Category Archives: Blogging

Proposed new format for scholarly publishing: A “perpetual history”

Here is new format for digital scholarly publishing I an considering for my new “book” project : a “perpetual history” that would be released serially and then refined and expanded for an indefinite period, rather like a one author Wikipedia … Continue reading

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2nd workshop idea: Constructing a WordPress site

In my first post about a series of 10-minute tutorials, some people commented that they would like a separate workshop on starting & constructing your own website. This workshop will feature WordPress tools because they are some of the most … Continue reading

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Using Social Media to Build Community and Collections

I work for a local history museum that has only a rudimentary social media presence, and uses social media as an extension of traditional marketing methods. The staff is also interested in using social media and blogging to 1) engage our audience … Continue reading

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Blogs.

As scholars, even digitally-minded scholars, even blogging scholars, we tend to ask ourselves how we can make our blogs more scholarly. We wonder how the blog can come to approximate the scholarly journal, or at least how it can reproduce … Continue reading

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