Connect with your patrons in the digital world

Connect with Your Patrons in the Digital World Using Social Networking Tools as Outreach Bobbi L. Newman [email_address] http://librarianbyday.net

Why Use Web 2.0 Tools?

Inform

Connect

Be where your users are

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Right now your users can connect with you

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What if you could connect with them?

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You can!

Blog A website consisting of entries written in chronological order, the most recent at the top

Content
Services
Programs
Outreach
Special events
Operational details
Staff
Anything you want!

http://blogs.uww.edu/library /

http://saulibrary.wordpress.com/

Wiki … a collection of web pages designed to enable anyone who accesses it to contribute or modify content, using a simplified markup language. … are often used to create collaborative websites and to power community websites. -wikipedia.com

Content
Subject guides
Links lists
Instructions
Tips & tricks pages
Tutorials

http://www.library.ohiou.edu/subjects/bizwiki/index.php/Main_Page

http://libfye.wetpaint.com

Twitter Micro-blogging in 140 characters or less Asks the question – What are you doing?

Content
Blog posts
Flickr uploads
Closings
Special events
News
Information

http://twitter.com/lurialibrary

http://twitter.com/askundergrad

Myspace Social networking site

Content
Library materials
Instant messaging -Ask a Librarian
Search the catalog
Information about the library
Photos
Video
Bulletins
Blog

http://www.myspace.com/brooklyncollegelibrary

http://www.myspace.com/ucfaskalibrarian

Facebook Social networking site

Content
RSS from blog
Search catalog application
Instant messaging
Photos
Videos
Discussions
Posting updates

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Coventry-United-Kingdom/University-Of-Warwick-Library/6168162503?ref=s

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Portsmouth-United-Kingdom/University-of-Portsmouth-Library/8313376841?ref=s

Flickr Social site for sharing Photos and Videos

What to post?
New books
Students
Staff
Screenshots
Special events
Displays
Archives

http://www.flickr.com/photos/macetg /

http://www.flickr.com/photos/isuspecialcollectionss

YouTube Social site for sharing videos

Content
Instructional videos
Fun videos
Library tours
Campus tours
Old videos

http://youtube.com/user/USDLibraries

http:// youtube.com/user/ISUSpecialCollection

Del.icio.us Social site for sharing bookmarks

Content
Links to Library pages
Links to campus pages
Links to external sites

https://www.stanford.edu/group/ic/cgi-bin/drupal/delicous

http://libraries.mit.edu/help/virtualref/

Branding

Marketing

If You Build It, They Will Come

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Questions?

Connect with Your Patrons in the Digital World Using Social Networking Tools as Outreach Bobbi L. Newman [email_address] http://librarianbyday.net

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