http://freerangelibrarian.com/2005/06/04/three-reasons-to-read-leslie-burgers-blog/ K.G. Schneider's blog on librarianship, writing, and everything else Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:57:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://freerangelibrarian.com/2005/06/04/three-reasons-to-read-leslie-burgers-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-1492 lislemck Sun, 05 Jun 2005 14:02:20 +0000 http://www.freerangelibrarian.com/2005/06/04/three-reasons-to-read-leslie-burgers-blog/#comment-1492 Thank you, Karen and Greg, and Leslie. I was happy to subscribe to Burger for ALA after seeing it on LISNews. I was frustrated by the lack of postings, and thought about unsubscribing as it seemed to be dying on the vine. It would be great to see some more activity, and at least some of the changes Karen suggests. I can't offer assistance, but I do want to offer encouragement. Thank you, Karen and Greg, and Leslie. I was happy to subscribe to Burger for ALA after seeing it on LISNews. I was frustrated by the lack of postings, and thought about unsubscribing as it seemed to be dying on the vine. It would be great to see some more activity, and at least some of the changes Karen suggests. I can’t offer assistance, but I do want to offer encouragement.

]]> http://freerangelibrarian.com/2005/06/04/three-reasons-to-read-leslie-burgers-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-1491 Greg Sat, 04 Jun 2005 20:14:59 +0000 http://www.freerangelibrarian.com/2005/06/04/three-reasons-to-read-leslie-burgers-blog/#comment-1491 When LISNews linked to Ms. Burger's blog during the election, I commented thusly: "When I went over to check out Ms. Burger's blog, I was a bit discouraged that not a single comment had been added to any of her posts. Perhaps this is just lack of exposure, but I think we need to support the efforts of the new Prez-Elect towards being open-minded, transparent and forward-thinking. Not that the mere existence of a weblog indicates the manifestation of any of these traits, but regular interaction with the LIS blogosphere will certainly stimulate thinking in that direction. Or am I wrong?" Sadly, one month later, there are only two comments in the entirety of her postings. One of them is from me. If we hope/expect "people in high places" to take an active and ongoing interest in the blogosphere, then shouldn't we try to be more encouraging (or at least engaging) when they make those forays themselves? When LISNews linked to Ms. Burger’s blog during the election, I commented thusly: “When I went over to check out Ms. Burger’s blog, I was a bit discouraged that not a single comment had been added to any of her posts. Perhaps this is just lack of exposure, but I think we need to support the efforts of the new Prez-Elect towards being open-minded, transparent and forward-thinking. Not that the mere existence of a weblog indicates the manifestation of any of these traits, but regular interaction with the LIS blogosphere will certainly stimulate thinking in that direction. Or am I wrong?” Sadly, one month later, there are only two comments in the entirety of her postings. One of them is from me. If we hope/expect “people in high places” to take an active and ongoing interest in the blogosphere, then shouldn’t we try to be more encouraging (or at least engaging) when they make those forays themselves?

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