Weblogs: Their use and application in science and technology libraries

• Reichardt, R., & Harder, G. (2005). Weblogs: Their use and application in science and technology libraries. Science & Technology Libraries.25(3), 105-116. doi: 10.1300/J122v25n03_07
  

Reading several articles published for library blogs, most authors commended blogging is useful and helpful in term of its ease of use and publication. You don't need HTML knowledge or go through complex peer reviewing before publishing.

Blogging has been used by academic libraries mainly as a substitute of sending newsletters or current awareness services, and it's not expected to be a social networking space to discuss library issues. Librarians play a role of an information couch in a course based social network such as Moodle. Virtual reference desks are also popular options. This article is a rare article to discuss course based blogging and virtual reference desks.

At Waikato, A Science Subject Liaison Librarian has been working for Scince Virtual Reference Desk, and Education Library has a Virtual Reference Desk, and Law Library has similar virtual services including chatting via Skype. We already have many subject based library blog services. So how about blogging for generic tutorials? How does it work?