Successful Social Networking In Public Libraries

Author : Walt Crawford
Publisher : American Library Association
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780838911679

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Successful Social Networking in Public Libraries by Walt Crawford Pdf

Most commentaries to date on library use of social networks such as Facebook and Twitter have focused on a handful of well-funded public libraries with high-profile employees. Now Crawford’s Successful Social Networking in Public Libraries fills in the rest of the picture, offering for the first time an in-depth look at how a large variety of public libraries are using social networks. Examining nearly 6,000 libraries across the US, Crawford Analyzes social network usage by libraries of many different sizes and funding levels, showing how many of them are active and effective in quite different ways Offers many examples that will help other libraries establish or refine their own social networking activities Lays out several key questions that libraries should ask themselves, such as “Who do we want to reach?” and “What’s the best way to interact with communities?” Gives libraries guidelines for setting social networking goals and conducting ongoing evaluation Includes illuminating comments from numerous librarians on the front lines of communication Based on broad research, Crawford draws a vivid portrait that shows how a wide range of public libraries is conducting digital outreach and marketing through social networking.

Author : Charles Harmon,Michael Messina
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 119 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2013-02-13
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780810887497

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Customer Service in Libraries by Charles Harmon,Michael Messina Pdf

In this book, nine librarians from across the country describe their libraries’ best practices in this key area. Their contributions range from all-encompassing customer service policies and models any library can both adapt and be proud of to micro-approaches that emphasize offering excellent user-focused technology planning, picture book arrangement with patrons in mind, Web 2.0 tools to connect users with the library, establishing good service delivery chains, and making your library fantastic for homeschoolers. As past Public Library Association President Audra Caplan writes in her introduction to this book, “There is nothing magical about providing excellent customer service; it just takes the right people, the right philosophy and the passion to make it a reality.” If you’ve got all that, here are the best practices to make stellar customer service a reality for your library’s users.

Author : Laura Solomon
Publisher : American Library Association
Page : 81 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780838910672

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Doing Social Media So It Matters by Laura Solomon Pdf

Provides context to the social media phenomenon and offers practical advice on how libraries can choose, use, and monitor these tools effectively, whilst identifying additional resources and best practices.

Author : Sarah K. Steiner
Publisher : American Library Association
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781555707798

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Strategic Planning for Social Media in Libraries by Sarah K. Steiner Pdf

As we come to appreciate the opportunities that social media opens up, this practical guide provides a scalable, step-by-step plan for creating and maintaining a successful library social media strategic plan. You'll find detailed tips and advice on strategizing for social media services in a way that guides employee decision-making, maximizes efficiency, creates positive patron outcomes, protects against legal repercussions, and builds opportunities for flexibility, change, and new social media platform testing. Author Sarah Steiner guides you through the key steps to build your strategic plan, including how to segment your audience, select a target audience, use focus groups and poll patrons, conduct a SWOT analysis to provide internal strength and support to your plan, and create a mission and vision plan for using social media.

Author : Tella, Adeyinka
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 389 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2014-12-31
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781466674165

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Social Media Strategies for Dynamic Library Service Development by Tella, Adeyinka Pdf

As social technologies continue to evolve, it is apparent that librarians and their clientele would benefit through participation in the digital social world. While there are benefits to implementing these technologies, many libraries also face challenges in the integration and usage of social media. Social Media Strategies for Dynamic Library Service Development discusses the integration of digital social networking into library practices. Highlighting the advantages and challenges faced by libraries in the application of social media, this publication is a critical reference source for professionals and researchers working within the fields of library and information science, as well as practitioners and executives interested in the utilization of social technologies in relation to knowledge management and organizational development.

