Getting to this point was harder than it should have been: not because my Library was unsupportive, not because the instructions were unclear, not because it was at all difficult! Only because our Parent Organisation cares about the security of our IT and most of the sites were blocked!
Our Queen worked hard, sending requests to unblock pertinent sites, letting us know when access was available, and (gently) hounding us all with "have you been blogging?" Even with all her efforts every single participants blog is currently deemed "Harmful & Stealth", so our IT department it looking at getting a long list of sites to unblock. Seriously, what sort of organisation is it that cares about protecting the security of its information? :)
Of the blogs we were referred to I thought the WW1: Experiences of an English Soldier was a wonderful idea and I liked the way it incorporated both scanned images of the letters and transcripts, as well as the way the letters were released in real time (+ 90 years). Up until now the blogs I was most likely to read were friends holiday blogs - why send postcards when you can update everyone by sending them a link to your travel diary? Never had my own blog before - I guess it had to happen eventually!
My Library currently has a couple of blogs - one general and one aimed at kids and youth. They are quite new so don't have many posts yet. Also, the kids one has no comments, so it looks like we need to let the kids know it is there - any suggestions?
