Categories Social Media

Photo illustration of LaGrange Park Public Library’s Flickr profile Hi Michael, I’m a librarian at a large public library and I’m wondering if you can help me out. I’m trying to convince our staff to dive into the world of Flickr but a question has been brought up about #7 on Flick’s official terms of use. “Flickr is intended for personal use and is not a generic image hosting service. Professional or corporate uses of Flickr are prohibited.” I would naturally assume that this is referring to for-profit uses of Flickr, but I’m wondering if you have heard of any […]

Nicole points to a TechSoup article: http://www.techsoup.org/learningcenter/internet/page6016.cfm?rss=1 How to Use MySpace to Raise Awareness: Three nonprofit organizations share their experiences includes a hot seven point list that library folk might take to heart as they plan for their MySpace profiles. I love the proactive approach! Tips for Running a MySpace Campaign If you decide to launch a MySpace page for your organization, here are seven things you can do to increase your chances of success: On your MySpace page, ask friends to take specific actions such as “link to our Web site,” “subscribe to our e-newsletter,” “tell a friend about […]

Ho Ho Ho Originally uploaded by mstephens7. This morning, I’m doing that thing I do: curl in bed with the laptop and catchup on my library feeds, news sites and my flickr streams before starting the day….when I see Chad Haefele has noted one of my recent pictures. I click through from the “recent Activity” page at Flickr and I’m wearing a Santa hat! More exploration leads to Jessamyn giving me a beard in a picture of Steve and I at the Apple Store! To top this Christmas Ho Ho Ho fun, Stephen Abram sends me a link to the […]

Via AL Direct comes this news story about Plainfield Library in Illinois, where instead of trying to block access, they are embracing their young users and diving into social networking: http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/heraldnews/news/158984,4_1_JO04_MYSPACE_S1.article Young Adult Librarian Joe Marcantonio noticed this summer that nearly every teenager on a computer terminal had their MySpace.com Web site pulled up the entire time. For some, it was the only reason they ventured into the library. Librarians decided to join them in the world of social cyber-networking and put up their own MySpace site, www.myspace.com/plainfieldpubliclibrary. There, they post bulletins about programs and pictures from events, and can […]

Thanks to Brenda Chawner, School of Information Management, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand for having me back on Thursday to present to folks at the library at VUW. It amazes me how easy it is with a mic, headphones and some software to reach across the (flattening) globe and across the date line to discuss social technologies with librarians! We tested the connection from my office at Dominican today and it worked great! Update: Oops! Just got word from Brenda we are rescheduling to February. Oh well. The world may be a bit more flat by then anyway!

Via the Social Customer Manifesto comes this post announcing the release of a report: “Social Networking For Businesses And Associations” “The connections enabled by social networks are the glue that put the humanity back into business to solve the trust problem. In other words, the organizations that will win are the ones that most easily enable individuals to build relationships and communities with people they trust.” Libraries can win at this game too! Read the report (and balance ouit the fact they are also advertising their social networking project) and check out the “Ten Ways Businesses, Assosciations and Organizations Can […]

Photo_12.jpg Originally uploaded by willrich. This morning, I’m checking my Flickr feeds and I see a familiar locale in one of my favorite edublogger’s streams. A photo from Will Richardson is snapped in my classroom at Grayslake! How cool! I would have never know he had been presenting in the same classroom.

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Via my colleague Jeff up at Traverse Area District Library, comes this article from Tracy Mitrano, Director of IT Policy at Cornell University and the Cornell Director of the EDUCAUSE/Cornell Institute for Computer Policy and Law Program. http://www.educause.edu/apps/er/erm06/erm0660.asp?bhcp=1 There’s a lot here, including: Quashing technological advances is never the solution. I genuinely enjoy watching my children dive into new technologies such as iPods and online games or my students demonstrating new uses of search tools or network applications. New technologies alarm us for very real reasons but can and must be addressed in ways that do not crush innovation and […]

I’m doing a CLA 2006 Infopeople Mini-Demo today. The topic is FLICKR! Here are the resources: Flickr Web 2.0 Commonalities: Tagging Hey! Does this conference have a tag? It should! (Update: Just saw bethh Gallaway, she decided the tag is CLA2006! Comments Ten Ways to Use Flickr in Your Libraries: To highlight New Materials To show the face of the Teen Advisory Board To highlight Programs & Some Young Library Users To create a presence in the site itself To create an easy virtual tour for users and staff! To store and use images for Wikis, etc To promote what […]