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CARL / ABRC Research Project on Social Media
An environmental scan of social media usage in CARL/ABRC libraries 2011Dean Giustini (UBC reference librarian & SLAIS adjunct faculty)
Background
The purpose of this 2010-2011 environmental scan is to provide an overview of social
media usage at twenty-nine (29) CARL / ABRC libraries’ websites. This scan was initially
undertaken prior to the development of our Phase I survey of Canadian academic librarians’ use
of social media. The social media tools ‘on view’ at Canadian academic library websites were
determined through simple visual identification and inventory at each of twenty-nine CARL /
ABRC libraries’ websites. The investigators created a list (see appendix I, page 5) of academic
libraries’ use of social media and sent it to contacts in each library for feedback. All suggestions
for improvement were added in April and May 2011.
There is considerable heterogeneity in the use of social media in CARL / ABRC libraries.
As of May 2011, the most commonly-used tools are blogs (individual and group blogs);
Facebook and Twitter (social networking); delicious and Zotero (social bookmarking and citation
management); collaborative writing tools such as wikis and GoogleDocs; and the very popular
multimedia-sharing sites YouTube and SlideShare. Undoubtedly, there are CARL / ABRC
academic librarians across the country experimenting with and using other tools (i.e. such as
Gowalla and Foursquare). We seek to document this activity more fully in phase II of our study.
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Methods
The researchers examined the main websites of twenty-nine (29) Canadian academic
libraries (CARL/ABRC-members) and browsed their underlying directories and branch webpages
in 2010 and 2011. As new examples of social media usage were discovered through our
browsing or via contact with colleagues, these examples were added to the growing list of
social media in use. As many upper and lower level pages at these Canadian library websites
were examined and usage was again inventoried. Our challenge was to ensure that as complete
a list of websites was developed as possible. The researchers used a number of search methods
to uncover content; the scan including identifying the social media tools that were most
prominently-displayed on library pages as well as doing advanced Google searching by library
domain name. The resulting document captures an overview of the major social media usage at
CARL/ABRC’s twenty-nine libraries in mid-2011.
Observations
Social media usage in CARL/ABRC libraries in 2011 varies considerably from institution to
institution and from region to region. We discern heightened activity on several CARL / ABRC
member libraries’ websites in the first few months of 2011. Institutional and regional variations
can also be discerned by comparing larger CARL / ABRC member libraries (e.g., UBC, UofT,
UofA) and smaller institutional members (e.g., Brock, Dalhousie, Carleton). Judging from the
range of examples on library websites, there seems to be widespread interest in using social
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media at CARL / ABRC libraries: blogs, instant messaging tools and social networking sites such
as Facebook and Twitter are used with some frequency and several academic libraries are
announcing their participation in various online listservs and forums. With so little homogeneity
in adopting social media in CARL / ABRC libraries and no obvious leader in Canada, one has to
infer that most libraries are doing their own thing. However, we have tried to find examples of
best practices and there are clues available. In addition to website browsing, we searched for
examples of conference reports and other academic writing of the librarians at CARL / ABRC
member libraries; in addition, we initiated conversations with some of the librarians at those
institutions who are using social media with some regularity. Some of our conversations have
taken place on tools such as blogs, Facebook and Twitter, and will comprise a part of our work
in phase II.
A major difficulty in listing Canadian academic libraries’ usage of social media with some
accuracy is compounded by the sheer range of activities that is taking place behind the scenes
at these libraries. In addition, the list goes out of date very quickly. With respect to staff training
programs for social media, we sense that they are gaining some traction in the larger libraries
(UofA, UBC, UofT). We are also beginning to see that CARL / ABRC libraries are discussing the
impact of tools such as Facebook and Twitter in the academy (not to mention new technologies
such as smart phones, iPhones and mobile devices). In phase II of our study, we aim to uncover
why several CARL / ABRC libraries have abandoned some initial projects (such as blogs) for
Giustini – May 2011 Environmental scan’ of social media usage in CARL/ABRC libraries 3
extended periods of time, or completely. We hope to extract information about academic
librarians’ successes and failures in using social media in their professional activities in phase II.
Statistics arising from our inventory of CARL/ABRC websites:
All CARL/ABRC libraries (29) are using RSS feeds in one way or another with a majority
using blogging tools (27/29), forms of chat (25/29), Facebook (24/29) and/or Twitter
(21/29). We believe academic librarians also use these tools in some way personally in
their work but are waiting for more accurate numbers and data in phase II.
