’USING SOCIAL MEDIA TO CONNECT WITH OTHERS:...a discussion with student librarians’

Dean Giustini / UBC Biomedical Branch Librarian UBC School of Library, Archival and Information Studies Student (SLAIS)

March 16th, 2011

And top ten (10) trends in social media ...

• What is social media?

• Top trend(s) from your view• Brainstorm exercise • Social media tools, trends, people

• Top Ten (10) trends in social media• Facebook, Twitter, Quora, Foursquare, QR Codes

• Social media in academia• LIBR 559M, online course • Scholarly communication

• The future• Should librarians use social media?

AGENDA

“…social media is an umbrella term that defines the various activities that integrate technology, social interaction and the construction of words, pictures, videos, and audio.”

Wikipedia – http://www.wikipedia.org

WHAT IS SOCIAL MEDIA?

Dean Giustini / UBC Biomedical Branch Librarian UBC School of Library, Archival and Information Studies Students, March 16th, 2011

I. THINK

• Most important social media trends in the last year?• Write down some ideas (2-3 mins.)

II. PAIR • Discuss your trend (5-7 mins.)• Share with your neighbour

III. SHARE• Share your ideas with Dean & your classmates

TOP TRENDS IN SOCIAL MEDIA

Dean Giustini / UBC Biomedical Branch Librarian UBC School of Library, Archival and Information Studies Students, March 16th, 2011

500 million users & ~20 million in Canada

TREND #10

FACEBOOK USED AS A ’GLOBAL-SOCIAL’ PLATFORM

Dean Giustini / UBC Biomedical Branch Librarian UBC School of Library, Archival and Information Studies Students, March 16th, 2011

Sorry Dave…

70,000,000 tweets per day, mostly on mobile devices

TREND #9

TWITTER AS GLOBAL COMMUNICATION TOOL

Dean Giustini / UBC Biomedical Branch Librarian UBC School of Library, Archival and Information Studies Students, March 16th, 2011

http://geekandpoke.typepad.com/

17,000,000 articles+

TOP TREND #8

WIKIPEDIA AS GLOBAL INFO SOURCE

Dean Giustini / UBC Biomedical Branch Librarian UBC School of Library, Archival and Information Studies Students, March 16th, 2011

TREND #7

LOCATIVE / GEO-TAGGABLE / SOCIAL MEDIA QR CODES

Dean Giustini / UBC Biomedical Branch Librarian UBC School of Library, Archival and Information Studies Students, March 16th, 2011

…using geographical metadata & barcodes to access informationAnd link users to the “Internet of Things”

http://www.socialqrcode.com/

TREND #6

GROUP BUYING

Dean Giustini / UBC Biomedical Branch Librarian UBC School of Library, Archival and Information Studies Students, March 16th, 2011

…. "collective buying power"

TREND #5

QUESTION & ANSWER SERVICES

Dean Giustini / UBC Biomedical Branch Librarian UBC School of Library, Archival and Information Studies Students, March 16th, 2011

…each page becomes the best possible resource for the person who wants the answer to that question …

TREND #4

SMART DEVICES & MOBILITY

Dean Giustini / UBC Biomedical Branch Librarian UBC School of Library, Archival and Information Studies Students, March 16th, 2011

• Emerging Technologies Librarian positions• Social media requirements for new jobs• Social media policies in libraries• Strategic planning• Cloud computing services

TREND #3

INFORMATION PROFESSION(s)

http://andyburkhardt.com/

• Andy teaches the use of emerging technologies • Increases visibility & ‘social capital’ of library

Dean Giustini / UBC Biomedical Branch Librarian UBC School of Library, Archival and Information Studies Students, March 16th, 2011

Should librarians & archivists be ‘2.0’? Why? Or, why not?

TREND #2

IDENTITY MANAGEMENT

• Why do you use social media?• Changes in use of libraries• Library collections• Changes in access

• What social media do I use? See Dean Giustini, BMB Librarian

CARL / ABRC Academic Librarians’ Competencies

Dean Giustini / UBC Biomedical Branch Librarian UBC School of Library, Archival and Information Studies Students, March 16th, 2011

TREND #1

IMPACT IN ACADEMIA

• Online course LIBR 559M (in Summer 2011)• Affordance• Participation• Collaboration• Creation• Aggregation• Immersion

• Is social media changing scholarly communication practices?

Dean Giustini / UBC Biomedical Branch Librarian UBC School of Library, Archival and Information Studies Students, March 16th, 2011

TOP TOOLS IN SOCIAL LEARNING

Dean Giustini / UBC Biomedical Branch Librarian UBC School of Library, Archival and Information Studies Students, March 16th, 2011

1. Twitter – micro-updates

2. YouTube – video hosting & sharing

3. GoogleDocs - online collaboration

4. Delicious – social bookmarking

5. Slideshare – presentation hosting

6. Google Reader – RSS feed reader

7. Wordpress – blogging platform

8. Skype – instant messaging & VoIP calling

9. Moodle – course management system

10. Facebook – social networking

Jane Hart @ C4LPThttp://www.c4lpt.co.uk/

Articles and Presentations by Jane Hart

THE FUTURE

• Should our field be concerned about lack of visibility?

• Is it important for librarians to use social media?

• Closing remarks

Dean Giustini / UBC Biomedical Branch Librarian UBC School of Library, Archival and Information Studies Students, March 16th, 2011