alright, for the prematurely senile, like me, what is the difference
> between blog, chat and a message board? Seems precious little to me, but
> then, I'm being prematurely senile...
>
> TTFN,
> David
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