The utility of Blogs as a Tool for Online Services of Small Libraries

Ajay  Kumar; Amit Kishore; Akash Kumar Singh

doi:10.48165/lstoday.2021.7.12.7

Authors

Ajay Kumar Research Scholar, Dept. of Library Science, SKD University, Hanumangargh (Rajasthan)
Amit Kishore Research Scholar, Dept. of Library Science, SKD University, Hanumangargh (Rajasthan)
Akash Kumar Singh Assistant Professor, SKD University, Dept. of Library Science, Hanumangargh (Rajasthan)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.48165/lstoday.2021.7.12.7

Keywords:

Blogs, Weblog, Blogging, Blogger, Microblog, Wordpress

Abstract

The way and circumstances have changed in the COVID-19 era. It is why effective and reliable online library services has become essential for every library, but providing online services especially for small libraries is relatively difficult and blogs have emerged as an effective tool for online services by small libraries. The present paper explores the concept, types of blogs, some of the major open source blogging tools and its utility in library services

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