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Integrating Staff Personal Social Media Presence into Library Web Site = Human Touch

I’m updating some slides and prepping for spring classes today. I was pleased to find this wonderful staff directory page for the Todd Library at Waubonsee Community College:

https://library.waubonsee.edu/staff/

Not only do I get a photo of the staff member, I also get access to their social media presence as well. Frankly, I’d like [...]

Study: Comparing Tools of Social Media

Please consider participating!

http://www.unc.edu/~jvelasco/sm-survey2010/

A study by Javier Velasco-Martin The Study

I’m interested in how we are incorporating Social Media into our communication toolset; this research study will compare different computer-based interpersonal communication media. I’m particularly interested in whom we relate with through different tools, what types of information we share on these, and how [...]

TTW Mailbox: Do you use DELICIOUS? Please take survey

From an email:

I am a graduate student in the Dept. of Library & Information Science, National Taiwan University. I am writing to you because I read your article and thus understand that you had researched Delicious.com before. I’m currently doing my thesis research on Delicious users’ social relations and tagging behaviors. I am now [...]

Anytown Public Library’s Social Media Policy

APL Social Media Policy

This policy governs the publication of and commentary on social media by employees of Anytown Public Library and its related companies (“APL”). For the purposes of this policy, social media means any facility for online publication and commentary, including without limitation blogs, wiki’s, social networking sites such as Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, [...]

One More Slide Deck for Next Week: Social Media Talking Points

Social Media Talking Points

View more presentations from Michael Stephens.

foursquare @ Darien Library

Check-ins, badges, and becoming mayor have nothing to do with libraries and everything to do with the geolocation game foursquare…. well it did until some of the librarians here at Darien began hijacking our own venue (Darien Library).  We began checking in every time we came into work, closely monitoring who among us was crowned [...]

How American Libraries are Using New Tools for Public Relations and to Attract New Users

Social Media, Libraries, and Web 2.0: How American Libraries are Using New Tools for Public Relations and to Attract new Users – Second Survey November 2009 View more documents from Curtis Rogers. [...]

Glasgow Libraries Blocking Flickr, Twitter, YouTube

Christine Rooney-Browne writes:

http://www.slainte.org.uk/publications/serials/infoscot/vol7(2)/vol7(2)article8.htm

After filling out a customer comment card I posted about my experiences on my blog, Library of Digress. I received several comments from others expressing similar concerns in other local authorities. The Head of PR for Glasgow City Council, Colin Edgar, also commented and informed me that the problems with Facebook [...]

Emerging Leaders Group Creates ALA Connect Screencasts!

I am totally knocked out by the excellent work ALA Emerging Leaders Team I did on creating screencasts to highlight all the wonderful features of ALAConnect. As Web Advisory Committee chair, I became the group mentor but my schedule and duties didn’t allow much mentoring – but I knew they were in good hands [...]

Facebook Vs the Fortune 500

Gary Hamel notes: “The experience of growing up online will profoundly shape the workplace expectations of “Generation F” – the Facebook Generation. At a minimum, they’ll expect the social environment of work to reflect the social context of the Web, rather than as is currently the case, a mid-20th-century Weberian bureaucracy.” He offers a set [...]