Author : Troy Swanson
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2012-09-24
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781780633770

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Managing Social Media in Libraries by Troy Swanson Pdf

Web 2.0 first created a scramble among librarians to participate in Facebook, YouTube, blogs, and other social media applications, and the turn is now towards management and consolidation. Managing Social Media in Libraries explores the developing information environment, the collaboration among library organizations, and the ways social media may convert the loose connections between library staff members. The book takes librarians beyond the mechanics of using social media, and establishes a framework to move library managers and leaders toward making social media effective. Managing Social Media in Libraries is structured around key topics in this area, including: refocusing after the first use of Web 2.0; library organisations as loosely coupled systems; social media within such systems; defining a purpose for the use of social media; connecting messages and tools; and integrating social media into standard websites. Provides practical ways of thinking about social media for library managers and leaders Provides examples of policies, workflows, and uses of social media tools for library managers and leaders Defines organizations as coordinated systems and discusses how social media tools can emphasize the benefits of coordination

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Nova Science Publishers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Online social networks
ISBN : 1620817586

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Social Networking and the Libraries in the New Millennium by Anonim Pdf

This publication documents the role of social networking sites in all types of libraries such as school, college, university, public, special, and community libraries in the New Millennium covering the period 2000-2011. Each analysed entry highlights the usefulness of the article. Highlighted aspects of social networks include teens and young adults, privacy and trust, behavioural and social sciences, health sciences, and the role of Congress. This handy reference work and the literature it covers would enable libraries and decision makers to decide on how libraries can adapt social networks and for what ends, how much time and effort one should invest in these platforms, and how to monitor their success. Title, author, and subject indexes are an added pathway to the users of this book.

Author : Charles Harmon,Michael Messina
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2013-02-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780810887558

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Using Social Media in Libraries by Charles Harmon,Michael Messina Pdf

Since there’s no point in Twittering if no one acts on your tweets and there’s no point in having a Facebook page with a million “likes” if library use doesn’t increase, you’ll welcome the eight best practices presented here because they will help your library both actually do social media in a way that matters and do it well. The successful strategies presented here range from the Vancouver Public Library’s innovative use of Twitter to the United Nations Library’s adoption of a social media policy to the Farmington, Connecticut Public Library’s fantastic work using social media to reach teens who weren’t using the library. Other libraries highlight their ventures into media including blogs, Pinterest, and social catalogs.

Author : Linda Berube
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2011-05-03
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781780632568

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Do You Web 2.0? by Linda Berube Pdf

Web 2.0 technology is a hot topic at the moment, and public librarians in particular are beginning to feel the pressure to apply these tools. Indeed, Web 2.0 has the potential to transform library services, but only if the policy and strategy for those services are ready to be transformed. The author not only reviews these tools and provides practical advice and case studies on how they can be applied in the public library setting, but also recommends the policies and business cases that begin to create a new strategy for public libraries. Particularly geared to the public library setting Advice on using in conjunction or integrated with other public library services Examples of best practice

Author : Joe, Jennifer,Knight, Elisabeth
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2019-03-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781522580980

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Social Media for Communication and Instruction in Academic Libraries by Joe, Jennifer,Knight, Elisabeth Pdf

The subject of the use of social media has renewed interest because of the impact that it had on the last U.S. presidential election and the impact that social media networks will have on subsequent elections. As guides in the information world, it is thus important that librarians be well versed in social media. This has called attention to the relevance and urgency of incorporating social media use into the academic library, both as a marketing tool and as an instruction tool. Social Media for Communication and Instruction in Academic Libraries is an essential reference source that offers guidance in using social media in academic libraries and in instruction with a special emphasis on assessment and evidence-based practice. Featuring research on topics such as digital libraries, marketing, and web analytics, this book is ideally designed for librarians, administrators, educators, managers, information technology specialists, professionals, researchers, and students.

Author : Maria Kronqvist-Berg
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Library users
ISBN : 9517657307

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Social media and public libraries : exploring information activities of library professionals and users by Maria Kronqvist-Berg Pdf

Author : Meredith G. Farkas
Publisher : Information Today, Inc.
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781573872751

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Social Software in Libraries by Meredith G. Farkas Pdf

Social software lets libraries show a human face online, helping them communicate, educate, and interact with their communities. This nuts-and-bolts guide provides librarians with the information and skills necessary to implement the most popular and effective social software technologies: blogs, RSS, wikis, social networking software, screencasting, photo-sharing, podcasting, instant messaging, gaming, and more. Success stories and interviews highlight these tools ease-of-use and tremendous impact.

