360 DEGREE COLLABORATION: SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE SUBJECT LIBRARIAN Alison McNab De Montfort University Twitter: @AlisonMcNab #UCRGEMC3 Challenge, Change & Collaborate – the future for Subject Librarianship
360 DEGREE COLLABORATION: SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE SUBJECT
LIBRARIAN
Alison McNab
De Montfort University
Twitter: @AlisonMcNab
#UCRGEMC3
Challenge, Change & Collaborate – the future for Subject Librarianship
SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE SUBJECT LIBRARIAN
• Where?
• The obvious Web 2.0 spaces – personal and corporate
• Why?
• Why not?
SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE SUBJECT LIBRARIAN
• What shall I share?– Who is my audience?– Differentiating between the professional and the
personal
• Whom shall I share with?– Engaging with your students– Engaging with your academics– Engaging with peers
ENGAGING WITH STUDENTS THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA
BEYOND THE ECHO CHAMBER
• Engaging with your academics....while avoiding stalking them
• Engaging with peers– adding value to the profession
– marketing your workplace
– marketing yourself
SOME COLLABORATIVE SPACES TO THINK ABOUT
• Lanyrd
• Slideshare
• Mendeley
• Augmented conferences
CONCLUSIONS
• Do what feels comfortable
• Try what feels uncomfortable!
• Keep challenging yourself
• Keep the conversation going!