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He’s an award winner and an information
professional at the leading edge of where the
industry is going. Roddy MacLeod tells IWR about
his involvement in trailblazing blogging
BLOGOSPHEREInformation professionals guiding you to the best bits of the blogosphere
HTTP://BLOG.IWR.CO.UK23
WWW.IWR.CO.UK INFORMATION WORLD REVIEW JANUARY 2008
Q Where is your blog or
blogs?
A There’s the Heriot-
Watt Library blog
Spineless (at http://
hwlibrary.wordpress.com)
and News from
TicTocs
(http://tictocsnews. wordpress.com).
TicTocs is a JISC-funded project to
develop a service to transform journal
current awareness. There’s also a
private library staff blog I created to
post details of anything of interest, a
private TicTocs project blog for the
project consortium, and a blog in
Emerge, another JISC project
(http://elgg.jiscemerge.org.uk/roddym/
weblog). I also write a fun pseudo-
travel blog, which I’m too
embarrassed to reveal to any but
close friends.
Q Describe your blog?
A Spineless provides news, views,
information and advice on Heriot-
Watt Library’s resources and services.
We try to create eye-catching subject
lines and write posts from the
reader’s perspective, explaining what
they may gain from whatever is under
discussion. There have been posts
about e-book services, open access,
useful web tools, and even what we
did over the summer. In the future I
hope to get some students involved
in posting.
News from
TicTocs keeps
stakeholders
updated with
the project’s
progress. We’re
currently busy
with technical
development,
so most of the
posts have
been about journal table of contents’
RSS feeds.
Q How long have you been blogging?
A Since 2005.
Q What started you off?
A I discovered by chance that there
were several hundred bloggers
claiming to be located in the Heard
and McDonald Islands, which are
actually uninhabited. It seemed such
a ludicrous yet free-thinking idea that
people could locate themselves
virtually, anywhere, and then write
blogs (some of which supposedly
describe life in those islands) that I
got hooked. Later, I realised there
was also a serious side to blogging.
Q Do you comment on other blogs
and what is the value of doing so?
A I have some RSS feeds
for search terms such as
TicTocs, which allow me
to monitor any blog that
mentions the project, and
I comment on those
posts, often just to thank
them for their interest.
I also make occasional
comments on one or two
other library and
information blogs, if I
think I can add anything
to the discussion.
With respect to fun
blogs, comments
encourage the bloggers,
so I regularly contribute
to a handful.
Q How does your
organisation benefit
from your presence in
the blogosphere?
A The Spineless blog is one way to
market the library, give it a higher
profile, and make sure that expensive
resources are exploited. News from
TicTocs is, I hope, building interest in
the future service.
Q How does it help your career?
A I think bloggers are scratching the
surface of what may be achieved in
the future, and it’s exciting to be
involved in all this. Also, the best way
to develop and learn is at the coalface.
Q What good things have happened
to you solely because of blogging?
A Blogging has helped me keep up to
date with new trends, and my circle
of virtual friends has increased. It has
also, I hope, made me aware of
writing things
that will
interest readers,
rather than just
myself.
Q Work aside,
which blogs do
you read just
for fun?
A Blogs that
are located on
uninhabited
islands, and Silversprite
(www.silversprite.com) because its
author is an eccentric with a good
photographic eye. ■
Which bloggers do you
watch, link to and why?
I hate to admit that I monitor
250 feeds via Bloglines, but some
of these are RSS feeds rather
than blogs. I regularly check
Phil Bradley’s blog (at
http://philbradley.typeapad.com)
because he’s completely on top of
things; Really Simple Sidi
(http://rafaelsidi.blogspot.com)
because Rafael Sidi often has new
and informed angles on things of
interest; CleverClogs
(www.cleverclogs.org) in the hope
that I can understand Marjolein
Hoekstra’s posts (which recently
included the following: “Twitter to
Skype Mood Message using
Twype”); UK Web Focus
(http://ukwebfocus.wordpress.com)
because Brian Kelly is informative
and amusing; and Lorcan Dempsey
(http://orweblog.oclc.org) because
he’s a big thinker.
Peter Scott’s Library Blog
(http://xrefer.blogspot.com)
contains lots of news items of
interest. Maeve’s Blog
(http://maeverest.blogspot.com)
is interesting, and, of course, the
IWR blog (http://blog.iwr.co.uk) to
keep up with industry news.
