This document discusses using social media for professional development. It defines professional development as free range learning, connecting with colleagues, participating in discussions, following thought leaders, and exploring new tools. It recommends asking yourself where colleagues are online, how you like to participate, and your preferred learning style. It then lists and describes various social networks, tools, blogs and feeds that can be used for professional development.

1. Social Media
& Professional
Development
Sorting through the chaos

2. Vickie L. Kline
Systems Librarian, Associate
Professor
York College of PA

3. Disclaimer
This is how I define professional development:
• Free range learning
• Connecting with colleagues
• Participating in professional discussions
• Following musings and research of key
thinkers in my discipline
• Exploring new tools and resources

4. 3 Questions
to Ask
Yourself...

5. Where do your colleagues live
online?

6. Are you a discusser, a lurker, a sharer, or a
writer?

7. What is your preferred learning mode?
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8. General
Social
Networks
Facebook

9. General
Social
Networks
Facebook

10. General
Social
Networks
Google+

11. General
Social
Networks
LinkedIn

12. General
Social
Networks
Twitter

13. Citation Networks
Mendeley

14. Social Bookmarking
Delicious Diigo

15. Presentation Sharing
Slideshare

16. Blogging
• Finding blogs
o Salem Press Blog Search
o
• Tools for publishing your own blog
o Blogger
o WordPress
o Tumblr

17. My Favorite Blogs
• David Lee King
• iLibrarian (Ellyssa Kroski)
• Tame the Web (Michael Stephens)
• ReadWriteWeb
• lifehacker

18. Feed Readers
Feedly

19. Feed Readers
Google Reader

20. Feed Readers
FlipBoard

21. Curating
Pinterest

22. Live Events
Library 2.0

23. Live Events
WebJunction

24. What are your
favorite social
sites?

25. Ask me!
Vickie Kline
vkline@ycp.edu
You can also add me to your Google+
circles!