social media and your library: strategies to lead the way
DESCRIPTION
Social media is ubiquitous in our society, and, as a result, a new culture of sharing and transparency exists. The concept of open leadership builds upon this new cultural engagement in social media and challenges us to use social media as a leadership tool. This program provides an overview of how to develop an open leadership strategy that can be applied to effectively and productively use social media for both personal and professional purposes. Takeaway 1: Participants will be able to list the 10 elements of open leadership and explain why social media can play an important role in leadership and management. Takeaway 2: Participants will be able to identify at least four examples of how social media can be applied strategically as a leadership tool in the work place. Takeaway 3: Participants will be able to explain how to conduct an openness audit and use those results to develop a personal or professional social media strategic plan. Who should attend: Managers and leaders in the field of law librarianship Track(s): Library Management, Information Technology, Reference, Research and Client Services Presenters: Jennifer S. Murray (Coordinator & Moderator) Kathleen Brown (Speaker) Steven Antonio Lastres (Speaker) Topics: Programs, Programs and WorkshopsTRANSCRIPT
A-4: Social Media and Your Library: Strategies
to Lead the Way
Panelists/Speakers
Jennifer MurrayLaw Library AdministratorMaricopa County Superior
Court Law Library
Kathleen BrownAssistant Director for Public
and Faculty Services,Oklahoma City University
School of Law
Steve LastresDirector of Library & KM,
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
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Agenda
• Understanding Social Media
• Developing a Social Media Strategy
• Overcoming Barriers
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What Is Social Media?
Web-based and mobile technologies
used internally or externally to turn
communication into
interactive dialogue.
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The New Normal
• Conversations, not messages
• Human, not corporate
• Continuous, not episodic
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Know Your Social Media Platforms
Facebook Twitter Linkedin Pinterest Blogging
Known contacts Unknown contacts Professional contacts known or similar contacts
Everyone
Not real time real time Not real time Not real time Not real time
Not time sensitive Time sensitive Posts Archival Timely Topics
Local News and Events
National Content Professional news and events
Pre and post event All events
complex functionality Simple functionality Simple functionality Complex Functionality
Wordpress and blogger are fairly simple
Wordy Posts Character Limit Image Searching and crediting
As long as you want
Replaced e-mail and IM
Replaced RSS feeds Replaced e-mail and IM and SSRN
Replaced digital photo albums
Replaced traditional scholarship
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Internal Blog/Wiki Forums
Internal Blog/Wiki Forums
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External Blogs
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Steve Hoot suite? Linkedin
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OCU Law Library Twitter
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GIMLET Stream
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Puron Facebook
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Tips to Build Social Media Influence• Thank and recognize your patrons• Ask for opinions • Offer up links • Re-tweet your followers• Always Give Credit • Encourage feedback • Monitor and respond regularly to posts • Post photos• Good customer service
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Group Activity
Scenario:•Your law library wants to create an internal blog for your institution, but your institution’s leader does not understand how this would add value to your institution. •How might you overcome this barrier?
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Conduct Buy-In and SWOT Analysis• Administration- provide short articles, tell the
story, highlight facts, down play tech, be aware of in-house competition, demonstrate other social media uses, get them involved, and provide in-house training.
• Staff- approach each as an individual, do not assume the staff knows or uses in house training, and provide time to learn before roll out to the public.
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Create a Social Media Strategy
• Identify which goals to address first
• Put in place learning systems to support the goal
• Determine if you will participate in dialog, support or innovate
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Create a Social Media Strategy
• Decide how open you want to be (remember your audience)
• Use the openness audit to see how open you can be
• Identify your barriers
• Determine what, if any, metrics you will use
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Have a Social Media Strategy?
Who do you want to connect with?
Family? Friends? Co-workers? Business prospects?
What do you want to discuss or not discuss?
Pending cases? Names? Private information? Balance personal and professional information carefully. Ask yourself how information could be misused.
How will you provide information?
Who will have permission to post? How frequently will you commit to posting? What platforms will you use?
How will it be accessed?
Is it publicly shared?
Where will you get your content from?
What topics will you discuss? What will you monitor to identify content? Who will be responsible for creating content?
What are your barriers?
Technological? Ethical? Legal? Political?
Web Resources for Social Media Policies
• King County Law Library Guide– http://www.kcll.org/articles/developing-
law-firm-social-media-policy
• ALL-SIS Social Media Toolkit– http://www.aallnet.org/sections/all/
storage/Marketing-Outreach-Toolkit-2013/Social-Media
• BNA Social Media Law & Policy Report
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We have a question for all of you!
Have you seen a negative social media post about your library? If so, what, if anything did you did? If not, what do you believe you would do if you saw such a post?
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Q&A
Contact Information:
Kathleen Brown [email protected]
Steve Lastres [email protected]
Jennifer Murray [email protected]