Completing your assessment

I have posted for each blog exercise.

I have labelled them as well. Also I have tried to fulfil/answer all the questions. 

Commenting on other blog, Exercise 15

Hi Gary, I having some difficulties finding any of my classmate's blog to make a comment on them. And I have only invited you as I don't have any other students email ID to invite. I hope it's okay for you. 
Thanks.

Inviting people to be authors, Exercise 14

For this exercise I have clicked on settings. After that I have clicked on Add author and put our class teacher’s name and clicked on Invite authors. 

Changing the arrangement of my blog, Exercise 13

I have clicked on Layout and tried to change the Blog view. At first I clicked on profile gadget and Put my name there. Then i clicked sidebar right-2-1, add gadget and a box came up with many option. After that I clicked on Image option and downloaded an image from my computer, Titled it and saved it. I also changed the Blog’s stats by making some changes and also changed the Blog Logo. 

Changing the colour of my Blog, Exercise 12

This exercise is really amazing to do. I have choose Awesome inc. I have clicked on customize and then clicked on apply on blog. Experimenting with a new form or background theme, this is actually fun and exiting too. The colour of the blog I have choose is pink. Here every post shows by date in a separate box. This is really great and I loved it.

Exercise 6

I’ll give you a few reasons. First, Wikipedia is one of the most visited sites on the web. In February 2014, the site was averaging 18 billion page views a month 18 billion. That’s like saying everyone living in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and, oh, Zimbabwe looked at 36 pages this month. I can tell you my library’s website doesn’t get that kind of attention. Does yours? But Wikipedia, by nature, is a work in progress. It doesn’t have all the answers. As Josep Serra, Director of Museu Picasso, says, “Museums [Libraries and archives] have the knowledge and the documentation, and Wikipedia has a global reach and a circulation far beyond anything any museum could achieve on its own.” So why not work together?

Usually i don't use Wikipedia. 

Michael Szajewski of Ball State University wrote about this in his article, “Using Wikipedia to Enhance the Visibility of Digitized Archival Assets.” Some of the numbers he shares are pretty fantastic: 40 assets viewed 13,000 times (an increase of 600%); 10,000 pageviews referred from Wikipedia (5x more than any other source); 300% increase in page views for the 149-asset collection. Not too shabby!

Exercise 11

Local studies: Academic libraries especially should try to create more value with social networking profiles “by offering a space for patron to give feedback, by providing news and information, or by providing a portal to library services” (Farkas, 2007, p. 122).  This would allow for more patron interaction where the patron may feel more comfortable and willing to give more candid feedback about library services.  Also, by engaging students and patrons within an online social network, academic libraries can keep in touch with the informational trends and needs of these groups.  “An understanding of these resources, even if they are not currently being used, is necessary in order to keep in touch with and have an understanding of this group [students]” (Bradley, 2007, p. 182).    While social networking online is effective and dynamic Web 2.0 software for libraries to augment their traditional services, it is not the only one.

Children's: The global nature of web based services means that libraries can reach a vast audience, serving more people in the virtual sphere than would be possible at a physical location. For example, by establishing a presence on social media websites, libraries can reach beyond the ‘walled garden’ to interact with users in online spaces that they are already visiting, rather than passively waiting for users to seek us out. This presents opportunities to appeal to difficult to reach user groups, such as children’s, who are traditionally less likely to visit the physical library building. A strong web presence, including representation on social media sites, improves awareness of library services and contributes to a progressive and modern image, which may in turn lead to increased physical visits.

Teenage: Web2.0 services are increasingly becoming embedded in many areas of life as more people, from teenagers to national governments, recognise and harness these powerful communication tools. Similarly, libraries and librarians all over the world are using Web2.0 technologies to promote services, share information engage with users and network with colleagues, on a global scale. As such, SLIC and CILIPS believe that social media websites have great potential to enhance the delivery of library services and to contribute to the professional development of library staff. As service users increasingly come to expect interactive online services in all spheres of life, libraries must keep pace with developments elsewhere in order to ensure a responsive service for the future.