social media for libraries
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Strathclyde MLIS Students June 2013TRANSCRIPT
Social Media
for LibrariesAnabel Marsh
flavors.me/anabelmarsh
Intr
oduct
ion @malbooth: Managers of
libraries not engaging with
social media now should not be managing libraries
now #ALIAonline
A cultural web
2 landscape?
Warwick
Barr
iers
?
Management has doubtsThought to be
frivolousDon’t understand what
social media can do Issues of reliability and
legal implicationsTime consuming
Com
batt
ing
negati
vity Take the leadTrain and encourage
Planning group?A strategy!
What
to
consi
der?
What are you trying to
achieve? Who are you trying to
reach?What do you want them to do once you
have their attention?Which tool is best?Consistency – do you
have a “brand”?
libfo
cus
Social Media Strategy for Libraries
Shari
ng t
he
know
ledge Social media for
research and collaboration – show
them how it’s done!Lesley Thomson: Mind
Bloggling
Blo
ggin
gBlogger: Anabel’s Children’s Lit
erature Blog Wordpress: University of Glasgow
Library
Findin
g
libra
rians’
s blo
gs
CILIP including blog landscapeCPD23Library Day in the Life
Student version organised by Hack Library School
Library Routes
Twit
ter
@A
nabelM
ars
h Twitter list – local library tweepsTweetups - #GLTU
GLTU blogNext visit - GSA
Face
book
University of Strathcly
de Archives and Speci
al CollectionsUniversity of Glasgow
LibraryDundee Libraries
Dundee
Shoppin
g B
ask
et
£80.42 on Amazon
Dundee D
ispla
y
Crowd-sourced on Facebook and Twitter
NLD
Dundee
See the full album on Facebook
Pinte
rest University of Glasgow
Halton LibrariesGreat for new books –
better than LibraryThing
Any
quest
ions?
Thanks for listening!