Social Media @Harvard Law

School

Jeff Dunn, Doug Walo, Meg DeMarco

Social Media @ HLS

• Library blog (http://etseq.law.harvard.edu)• News@Law (Email)• Emails and Listserves• Administrative Updates (RSS Updates)• HLS Student Government Blog (http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/studentgov)• HLS YouTube channel (http://www.youtube.com/user/HarvardLawSchool)• Library’s YouTube Channel (http://www.youtube.com/user/hlslib)• The Library’s Facebook fan page (http://www.facebook.com/hlslib)• The Alumni Advising Network (https://hlsalumni.publishingconcepts.com/default.aspx)• Programs of Study Fellows Blog (planned)• Berkman Center Mailing Lists (http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/getinvolved#mailinglists)• Admissions Blog (http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/admissions/)• ITS Help Desk Blog (http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/hlshelp/)• DoSO Twitter feed (http://twitter.com/Harvard_Law)• Registrar Twitter feed (http://twitter.com/HLS_Registrar)• ILS Twitter feed (http://twitter.com/Harvard_IntLaw)• Alumni Twitter feed (coming soon)• Library Twitter feed (http://twitter.com/hlslib)• Faculty Blogs (various)• Program on Corporate Governance Blog (http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/corpgov/)• Human Rights Program Blog • Emergency Notifications (https://messageme.harvard.edu/faq.php)• Snowday Hotline (617-496-NEWS – not a website, but still useful)

How HLS Talks To Its Community

Social Media @ HLS• Currently Using YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, HLS Website,

Sidebar as main avenues of communication

Social Media @ HLSWhat’s working? What’s not?

HLS Website, News @ Law, Twitter, Posters, E-mail, RSS

Facebook Pages, Sidebar, Invading Students’ Personal Space

YouTube Channel (still new)

Some hits and some misses… but what’s next?

• New Student Information System (SIS)• Google Wave, Voice• FB Connect• Student-sourced content

Social Media @ HLS

• New SIS Development Underway– HLS is exploring new ways for our

community to interact, share information, accomplish tasks quickly• Registering for classes, housing, etc.• Sharing class notes• Organizing study sessions• Publicizing events and speakers

Social Media @ HLS

Social Media @ HLS• New SIS Development – Potential implementations

– Google Wave

Social Media @ HLS• New ways to get people to connect and take part

– FB Connect

• Easy way for students to take part in discussions on the site

• Comments are FB-enabled• Members of FB Group can post in

certain parts of the journal’s website

• Updates users’ FB feed with journal post and comments

Student-Sourced Content• Expanding Journals and Org Websites

with CMS to allow for more student publishing

• Students already create their own content, we need a better repository and online environment

Social Media @ HLS

Student-Sourced ContentHarvardnsj.com is seeing increased usage, current redesign

underway to allow more student-sourced content

Social Media @ HLS

Social Media @Harvard Law

School

Jeff Dunn, Doug Walo, Meg DeMarco