Why bother with Social media and social networking? This
would be the question many schools are asking!! There is no hope of Web 2.0
without management support.
Brookover (2007)
So why blog? - We need to break down the walls between
libraries and the community, personalising the library services. We want to
reach all parts of the community … what a great way to reach the youth. Need to
have a clear vision of what you want the blog to achieve, do you want two way
conversations? They are very empowering tools for a librarian to directly
impact relationships.
Burkhardt (2009)
Great ways to communicate, respond to patrons, market
ourselves and gain important insights into our users.
Griffey (2010)
Brings up the issue of
privacy of patrons and safety. Both issues to address as libraries have the
potential to use technology in ways not done before.
“What makes
something a social network site? Danah M. Boyd and Nicole B. Ellison in their seminal
2007 article “Social Network Sites: Definition, History, and Scholarship”
define a social network site as “web-based services that allow individuals to
(1) construct a public or semi-public profile within a bounded system, (2)
articulate a list of other users with whom they share a connection, and (3)
view and traverse their list of connections and
those
made by others within the system.””(p.1)
As
I examined our Web 2.0 tools, we are beginning to investigate using ebooks, but
this is the extent at the present time.
I
was interested to read Holley, (2009)
who discussed crowdsourcing – using large groups of unpaid volunteers to
perform small tasks to edit information (eg: Wikipedia). How much value could
we add to our library services, give our users a sense of ownership, build
trust and loyalty, and to demonstrate relevance. Again you need to be clear in
your goals, reward and show progress, but massive potentail!!
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