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IHBC members and colleagues will be interested to know more about the ever-extending reach, impact and potential of one of our core member services and charitable activities, the IHBC NewsBlogs news and email alert service, while to celebrate its success the institute will soon offer 6 months of free NewsBlog email alert \u2018tasters\u2019 to non-members.<\/u><\/p>\n
IHBC Director Se\u00e1n O\u2019Reilly said: \u2018Since we started our NewsBlogs in 2007 \u2013 with a NewsBlog on buildings history, suitably enough \u2013 the service has become a resource that not only recorded progress in the sector, but helped shape it.\u2019<\/p>\n
\u2018Indeed the NewsBlog service remains unique today, both as a resource in itself and as a tool for profiling the true character of the conservation sector.\u2019<\/p>\n
\u2018As a resource, the NewsBlog archive offers some of the most flexible search facilities – including searches by month and by email alert as well as content.\u00a0 Among other uses, it also serves as an easy tool for referencing digital publications, as authors can simplify and speed up authoritative sourcing just by embedding links to our NewsBlog items.\u2019<\/p>\n
\u2018The site data for 2015 to date demonstrates just how the service currently stands:<\/p>\n
\u2018And since we began in 2007 we have published and archived 4832 NewsBlog items; recorded 1,283,495 visits, and had 3,224,729 pageviews, which means about 670 pageviews per NewsBlog!\u2019<\/p>\n
\u2018Notwithstanding all the obvious qualifications we must apply in interpreting digital data such as these, they are hugely impressive figures for a specialist professional body such as ours!\u2019\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n \u2018Moreover, the NewsBlog service can also help us shape the sector, for example as a profiling tool that offers rare insights into conservation practice.\u00a0 For example, analysing the use of the service reveals the vast constituencies of interest encompassed by IHBC members and NewsBlog service users.\u2019<\/p>\n \u2018So our Top Ten list of NewsBlogs for 2015 clearly demonstrates the huge gulf between the realities of conservation practice and the presumptions so often associated with it even now by so many, both inside and outside the heritage sector, as our ten most popular topics for 2015 cover:<\/p>\n \u2018Altogether the NewsBlog service and archive have proven their special values, helping us better inform and understand the sector.\u00a0 For 2016 and after, I\u2019m sure we\u2019ll see the service playing an ever increasing role, as its legacy helps to shape the sector and the wider mainstream activities that impact on our valued places!\u2019<\/p>\n \u2018Recognising this potential, the IHBC would like to offer its thanks to all involved in the production of the service, not least our NewsBlog consultant author, Alison McCandlish.\u2019<\/p>\n \u2018We can also confirm that in January we will start offering 6-month \u2018tasters\u2019 of the email alert service to non-members, so all NewsBlog users can see just how the IHBC\u2019s services can help them improve their understanding of how conservation operates.\u2019<\/p>\n IHBC\u2019s Top Ten NewsBlog pages for 2015, by headline and link:<\/u><\/p>\n Access\u00a0the IHBC\u2019s NewsBlogs<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" IHBC members and colleagues will be interested to know more about the ever-extending reach, impact and potential of one of our core member services and charitable activities, the IHBC NewsBlogs news and email alert service, while to celebrate its success … Continue reading \n
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