February bulletin details the launch of the university's new blog system: blog.lib.umn.edu
The library blog system will:
Use the U of M Central Authentication Hub (x.500) for access to the system. This means no messy username/password maintenance for us, and easy access to the system for students/faculty/staff.
Give people an easy way to post/edit web content without knowing HTML.
Allow students, faculty, and staff to create multiple blogs, really as many blogs as anyone wants.
Allow blog owners to easily attach other authors to their blogs to create team blogs, class blogs, club blogs, etc.
Create the necessary blog directories (the main directory and the archives directory) on the fly without administrator intervention.
Allow us to aggregate, disseminate, categorize blog content in a myriad of ways. We could create our own campus specific blogdex.net, categorize blogs by major or department affiliation, or conduct statistical analysis on blogging in general. The research potential is incredible.
Allow the libraries to easily record the student, faculty, and staff experience at the university for future research.
Instantly tie in to the MyU portal. Thanks to Movable Type's automatic RSS syndication page generation our users will be able to use the MyU portal as a blog aggregator.
Make use of one of the most popular blog software packages in the world: Movable Type. |
