Blogged Down (9)

The time between library entries is partly due to the sparseness of viable content. Yet the cause also must spring from those in charge of the blog. If run by a committee, what is common property is no one's, and updating falls victim to lack of leadership or maybe shared procrastination.

A one-person-one-blog approach brings a fresh set of issues. The blog may be set at a low priority, so what gets done is only after a long wait. Too, the person may just lose interest, forget, or quit the position.

It is unlikely the library will receive complaints about an unrefreshed blog, for by then all remaining readers have given up.

Blogged Down (8): Time, and Time Again

Even that minority of readers who are interested enough in a library to visit its blog may yet be discouraged by the interval between entries. The user who periodically comes to the blog and finds nothing has been added may either think that the unwelcome mat has been put out or may space future visits ever further apart. As time lengthens between blog entries, the situation evolves from the chronological to the geological.