libr 500 november 2010
DESCRIPTION
This workshop was given to SLAIS students in Dr. Stephenson's LIBR500 class on November 9th, 2011.TRANSCRIPT
THE WEB IS A PLATFORM ...BUT IS IT FOR LIBRARIANS & ARCHIVISTS?
a discussion of the major ’social media’ trends of 2011 with SLAIS students
Dean Giustini, UBC librarian | [email protected] | LIBR500 November 2011
• Introduction
• Important social media trend(s) of the year 1/2 hr• Think – Pair – Share exercise • Social media trends, tools, key ‘figures’ in 2.0
• Student Librarian 2.0 1/2 hr• Share your use of social media • Library 2.0 – should librarians and archivists be ‘2.0’?
• Social media for information professionals 1/2 hr• LIBR 559M, a new online course for SLAIS
• The Social Web’s future Wrap up• Should librarians be social?• Why or why not?
AGENDA
Dean Giustini, UBC librarian | [email protected] | LIBR500 November 2011
WHAT IS SOCIAL MEDIA?
Dean Giustini, UBC librarian | [email protected] | LIBR500 November 2011
“…social media is an umbrella term that refers to new social technologies, especially those where multimedia, audio and text are used on the web in combination with interactive, social elements ... the emphasis there is on being social, and using the tools to bring people together online to share things…”
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I. THINK
What, in your view, is the most important social media trend of the yearWrite down your thought (2-3 mins.)
II. PAIR Turn to your neighbour & share your idea
Why is your idea the most important trend? (5-7 mins.)
III. SHARE WITH CLASS
DISCUSSION OF SOCIAL MEDIA
Dean Giustini, UBC librarian | [email protected] | LIBR500 November 2011
• Trends mentioned by SLAIS Students during workshop:
• The role social media played in the Arab Spring demonstrations “participatory democracy”
• The role social media played in Stanley Cup riots “crowdsourced policing”• The ubiquity of mobile devices & hegemony of the iPhone• The tug of war around privacy / openness in organizations and personal
use of social media• The use of social media to reach disenfranchised
• Tools / People mentioned by SLAIS Students during workshop:
• Google 2.0• Google+• Facebook• Twitter
THIS YEAR’S TOP SOCIAL MEDIA TRENDS?
Dean Giustini, UBC librarian | [email protected] | LIBR500 November 2011
• Emerging Technologies Librarian positions• Social media requirements for new jobs• Social media policies in libraries• Strategic planning• Cloud computing services
SOCIAL MEDIA TRENDS 2011
http://andyburkhardt.com/
• Andy maintains library’s website • Teaches information literacy • Trains staff to use emerging technologies • Increases visibility & ‘social capital’ of library
Dean Giustini, UBC librarian | [email protected] | LIBR500 November 2011
STUDENT LIBRARIAN 2.0
•Share your use of social media with your neighbour
•What tools do you use?
•What tools are most useful? Why?
•Which librarian blogs are informative?
Should all librarians & archivists be ‘2.0’? Why? Or, why not?
Dean Giustini, UBC librarian | [email protected] | LIBR500 November 2011
’ME 2.0’ – BUILDING A DIGITAL IDENTITY
•Why do I use social media?•Changes in use of libraries•Changes in use of library collections•Changes in information access•Biomedicine bibliography
•What social media do I use? See Dean Giustini, BMB Librarian• What has social media done for my career?•CARL/ ABRC Survey of Academic Librarians’ Use of Social Media
I always wanted to work at theHarvard Library
"We shape our tools...and then our tools shape us” -- Marshall McLuhan (1965)
Dean Giustini, UBC librarian | [email protected] | LIBR500 November 2011
SOCIAL MEDIA FOR INFO PROFESSIONALS (3 credit)
An online SLAIS course LIBR 559M (offered 3rd time in Summer 2011)1. Affordance2. Participation3. Collaboration4. Creation5. Aggregation6. Immersion
Is social media a requirement in your career?
CARL / ABRC 2010 Academic Librarians’ Competencies
“Life is not about finding yourself, life is about creating yourself” – George Bernard Shaw
Dean Giustini, UBC librarian | [email protected] | LIBR500 November 2011
TRENDS ON THE SOCIAL WEB
•Aggregation
•Cloud computing
•Digital reputation
•Google 2.0
•Participation
• Semantic web
Dean Giustini, UBC librarian | [email protected] | LIBR500 November 2011
THE FUTURE: SOCIAL, MOBILE
•Do librarians need to be social? Tuum est
•How much of a factor is Google? Facebook, Twitter? Mobile devices?
•Should librarians be concerned about lack of visibility?
•Is it important to use social tools on mobiles, ‘in the cloud’?
•Other closing remarks & thoughts
Dean Giustini, UBC librarian | [email protected] | LIBR500 November 2011