Using Twitter: Why do it? | LA Day 2015

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Using TwitterWhy do it?

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Sarah Gallagher | @sarahlibrarina

One morning I woke up and ...

Matt’s list

Source: http://www.mattanderson.org/blog/2014/12/13/200-librarians-to-follow-on-twitter/

what’s the big deal about social media & why should you care

“Websites and applications that enable users to create and share content or to participate in social networking.”Source: Oxford Dictionaries

Image source: CC BY John LeMasney https://www.flickr.com/photos/lemasney/4440557945

Image source: @meta4RN http://meta4rn.com/2015/03/14/citizen/ Used with permission [March 2015]

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“Social media remains popular, with two-thirds of the country engaging in social networking, a 20 percent increase since 2009.

While the young dominate the social networking scene, you’ll find 1 in 6 Internet users aged 75+ there too.”

Source: Stats NZ. Household Use of IT Survey, 2012

Source: Adcorp (Nov 2013) http://www.adcorp.com.au/news-blog/Social-Media-Statistics-%E2%80%93-November-2013

Why should libraries tweet?

“Libraries should tweet because this is the 21st century and social media is

something people are using every day. Libraries shouldn’t be stagnant, they

have to evolve, and adapt, and meet the needs of the communities they

exist to serve. Social media has become an essential part of what we do,

and we have become a much more forward-looking, open, inclusive service in

the five years that we have been using it. It is also a great way of finding out

what happens at other libraries and getting ideas to try out in your own library.”

Interview with Stewart Bain from Orkney Public LIbrary @orkneyLibrary. Source: http://www.cilip.org.uk/cilip/blog/orcadian-twittering

what being on Twitter has done

for me

A surprising number of opportunities:● meet people prior to attending conferences (eg: first nz twitter

conference #twecon, online following # & IRL) / moving city / networking ● staying up to date, learning and sharing (following #)● receive & provide support eg #eqnz● raise awareness & contribute to digital humanitarian efforts #digitajedis via

@micromappers● invited to speak / lecture, contribute to research / guest blogs ● provide a richer learning exp for students (eg COMP103)● contribute to publications like: Media Studies 101 open textbook & article,

chapter in Community Lover’s Guide to the Universe / Libraries● invitation to be social media wrangler for an international conference

http://ascilite2014.otago.ac.nz/

what being on Twitter has done

for other librarians

A straw poll ...

I asked the world of librarians on Twitter what it’s done for them personally and professionally.

you only get out what you put in

5 x 2 - library professional

1. write down 5 words you’d like to be described as online

2. write down 5 words you’d never want to be described as online

TIP: avoid using the words professional or unprofessional!

Being online - basic rules of etiquette

Source: CC BY http://goo.gl/h2EBRQ Source: http://goo.gl/tx7vQl

Image source: Public Domain http://pixabay.com/en/brain-anatomy-human-science-health-512758/

keep an open mind

Resources

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Thank you! @sarahlibrarina