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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

Using Social Media to Connect with Teens

It’s easy for any library to have a social media presence these days.  Translating that into success with serving a teen population?  Well, that’s another thing…

Be Yourself

The discussion of personal and professional profiles always comes up.  I didn’t want to have two profiles (done it before, hated it) so I had to make [...]

March 17th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , | Category: TTW Contributor: Justin Hoenke | 7 comments - (Comments are closed)

IM – A New Language

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-05/ksu-ima050108.php#

OMG! LOL. TTYL. For many adults over the age of 30, the former groupings of letters would seem incoherent, but for a newer generation of technologically-savvy young adults it can say a lot.

“Instant messaging, or IM, is not just bad grammar or a bunch of mistakes,” says Dr. Pamela Takayoshi, Kent State University [...]

May 4th, 2008 | Tags: , | Category: IM, Meebo & Chat Reference | One comment - (Comments are closed)