023_IWR_Jan08.QXP 18/12/07 11:44 Page 23

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  • 1. He’s an award winner and an information professional at the leading edge of where the industry is going. Roddy MacLeod tells IWR about his involvement in trailblazing blogging BLOGOSPHEREInformation professionals guiding you to the best bits of the blogosphere HTTP://BLOG.IWR.CO.UK23 WWW.IWR.CO.UK INFORMATION WORLD REVIEW JANUARY 2008 Q Where is your blog or blogs? A There’s the Heriot- Watt Library blog Spineless (at http:// hwlibrary.wordpress.com) and News from TicTocs (http://tictocsnews. wordpress.com). TicTocs is a JISC-funded project to develop a service to transform journal current awareness. There’s also a private library staff blog I created to post details of anything of interest, a private TicTocs project blog for the project consortium, and a blog in Emerge, another JISC project (http://elgg.jiscemerge.org.uk/roddym/ weblog). I also write a fun pseudo- travel blog, which I’m too embarrassed to reveal to any but close friends. Q Describe your blog? A Spineless provides news, views, information and advice on Heriot- Watt Library’s resources and services. We try to create eye-catching subject lines and write posts from the reader’s perspective, explaining what they may gain from whatever is under discussion. There have been posts about e-book services, open access, useful web tools, and even what we did over the summer. In the future I hope to get some students involved in posting. News from TicTocs keeps stakeholders updated with the project’s progress. We’re currently busy with technical development, so most of the posts have been about journal table of contents’ RSS feeds. Q How long have you been blogging? A Since 2005. Q What started you off? A I discovered by chance that there were several hundred bloggers claiming to be located in the Heard and McDonald Islands, which are actually uninhabited. It seemed such a ludicrous yet free-thinking idea that people could locate themselves virtually, anywhere, and then write blogs (some of which supposedly describe life in those islands) that I got hooked. Later, I realised there was also a serious side to blogging. Q Do you comment on other blogs and what is the value of doing so? A I have some RSS feeds for search terms such as TicTocs, which allow me to monitor any blog that mentions the project, and I comment on those posts, often just to thank them for their interest. I also make occasional comments on one or two other library and information blogs, if I think I can add anything to the discussion. With respect to fun blogs, comments encourage the bloggers, so I regularly contribute to a handful. Q How does your organisation benefit from your presence in the blogosphere? A The Spineless blog is one way to market the library, give it a higher profile, and make sure that expensive resources are exploited. News from TicTocs is, I hope, building interest in the future service. Q How does it help your career? A I think bloggers are scratching the surface of what may be achieved in the future, and it’s exciting to be involved in all this. Also, the best way to develop and learn is at the coalface. Q What good things have happened to you solely because of blogging? A Blogging has helped me keep up to date with new trends, and my circle of virtual friends has increased. It has also, I hope, made me aware of writing things that will interest readers, rather than just myself. Q Work aside, which blogs do you read just for fun? A Blogs that are located on uninhabited islands, and Silversprite (www.silversprite.com) because its author is an eccentric with a good photographic eye. ■ Which bloggers do you watch, link to and why? I hate to admit that I monitor 250 feeds via Bloglines, but some of these are RSS feeds rather than blogs. I regularly check Phil Bradley’s blog (at http://philbradley.typeapad.com) because he’s completely on top of things; Really Simple Sidi (http://rafaelsidi.blogspot.com) because Rafael Sidi often has new and informed angles on things of interest; CleverClogs (www.cleverclogs.org) in the hope that I can understand Marjolein Hoekstra’s posts (which recently included the following: “Twitter to Skype Mood Message using Twype”); UK Web Focus (http://ukwebfocus.wordpress.com) because Brian Kelly is informative and amusing; and Lorcan Dempsey (http://orweblog.oclc.org) because he’s a big thinker. Peter Scott’s Library Blog (http://xrefer.blogspot.com) contains lots of news items of interest. Maeve’s Blog (http://maeverest.blogspot.com) is interesting, and, of course, the IWR blog (http://blog.iwr.co.uk) to keep up with industry news. 023_IWR_Jan08.QXP 18/12/07 11:44 Page 23