Comments on: Beyond blogging? http://thecorporatelibrarian.com/2008/04/06/beyond-blogging/ Addressing issues of general interest to corporate librarians Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:16:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 By: waltcrawford http://thecorporatelibrarian.com/2008/04/06/beyond-blogging/#comment-11742 waltcrawford Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:47:19 +0000 http://buslib.wordpress.com/?p=179#comment-11742 Or it may mean I expressed myself badly. By "peaked," I mean that it may have moved from being a Shiny New Thing to being a tool, which generally means that growth slows. It doesn't mean liblogs become irrelevant--or even that conversations on and among liblogs decline or stop growing. In fact, I don't believe we're beyond blogging at all. I believe we may be past the point of "everyone oughta have a blog"--and that's probably a good thing. As I said a little later in the post, even if my belief is right... “Peaked” doesn’t mean “and is now falling apart,” to be sure. I don't think blogging or liblogging is falling apart. But then, I don't think we're beyond lists or email or telephones or print magazines or television either, so what do I know? Or it may mean I expressed myself badly. By “peaked,” I mean that it may have moved from being a Shiny New Thing to being a tool, which generally means that growth slows. It doesn’t mean liblogs become irrelevant–or even that conversations on and among liblogs decline or stop growing. In fact, I don’t believe we’re beyond blogging at all. I believe we may be past the point of “everyone oughta have a blog”–and that’s probably a good thing.

As I said a little later in the post, even if my belief is right…
“Peaked” doesn’t mean “and is now falling apart,” to be sure.

I don’t think blogging or liblogging is falling apart. But then, I don’t think we’re beyond lists or email or telephones or print magazines or television either, so what do I know?

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