I borrowed this from my workplace library. I was interested in looking it over since we are planning on implementing a blog at work. For me, a lot of the information in it is material that I already know or have seen in other online sources. Therein lies a weakness of the book, or pretty much any book about online tools like blogs: by the time it hits print, a lot of it is already outdated or the conditions online have changed. The coverage of Blogger is a good example given Blogger's recent changes. So, that is why I gave it only two stars.

However, I will say that for people who have minimal knowledge of blogs and rss that this book would provide an excellent jump point. It has a lot of visual elements as well as good explanations. For libraries considering a blog and that have not seen a lot of this phenomena, the book is a good resource. However, for veterans, odds are good you already know what's in it. ( )

Libro que sirve de guía para aprender los conceptos básicos en la creación de blogs utilizando Blogger. El autor explica claramente la historia de los "feeds", su funciomiento y como recuperarlos con un agregador. ( )

This is a practical guide to using blogs and RSS. For blogging, he reviews several of the better known blogs and bloggers, and he goes into detail describing how to create a blog using Blogger. For RSS, he provides some history of the format and its development, and he describes how to create a feed. He also lists some good feeds. ( )

A great book for learning the basics of blogging and RSS technology. Not only does Sauers show how blogging and RSS can be used in a library context, he also provides step by step instructions for creating, publishing and syndicating a blog.

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