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A Social Media Mindset

Dr. Troy Swanson’s post this morning has resonated with me. I have an assignment in the Hyperlinked Library course on creating a emerging technology plan or social media guidelines statement. Troy’s ideas fit well but also make me realize that so much is tied up in organizational mindset. Things move and change according to the [...]

December 11th, 2012 | Category: Librarians, Libraries & the Profession, Social Software & Sites | One comment - (Comments are closed)

Your Library Does not Need a Social Media Plan By TTW Contributor Dr. Troy Swanson

Last month, someone contacted me about creating social media plans in libraries. From our email exchange, I think she was a bit surprised when I said that I think social media plans often get in the way and are a waste of resources. I told her that I could not send her a sample social [...]

December 11th, 2012 | Category: Best Practices for Social Software in Libraries, Social Software & Sites, TTW Contributor Dr. Troy Swanson | 8 comments - (Comments are closed)

Survey: American libraries using Social Media tools for PR/Marketing

Curtis R. Rogers, Ed.D., Communications Director at the South Carolina State Library, has posted the annual survey on American libraries using Social Media tools for PR/Marketing. Please consider participation and share the link:

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/annualweb202012 The survey will close on Wednesday, November 21, 2012, 5:00pm EST.

Please forward this survey to library colleagues, state library association listservs, Facebook [...]

November 14th, 2012 | Category: Social Software & Sites | Comments are closed

Expanding The Conversation (by TTW contributor Justin Hoenke)

Have you ever found yourself inside the library echo chamber? I think we all have.  You’ve got something great to share or say about libraries and you put it out there…and it’s only talked about by librarians and libraries.  Some great presentations and pieces have been written about the echo chamber (some of my [...]

September 19th, 2012 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Social Software & Sites, TTW Contributor: Justin Hoenke | Comments are closed

Making Researchers Famous with Social Media

Making researchers famous with social media

View more documents from Mal Booth Mal writes: These are the slides and notes for a workshop we are running for academic researchers on using social media to raise their profiles as part of our UTS Research Week 2012 program. [...]

February 10th, 2012 | Category: Social Software & Sites | Comments are closed

Web 2.0 & Libraries Parts 1 & 2 Available Free on Hyperlinked Library Site

I am happy to announce the full text of both of my ALA Library Technology Reports are available now at the new TTW companion site The Hyperlinked Library.

The rest of the site is currently under construction, but for now you’ll find:

Web 2.0 & Libraries: Best Practices for Social Software (2006) - http://thehyperlinkedlibrary.org/libtechreport1/

Web 2.0 [...]

January 17th, 2012 | Category: ALA News & Such, Flickr Rocks My World, IM, Meebo & Chat Reference, Learning 2.0 & Beyond, Librarian 2.0, Library 2.0/Web 2.0, Library Technology, Library Web Sites, LIS Weblogs Rule!, Micro-Content: Twitter & More, Open Source Software, Participatory Culture, RSS and Content, Social Software & Sites, The Hyperlinked Library, Top Tech Trends, YouTube & Libraries | One comment - (Comments are closed)

Revolutionising Libraries with Social Media

Revolutionising Libraries with Social Media

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November 6th, 2011 | Category: Social Software & Sites | Comments are closed

Historypin

I got an iPhone this past month, and I’ve been slowly digging into the vast library or apps that the phone offers.  A lot of things have grabbed my attention, but nothing perhaps so much as Historypin.  From Wikipedia:

Historypin is an online, user-generated archive of historical photos and personal recollections. Users are able [...]

September 14th, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: iPhone, Social Software & Sites, Teens & Libraries, TTW Contributor: Justin Hoenke | 4 comments - (Comments are closed)

Your “Library” Doesn’t Participate in Social Media, But Your People Do – A TTW Guest Post by Dr. Troy Swanson

Much discussion has been made about librarians reaching out through social media to our communities and our patrons and rightly so. But, we often overlook the role that social media offers for us internally as a means to strengthen our organizations.

One thing to remember is that libraries really do not participate in social networks. [...]

March 23rd, 2011 | Category: Librarians, Libraries & the Profession, Library 2.0/Web 2.0, Social Software & Sites, TTW Contributor Dr. Troy Swanson | 2 comments - (Comments are closed)

Please Take Lori Reed’s Facebook Survey

Lori Reed writes:

For my capstone project at East Carolina University I am conducting research on best practices and current trends on using Facebook for work and personal use.

Please help me by completing this short survey on how you use Facebook: http://tinyurl.com/fbsurveylr

This survey is completely anonymous but I am looking for statements that [...]

March 23rd, 2011 | Category: Social Software & Sites | Comments are closed
 
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