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NEW BLOG
UNESCO ICOMOS Documentation Centre
www.icomosdocumentationcentre.blogspot.com
As everyone should be aware by now, blogs are websites that display news, commentaries, events, personal thoughts, web links or other material on a particular subject. Since 1999, blog usage has spread and in the following years it became a tool for sharing knowledge and communication. We must be careful, however, when it comes to blogs: we should distinguish between good and poor quality ones. As blogs are the modern version of the online diary, any individual is entitled to freely express his/her personal beliefs. Among the many existing blogs on the World Wide Web, from time to time there appear some that are not only of a really good quality but indeed they are a valuable addition for today’s faster needs. One of them, and we exclusively refer to cultural heritage related issues, is the recent "UNESCO ICOMOS Documentation Centre" blog. Started in June 2008, the blog has succeeded to meet both the professional seriousness and friendly approach required for effectiveness in our domain. Focused on documentation for world heritage, the blog defines itself as "specialized in the built heritage, its conservation and restoration, historic monuments and sites, archaeology, architectural heritage, [and] world heritage". It offers latest news, information about publications and events and a database of links organised by keywords that can be bookmarked and further shared on Delicious1. An extra feature is the ability for readers to leave comments in an interactive format. News and events, displayed in reverse chronological order, are listed as short announcements and are followed by links to the organisers' homepage. These are normally organisations such as Getty, ICCROM, UNESCO and ICOMOS, but there are also announcements about free publications available to download, such as journals, magazines, books, conference papers and bulletins, among others. What is remarkable about this initiative is that prestigious organisation such as UNESCO and ICOMOS take advantage of this new format of communication in order to interact with the public. Hence, we advice you to visit this weblog as you will certainly find it useful and you will probably return there each time you need a fast way to bring yourself up to date. But you should be aware, even if it might seem a simple webpage, this blog is a crossroads of many other useful pages that will keep your interest "online" for more than you expected. Notes: 1. Delicious (http://www.delicious.com) - is one of the most popular social bookmarking website for saving and sharing webpages.
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