The use of photo-sharing and social bookmarking tools is considerably less common in
Canadian academic libraries than in American academic libraries. That said, the
researchers feel that the numbers will continue to rise over time given the importance
of the visual arts in scholarship. It seems clear that many individual librarians use these
tools but they do not necessarily do so for professional reasons or in their daily work.
Phase II of our survey aims to obtain further information about the use of tools.
Regarding francophone universities (UQAM, UdeM, Sherbrooke, Laval), there are some
tools in this scan that are used by Anglophones only. It may be that French-speaking
universities use “French language” tools (“media sociaux” or “outils sociaux”) and not
the specific “English” tools that are popular at the moment.
Five (5) of the 29 CARL/ABRC libraries (Calgary, McGill, McMaster, Toronto, York) have
hired professional librarians with responsibilities that are similar to those of an
emerging technology librarian (or similar positions such as McMaster's User Experience
Librarian). At least three (3) libraries have created teams of academic librarians who
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look at the adoption of social media (UofA, UBC, Waterloo) in the academy and / or
provide workshops and leadership in their respective libraries.
Top Ten (10) Social Media (categories) most visible on CARL/ABRC websites
1. RSS Feeds: 292. Chat applications: 253. Facebook: 244. Twitter: 215. Share toolbar: 136. YouTube: 117. Flickr: 118. Wikis: 79. Delicious: 510. Slideshare: 5 (mostly personal accounts of academic librarians)
Top Ten (10) CARL/ABRC Libraries – Use of social media (scores were based on #s of applications used)
1. University of Alberta Libraries 2. McMaster Libraries3. University of Manitoba Libraries (esp. Health sciences)4. University of Toronto Libraries5. University of British Columbia6. University of Victoria7. Brock University Libraries8. University of Waterloo Library9. York Library10. Queen’s University Library
Giustini – May 2011 Environmental scan’ of social media usage in CARL/ABRC libraries 5
Appendix I – Alphabetical Inventory of CARL/ABRC Libraries’ Use of Social Media
1. Brock University Library - http://www.brocku.ca/library
No main library blog
http://brocku.ca/library/livehelp
Facebook account: http://www.facebook.com/BrockUniversityLibrary
Flickr account: http://www.flickr.com/photos/brock_library/
On some pages eg. News: http://brocku.ca/news/departments/8
Twitter account: http://twitter.com/brock_library
Learning commons on a wiki: https://kumu.brocku.ca/twiki/Learning_Commons
YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/BrockLibrary
Some librarians author their own blogs, eg.: http://www.monicarettig.com/
Emerging technologies librarian? No
2. Carleton University Library - http://www.library.carleton.ca/
Library blog: https://blogs.library.carleton.ca/roller/ used to generate RSS feeds
Interesting “Quiet Please” service via email or text message:
https://blogs.library.carleton.ca/roller/new/entry/email_or_text_us_for
Madgical blog: https://blogs.library.carleton.ca/roller/themadgicalweb/
Some libraries (eg. Maps) have chat. Not easily found from main page
Facebook account: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=7440462541
Emerging technologies librarian? No.
