http://burbanklibrary.blogspot.com/
I visited a few library weblogs and I see the advantages of them but also some disadvantages. It looks like Burbank began their blog pretty recently, September 07. There has been alot of work done to it, stuff posted and multiple categories developed. It appears that several people contribute to it, one person seems to post everything on a given page so they must have their areas of responsibility. The main blog page is a listing of upcoming community events that have been posted by many different people–maybe the event holders?
This blog is aimed at the general public, library users, adults and children. It has been kept up well, it is up to date and has been posted to pretty regularly, although the pictures in the Flickr picture link are from Summer 07–time to update those, I think.
I like the fact that the blog is informative and people can respond to it. At this time, however, I could find only one comment made to any of the postings. Blogging’s draw seems to be that it is a website designed to be interactive, which is great. I guess the question is how long should the time and energy be spent inputting information if there are no comments being made. In that case, should the librarians just stick with the website? As to that, I was disappointed that there was no clear link to the blog from the Burbank Public Library website, I found it by accident under the heading “news and reviews.” If they really want the blog to take off, I’d suggest a clear direct link from the website.