Author : Lorri Mon
Publisher : Morgan & Claypool Publishers
Page : 89 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2015-03-01
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781627054393

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Social Media and Library Services by Lorri Mon Pdf

The rise of social media technologies has created new ways to seek and share information for millions of users worldwide, but also has presented new challenges for libraries in meeting users where they are within social spaces. From social networking sites such as Facebook and Google+, and microblogging platforms such as Twitter and Tumblr to the image and video sites of YouTube, Flickr, Instagram, and to geotagging sites such as Foursquare, libraries have responded by establishing footholds within a variety of social media platforms and seeking new ways of engaging with online users in social spaces. Libraries are also responding to new social review sites such as Yelp and Tripadvisor, awareness sites including StumbleUpon, Pinterest, Goodreads, and Reddit, and social question-and-answer (Q&A) sites such as Yahoo! Answers—sites which engage social media users in functions similar to traditional library content curation, readers' advisory, information and referral, and reference services. Establishing a social media presence extends the library's physical manifestation into virtual space and increases the library's visibility, reach, and impact. However, beyond simply establishing a social presence for the library, a greater challenge is building effective and engaging social media sites that successfully adapt a library's visibility, voice, and presence to the unique contexts, audiences, and cultures within diverse social media sites. This lecture examines the research and theory on social media and libraries, providing an overview of what is known and what is not yet known about libraries and social media. Chapter 1 focuses on the social media environments within which libraries are establishing a presence, including how social media sites differ from each other, yet work together within a social ecosphere. Chapter 2 examines how libraries are engaging with users across a variety of social media platforms and the extent to which libraries are involved in using these different social media platforms, as well as the activities of libraries in presenting a social "self," sharing information, and interacting with users via social media. Chapter 3 explores metrics and measures for assessing the impact of the library's activity in social media sites. The book concludes with Chapter 4 on evolving directions for libraries and social media, including potential implications of new and emerging technologies for libraries in social spaces.

Author : Charles R. McClure,Paul T. Jaeger
Publisher : American Library Association
Page : 121 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780838935767

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Public Libraries and Internet Service Roles by Charles R. McClure,Paul T. Jaeger Pdf

Charles McClure and Paul T. Jaeger speak to the ways in which the Internet has had more impact on public libraries than any other technology since the creation of the book. The issues presented are vital to library service, planning, evaluation, research and educationand most significantly how effectively libraries service the general public.

Author : P. Djèlí Clark
Publisher : Tordotcom
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2020-10-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781250767011

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Ring Shout by P. Djèlí Clark Pdf

Nebula, Locus, and Alex Award-winner P. Djèlí Clark returns with Ring Shout, a dark fantasy historical novella that gives a supernatural twist to the Ku Klux Klan's reign of terror “A fantastical, brutal and thrilling triumph of the imagination...Clark’s combination of historical and political reimagining is cathartic, exhilarating and fresh.” —The New York Times A 2021 Nebula Award Winner! A 2021 Locus Award Winner! A 2021 Hugo Award Finalist! A 2021 World Fantasy Award Finalist! A 2021 Ignyte Award Finalist! A 2021 Shirley Jackson Award Finalist! A 2021 AAMBC Literary Award Finalist! A 2021 British Fantasy Award Finalist! A New York Times Editor's Choice Pick! A Booklist Editor's Choice Pick! A Goodreads Choice Award Finalist! A 2020 SIBA Award Finalist! Featured on the 2021 RUSA Reading List: Fantasy Shortlist! Named a Best of 2020 Pick for NPR | Library Journal | Book Riot | LitReactor | Bustle | Polygon | Washington Post IN AMERICA, DEMONS WEAR WHITE HOODS. In 1915, The Birth of a Nation cast a spell across America, swelling the Klan's ranks and drinking deep from the darkest thoughts of white folk. All across the nation they ride, spreading fear and violence among the vulnerable. They plan to bring Hell to Earth. But even Ku Kluxes can die. Standing in their way is Maryse Boudreaux and her fellow resistance fighters, a foul-mouthed sharpshooter and a Harlem Hellfighter. Armed with blade, bullet, and bomb, they hunt their hunters and send the Klan's demons straight to Hell. But something awful's brewing in Macon, and the war on Hell is about to heat up. Can Maryse stop the Klan before it ends the world? At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.