Hi Perry
That's quite a timely question.
Here at UKOLN, a national centre of expertise in digital information
managed, we have recently launched a blog aimed at the cultural heritage
sector:
http://blogs.ukoln.ac.uk/cultural-heritage/
A guest post on "The Black Art of Blogging" by Catriona Cardie, Marketing
Director, Our Dynamic Earth gives a report on a 1-day workshop organised by
UKOLN on “An Introduction To Blogs And Social Networks For Heritage
Organisations”. In her post she addresses a number of the isssues raised in
your initial message and subsequent replies.
UKOLN also recently launched a series of IntroByte briefing documents,
which include a number which address various issues related to the provion
of blogs - see
http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/cultural-heritage/documents/#blogs
I hope these resources will help to address some of the issues you've raised.
Note in particular the question as to "what's the point of a museum blog" is
one we're addressed at our blogging workshops on a number of occassions.
The various suggestions made have been included in a document on "Use of
Blogs in Museums" which is available at
http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/cultural-heritage/documents/briefing-4/html/
Good luck with your plans
Brian Kelly, UKOLN
On Fri, 16 Jan 2009 11:18:33 +0000, Bonewell, Perry
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>Hello everyone,
>
>Do any local authority museums publish an official blog?
>
>I am hoping to set one up and would be interested to hear from anyone
>who has had a go.
>
>Apart from links to active examples I would also be interested to hear
>how receptive councils are to the idea and if there are any issues that
>need to be considered.
>
>Please respond to me off line if you would prefer.
>
>Perry Bonewell
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