Social Networking and the Penrose Library Joseph Kraus Penrose Library Science and Engineering Librarian April 3, 2009 Presentation at the CoASL Spring Workshop

Joseph Kraus

Penrose Library

Science and Engineering Librarian

April 3, 2009

Presentation at the CoASL Spring Workshop

Note This slide show is at: www.slideshare.com/jokrausdu

This slide show is at: www.slideshare.com/jokrausdu

Question How do Kindergarteners learn?

How do Kindergarteners learn?

Answer? Playing with toys and games Trying things out Experimenting Watching, observing, touching and reading Having fun

Playing with toys and games

Trying things out

Experimenting

Watching, observing, touching and reading

Having fun

What is Penrose using and doing? Cool Tools Page http://library.du.edu/FindIt/ResearchGuides/rg_main.cfm?rg_id=313 Twitter Facebook LibX Toolbar Blogs Encore tagging A wiki as an Intrazone (not viewable by the public) LibraryH3lp chat tool (will be using soon) Website redesign (before Fall 2009)

Cool Tools Page

http://library.du.edu/FindIt/ResearchGuides/rg_main.cfm?rg_id=313

Twitter

Facebook

LibX Toolbar

Blogs

Encore tagging

A wiki as an Intrazone (not viewable by the public)

LibraryH3lp chat tool (will be using soon)

Website redesign (before Fall 2009)

What are the results of the social networking? Not sure yet… We have 230+ fans in Facebook, 58+ in Twitter Beth Kanter does a lot of research on “ How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media ”. Businesses want to use social networking for marketing and building customer relationships. See these 87 books , reports and more .

Not sure yet…

We have 230+ fans in Facebook, 58+ in Twitter

Beth Kanter does a lot of research on “ How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media ”.

Businesses want to use social networking for marketing and building customer relationships.

See these 87 books , reports and more .

What am I personally using? FriendFeed -- http://friendfeed.com/jokrausdu Delicious -- http:// delicious.com/jokrausdu Blogs -- http://www.nuthingbut.net/ Twitter -- http://www.twitter.com/jokrausdu Facebook -- http:// du.facebook.com/profile.php?id =20204459 Photography sites -- http://www.flickr.com/jokrausdu and http://picasaweb.google.com/jokrausdu/ YouTube -- http:// www.youtube.com/jokrausdu

FriendFeed -- http://friendfeed.com/jokrausdu

Delicious -- http:// delicious.com/jokrausdu

Blogs -- http://www.nuthingbut.net/

Twitter -- http://www.twitter.com/jokrausdu

Facebook -- http:// du.facebook.com/profile.php?id =20204459

Photography sites -- http://www.flickr.com/jokrausdu and http://picasaweb.google.com/jokrausdu/

YouTube -- http:// www.youtube.com/jokrausdu

Questions? Lots of ways to get a hold of me… Email – [email_address] , [email_address] Phone – 303-871-4586

Lots of ways to get a hold of me…

Email – [email_address] , [email_address]

Phone – 303-871-4586