Social Networking

Jump on the bandwagon

What’s a Social Network?

Why Social Media?

Created by flickr user Matt Hamm

Twitter

Fail Whale

Why Twitter?

How?

Twitter link

Statistics

Followers—how many people are reading your tweets

Facebook

Why Facebook

How?

Facebook link

Statistics

Number of fans, active countries, two way communications

(interactions)

More Statistics

flickr

Why flickr?

Photo taken by flickr user silgeo

How?

flicker

Statistics

YouTube

Search for Library

YouTube Examples

Medieval Help Desk (2:38 min)

March of the Librarians (4:58)

Library Zombies (1:32) produced by the Georgia State University Library to publicize their Ask a Librarian service

Dancing Compact Shelves (Interval Library) (2:33)

Why YouTube?

Photo taken by Flickr user Bill of Capitol Hill.

How?

From flickr user Maxymedia

Statistics

delicious

Why?

From flickr user PhotoJonny

How

Bookmarking tool

Manually add

Statistics

Slideshare

http://www.slideshare.net/

More Information/IdeasTwitter for Libraries http://www.web2learning.net/archives/30868 Essential Apps for your Brand’s Facebook page http://mashable.com/2009/05/13/facebook-brand-apps/32 Ways to use Facebook for Business http://webworkerdaily.com/2009/07/21/32-ways-to-use-facebook-for-business/5 Essential FB apps for libraries http://librarianinblack.net/librarianinblack/2009/10/nonprofitfbapps.htmlHow your library may not be using Twitter but should http://www.kellyd.com/2009/07/29/how-your-library-may-not-be-using-twitter-but-should/#Use Cite-me and WorldCat apps on FB http://worldcat.org/blogs/archives/2009/09/use-citeme-and-worldcat-apps-o.htm100 ways to use Twitter in your library http://mobile-libraries.blogspot.com/2009/09/100-ways-to-use-twitter-in-your-library.htmlTwitter for organizations http://lowriderlibrarian.blogspot.com/2009/08/twitter-for-organizations.htmlUnconventional Guide to the Social Web http://socialwebguide.org/Two uses for Social Networking in Libraries http://syntheticlibrarian.com/2009/08/03/two-uses-for-social-networking-in-libraries-plus-facebook-is-a-creepy-privacy-eating-monsterHow to avoid Facebook and Twitter disasters http://www.pcworld.com/article/167057/how_to_avoid_facebook_and_twitter_disasters.html

Questions?