This presentation is about how librarians can use social networking for professional development and to enhance their career.

1. Business or Pleasure? Social Networking for Professional Purposes Andy Burkhardt Emerging Technologies Librarian Champlain College Library andyburkhardt.com

2. photo by v.h.d. on Flickr

3. Two Georges

4. photo by ReddJinn on Flickr

5. What’ll be covered? Two types of connections Real world examples How to get started

6. Strong Connections Often people you already know Share very personal information Best for enhancing current relationships and networking photo by BobFornal on Flickr

7. Weak Connections Often people you don’t know Share less personal info (but interesting stuff nonetheless) Best for engaging a new audience, marketing services, and growing your network photo by Darwin Bell on Flickr

8. photo by Dan4th on Flickr

9. photo by Johnny Jupiter on Flickr

11. Networking

13. Facebook Fan Pages

15. Staying current

16. Local conversations

18. Local conversations

19. Prescient Reference

20. Promoting Resources

21. What should I post? Library events Links to articles, videos, etc. relevant to your community Solicit feedback from patrons New additions to your collection Getting the message out about how great your library is Answering questions ???

22. Tone photo by heyjohngreen on Flickr

23. Social not Broadcast photo by TECH cocktail on Flickr

24. Professional Benefits Networking with colleagues Marketing library and its services Engaging patrons Understanding patrons better

25. How do I start?

26. Play! photo by BL1961 on Flickr

27. Tailor the Technology photo by hamronFlickr

28. Thanks! Andy Burkhardt This slideshow: andyburkhardt.com/presentations Website: andyburkhardt.com Twitter: twitter.com/vonburkhardt LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/andyburkhardt Email: aburkhardt@champlain.edu All images used from Flickr under Creative Commons licenses