RE: [Web4lib] Successful book discussion blogs, anyone?

[Darci Hanning]

I too have thought that the inherent structure of online forums are better suited for ongoing, online discussions. Blogs are great for what they do but they don't (IMO) foster discussion among participants as well as forums can.

Cheers,
Darci


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-----Original Message-----
From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org [mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of David Rothman
Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2007 12:28 PM
To: Jami Haskell
Cc: Abramson, Alicia;Web4lib at webjunction.org
Subject: Re: [Web4lib] Successful book discussion blogs, anyone?

Might a forum perhaps be a more powerful tool for facilitating book discussion than a blog?

On 7/12/07, Jami Haskell <jamihaskell at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Great question, Alicia! I would be interested in these responses as well.
> We are hoping to implement blogs for book discussions in the very near 
> future!
> Best,
> Jami Haskell
>
>
> On 7/12/07, Abramson, Alicia <AAbramson at ci.berkeley.ca.us> wrote:
> >
> > Does anyone have an example of a library-based book discussion blog 
> > that you would identify as successful?  We are doing our second 
> > attempt at one here at the Berkeley Public Library for our "Reading in Common"
> > (i.e. citywide book reading) event:
> > http://www.berkeleypubliclibrary.org/readingincommon/
> >
> > Last year's blog had a total of 8 comments over a 4 month 
> > period...and I would like to see a more engaged discussion this year.
> >
> > I would like to learn more about what the ingredients are of a 
> > successful online book discussion, and how have others managed to 
> > successfully engage their communities in the usage of blogs for book 
> > discussions.
> >
> >
> >
> > Alicia
> >