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- 1.
Sonja Plummer-Morgan, MLIS
Maine Library Association President & VP Pres Elect
Association for Rural & Small Libraries
Maine Library Association Conference 2010
Social Media Trends & the Library Profession - 2. Idea for Today
The people in the world are acting
globally and collaboratively.
We as librarians or
information specialists need to act
with them. - 3. What We Hope to Accomplish
View online social networks as an extension of traditional library services.
Place social networks in three categories: communicating, delivering information, and organizing information.
Learn a few new tools that may be relevant to you. - 4. We may sit in our library and yet be in all quarters of the
earth.
- 5. John Lubbock 1834-1913
- 6. The idea of libraries reaching beyond the boundaries of our
buildings or communities is expanded with online
social networking and communication but it is not a new concept for librarians. - 7. This isnt a direct marketing tool, this is human
communication. -- Rob Key, CEO of Converseon
- Connect with other professionals
- 8. Share information, promote services, and assist local and distant readers.
- 9. Librarians often underestimate the impact they can make in any online or local community
- A Lil Tired Here
- 10. What Happens Online that Saves Your Library Money??
- Instant chat.fewer long distance phone calls
- 11. Post events..reduce costs for paper ads
- 12. Digitize photos..............archival & storage cost down
- 13. Social sites..find solutions to problems
- 14. E-learning..travel costs
- 15. Online flyers..postage costs
- 16. Collections.grant access not acquisition
- 17. Notices or signs..less paper and ink used
- 18. Colleagues.reduce burnout with support
- 19. Prof Dev.find grants & fundraising
- Online Social Networks Top Five?
- 20. According to Ebizma.com
(http://www.ebizmba.com/articles/social-networking-websites), here are
the most used online social networks
Estimated 550,000,000 unique users each month
Estimated 90,500,000 unique users each month
Estimated 89,800,000 unique users each month
Estimated 50,000,000 unique users each month
Estimated 42,000,000 unique users each month - 21. What Are Librarians Doing Online?
E-learning, attending conferences and workshops
Storing photographs & other documents digitized
Rural isolation partially mitigated
Answering questions for our patrons
Sharing news
Recommending, downloading, discussing solutions
Finding emerging trends
Marketing and promoting
Creating and expressing through art - 22. Maine Library Association 2010Facebook
- 23. Twitter
- 24. Deep Thoughts
According to the Inquisitr, there are
4.1 BILLION
text messages sent every day
in the United States.
http://www.inquisitr.com/41494/4-1-billion-text-messages-sent-every-day-in-the-us/
- 25. "Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents,
gobble their food, and tyrannize their teachers."
Socrates, 470 BC-399 BC - 26. This is Social Networking
- 27. Some Other Ways to Socially Network
Goodreads.com, Library Thing, a Nobii, and Shelfari
(readers advisory)
Kiva.org and theLiteracysite.org
TeacherTube and Youtube
Slideshare and Prezzi
Digg (newsy stuff)
Photobucket and Flickr
Skype (video conferencing)
GoogleTalk (instant messenger)
MyInfoQuest (texting reference)
Second Life - 28. Making it happen
- Set aside time
- 29. Utilize volunteers
- Social Networking Practices
- Make your Mission the foundation
- 30. Add disclaimers.Views expressed authors not librarys
- 31. Honor confidentiality of patrons
- 32. Show respect to everyone
- 33. Remember your online presence reflects your library
- 34. Carefully observe copyright laws
- 35. Create or imagine no expectation of privacy
- 36. No problem can be solved from the same consciousness that
created it.We must learn to see the world anew. ~ Albert
Einstein
Appreciative Inquiry:Where AI, positive change research and organizational
leadership connect for world benefit. http://appreciativeinquiry.case.edu/ - 37. We Can Make Any Future That We Can Imagine. ~Jane
McGonigal
Jane McGonigal is a world-renowned game designer.She is also a researcher, a future
Forecaster, and a very playful human being.Jane is the Director of Games Research &
Development at the Institute for the Future in Palo Alto, California.
http://www.avantgame.com/bio.htm - 38. Cut through the management speak, and the key to success is
simple:Observe people going about their daily lives, identify unmet
needs, and come up with a new product.
~Dr. Frank Luntz - 39. This Book Is Overdue! How Librarians and Cybrarians Can
Save Us All
By Marilyn Johnson
Coming to MLA May 10th, 2010 at 6pm - 40. Other Links to Consider:
- 85 Reasons to be Thankful for Librarians http://www.zencollegelife.com/2009/12/29/85-reasons-to-be-thankful-for-librarians/
- 41. Ted:Ideas Worth Spreading http://www.ted.com/
http://www.iftf.org/node/2749
- http://www.iftf.org/2009Ten-YearForecastFutureNow
- 42. ONET Online: http://online.onetcenter.org/
- 43. Technology For Good
- 44. TechCrunch
- 45. Plurk
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