multi-author blogs

Even though it may seem less coherent, I think that a multi-authored blog could work if each of the authors made sure to post or sign off in their name so readers knew who was posting. You could have different authors who specialized in different genres of literature or library departments (ie. history, science, or business) posting on a regular basis. This way the library might be seen as a connected community. Library users who only use the library's fiction collection, for instance, might become interested in the library's local history collection by reading a post on the library blog. It would also mean that the library could share the maintenance of the blog between staff more equitably. Librarians could each take on one week a month to post on a topic within their specialty. To make the blog more coherent the postings could all centre on a particular topic such as "Black History" month. This might give library users some idea of the breadth and richness of the library's resources.