social media for libraries

Social Media

for LibrariesAnabel Marsh

flavors.me/anabelmarsh

Intr

oduct

ion @malbooth: Managers of

libraries not engaging with

social media now should not be managing libraries

now #ALIAonline

A cultural web

2 landscape?

Warwick

Barr

iers

?

Management has doubtsThought to be

frivolousDon’t understand what

social media can do Issues of reliability and

legal implicationsTime consuming

Com

batt

ing

negati

vity Take the leadTrain and encourage

Planning group?A strategy!

What

to

consi

der?

What are you trying to

achieve? Who are you trying to

reach?What do you want them to do once you

have their attention?Which tool is best?Consistency – do you

have a “brand”?

libfo

cus

Social Media Strategy for Libraries

Huddersfield

Strategy example

Shari

ng t

he

know

ledge Social media for

research and collaboration – show

them how it’s done!Lesley Thomson: Mind

Bloggling

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gBlogger: Anabel’s Children’s Lit

erature Blog Wordpress: University of Glasgow

Library

Findin

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libra

rians’

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CILIP including blog landscapeCPD23Library Day in the Life

Student version organised by Hack Library School

Library Routes

Twit

ter

@A

nabelM

ars

h Twitter list – local library tweepsTweetups - #GLTU

GLTU blogNext visit - GSA

Face

book

University of Strathcly

de Archives and Speci

al CollectionsUniversity of Glasgow

LibraryDundee Libraries

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£80.42 on Amazon

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Crowd-sourced on Facebook and Twitter

NLD

Dundee

See the full album on Facebook

Pinte

rest University of Glasgow

Halton LibrariesGreat for new books –

better than LibraryThing

Sto

rify Create a storyTweetsBlogpostsWebpagesText

Any

quest

ions?

Thanks for listening!