university of maine at presque isle social networking presentation 1.09
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Social Media ToolsStudents, Patrons, Members, Guests, Community…
For the University of Maine at Presque IslePresenters Sonja Plummer-Morgan, Librarian & Lisa Neal Shaw, Reference Librarian
January 2009
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHWTLA8WecI
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Google has 31 billion searches performed each month
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According to Jeremiah Owyang, senior analyst at Forrester,
Facebook has over60 million active users.
Twitter.com nearly 800,000
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http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/profile.php?id=773597738&ref=profile
Facebook.com
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http://twitter.com/PresqueIsleLib
twitter.com
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http://www.myspace.com/presqueislelibrary
MySpace.com
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•Same words, different marketing venues and reaching a broader
audience virtually and in the library to communicate with one another, share
best practices, and learn.
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Total Second Life Residents as of 1/23/09:
16,785,531
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•Connecting globally helps mitigate rural isolation•Professional development opportunities
•Attend Conferences in real time with Video Conferencing
•Geography is no longer an obstacle to meeting•Deliver services to the place where it is needed.
•Recruitment by managing social media with aid of the student ambassadors, such as Facebook, Bebo,
MySpace, YouTube, Constant Contact•Sustainability of our profession
•Immersive & Participatory Learning
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BOOK DISCUSSIONS MAINE RESOURCES
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In the past 8 weeks, 300 patrons visited one of our libraries
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•Presque Isle Library Resources•Homeless Resource Center•Meeting room space for nonprofits•American Cancer Society•Virtual Reference•Assist university students•Provide internships•Teach for the University of Indiana •Job Resource Center•Prison Library Resource Center•Reader’s Garden with book events•Attend Conferences•Attend live music concerts•Art Shows in world with receptions•Association for Rural Libraries•Swing Era Library Resource Center•Samantha Smith Library•Student graduation celebrations
Examples of Activities We Are Directly Involved With
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Pope, K. Trends Report 2008. Alliance Library Systems. www.alliancelibrarysystem.com
Robbins, S. & Bell, M. (2007). Second Life for Dummies. Wiley Publishing, Inc.Bettger, S. (2008). Non Profits and Second Life: Promoting Causes Inside Second Life
For Real World Impact. Giving Circles Network.
Educational use for Second Life www.secondlife.com
Second Life Economic Statistics. http://secondlife.com/whatis/economy_stats.phpSimtech:
Second Life for Educators. http://secondlifegrid.net/slfe/education-use-virtual-world
Twitterfacts. http://twitterfacts.blogspot.com/2008/01/number-of-twitter-users.html