lothian health services archive: starting out in social media
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Lothian Health Services Archive: starting out in social media. Laura Gould, Assistant Archivist Ruth Honeybone, Acting Manager 13 June 2011. Outline. Brief introduction to LHSA Why social media? What we’ve done so far and lessons learnt What next?. 3,000 linear metres of material - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Lothian Health Services Archive: starting out in social media
Laura Gould, Assistant ArchivistRuth Honeybone, Acting Manager
13 June 2011
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Brief introduction to LHSA Why social media? What we’ve done so far and lessons learnt What next?
Outline
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3,000 linear metres of material
One of the largest health archives in the UK
NHS-funded Managed in partnership
with the University of Edinburgh, based in the Main Library, George Square
Twentieth-century case notes
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LHSA collections
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Why social media?
1. Next phase in re-development of our website
2. Engage with audience3. Keep up with the
times!4. An interested member
of staff
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What we’ve done so far?
1. Flickr2. Facebook3. Blog
Successes
Lessons learnt
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What next?
Maintenance of Flickr and blog contributions
Increased variety on Facebook page
Twitter Links Policy
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Website: www.lhsa.lib.ed.ac.uk
Blog: http://lhsa.blogspot.com/
Facebook: search ‘Lothian Health Services Archive’
Flickr: search ‘Lothian Health Services Archive’
Contact us: [email protected] /[email protected]