Comments on: Special Collections Blogs : Institional Support / Institutional Resistance http://rbmsblogbootcamp.wordpress.com/2008/06/20/special-collections-blogs-institional-support-institutional-resistance/ Blogging for Special Collections Staff Tue, 29 Jul 2008 21:13:16 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Lynne Thomas http://rbmsblogbootcamp.wordpress.com/2008/06/20/special-collections-blogs-institional-support-institutional-resistance/#comment-13 Lynne Thomas Tue, 29 Jul 2008 21:10:44 +0000 http://rbmsblogbootcamp.wordpress.com/?p=17#comment-13 My institution was rather indifferent, since an attempt at a whole-library blog died a horrible death. No one posted to the library blog because access was tightly controlled, no comments were allowed after one spam incidence, and it was decided that no one really had time to maintain another "thing". So it died. My blogging was not really looked at one way or another. As long as it doesn't interfere with my tenure publications, people seem to think it's a reasonable way to continue to promote my department. *shrug* My institution was rather indifferent, since an attempt at a whole-library blog died a horrible death. No one posted to the library blog because access was tightly controlled, no comments were allowed after one spam incidence, and it was decided that no one really had time to maintain another “thing”. So it died.

My blogging was not really looked at one way or another. As long as it doesn’t interfere with my tenure publications, people seem to think it’s a reasonable way to continue to promote my department. *shrug*

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