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3. Concordia University Libraries - http://library.concordia.ca/
News: http://library.concordia.ca/about/news/
Help: http://library.concordia.ca/help/questions/
Flickr account: http://www.flickr.com/photos/32664723@N05/
Identi account: http://identi.ca/concordialib (from Concordia’s Twitter feed)
Twitter account: http://twitter.com/ConcordiaLib
Emerging technologies librarian? No
4. Dalhousie University Libraries - http://libraries.dal.ca
Tutorial webcasts: http://www.library.dal.ca/How/LibCasts/
Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/dallibraries
YouTube channel at Kellogg: http://www.youtube.com/user/DalKelloggLibrary
Not easy to find; found via YouTube (true of most Library YouTube channels)
Emerging technologies librarian? No
5. McGill Libraries - http://www.mcgill.ca/library/
McGill Library blog: http://blogs.mcgill.ca/library/
Library Technology services: http://www.mcgill.ca/library/library-about/lts/
McGill libraries has a significant presence in Second Life:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVudWPDpW9Q
Twitter account: http://twitter.com/mcgilllib
Website available on mobile web:
http://blogs.mcgill.ca/library/2010/06/01/mcgill-library-website-has-gone-
mobile/
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Emerging technologies librarian? No – but Amy Buckland is eScholarship, ePublishing & Digitization Coordinator, Library Technology Services
6. McMaster University Library - http://library.mcmaster.ca/
Staff newsletter on a wordpress blog: http://staffnews.blog.lib.mcmaster.ca/
Emerging technologies group @ McMaster Libraries -
http://macetg.blog.lib.mcmaster.ca/ (as of April 2011, group disbanded)
Library 2.0 Toolbox - consists of main blog for updates; signup for blogs and wikis
Library hosted wikis: http://libwiki.mcmaster.ca/
get a blog with what appears to be standard WP.com signup; "request" a wiki for
your class; toolbox is linked from main McMaster Library homepage (Teaching
Support --> 2.0 Toolbox) http://libwiki.mcmaster.ca/
http://library.mcmaster.ca/justask/ Uses Meebo, and chat services ‘internally’
Facebook account: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Hamilton-ON/Mills-
Library/7233086835
Health Sciences Library here: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Health-Sciences-
Library-McMaster-University/181660838512959
Lyons New Media Centre: http://www.facebook.com/lyonsnewmedia
Flickr account: http://www.flickr.com/photos/macetg/
Twitter account: https://twitter.com/maclibraries
YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/maclibraries
University feed curated by Andrew Colgoni http://friendfeed.com/mcmasteru/
McMaster Librarian Blogs: http://andrewcolgoni.ca, http://ruebot.net,
http://theweelibrarian.wordpress.com, http://libgrunt.blogspot.com,
http://htwkbk.wordpress.com/
Scholarly contributions by library staff on social media:
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Jeff Trzeciak, Cathy Moulder, and Olga Perkovic. "Change and Emerging Technologies:
The Library's Role is Supporting Teaching and Learning in a 2.0 Environment" Coalition
for Networked Information, Minneapolis, 2008.
http://works.bepress.com/olga_perkovic/1
Trzeciak J. McMaster University Librarian: http://ulatmac.wordpress.com/
http://digitalcommons.mcmaster.ca/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1001&context=total
First Year Experience Wiki: http://libwiki.mcmaster.ca/fye/
7. Memorial University Libraries - http://www.library.mun.ca/
Blog & news feed: http://owl.library.mun.ca/blogs/index.php
Ask Us service: http://www.library.mun.ca/askus.php
Photo blog: http://www.cs. mun . ca /~chealey/photo
Twitter feed (Ferriss Hodgett Library): http://twitter.com/swgclibrary
Emerging technologies librarian? No
8. Queens University Library - http://library.queensu.ca/
Virtual reference services: MSN, AOL and Yahoo Messenger
News: http://library.queensu.ca/news/
Facebook account: http://www.facebook.com/queenslibrary
Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/qul_photos/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/QueensUCanada
Wiki for elearning: http://library.queensu.ca/wiki/elearning/doku.php
Emerging technologies librarian? No
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9. Ryerson University Library & Archives - http://www.ryerson.ca/library/
News: http://news.library.ryerson.ca/
AskUs: http://www.ryerson.ca/library/ask.html
Facebook account: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Toronto-ON/Ryerson-
University-Library/5863804371?ref=mf
Flickr account: http://www.flickr.com/photos/rula_specialcollections/
Twitter account: http://twitter.com/ryersonlibrary
YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/ryersonlibrary
link to mobile library section from library homepage: http://www.ryerson.ca/library/mobile/index.html
Emerging technologies librarian? No
10. Simon Fraser University (SFU) Library - http://www.lib.sfu.ca/
Blogs : http://blogs.lib.sfu.ca/ (MANY staff blogs and a central listing)
Current awareness: http://www.lib.sfu.ca/my-library/services-for-you/current-
awareness
AskAway: http://www.lib.sfu.ca/help/askaway-welcome
Twitter account: http://twitter.com/sfu_library
Wiki use by education faculty: http://wiki.lidc.sfu.ca/EdtechIndex
Emerging technologies librarian? No
11. Universite de Montreal Bibliotheques - http://www.bib.umontreal.ca/
http://bbsi2point0.blogspot.com/ several law librarians also have blogs
Delicious account: http://delicious.com/patryl
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Facebook account:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Montreal-QC/Bibliotheque-du-Cetase/184991
568897
RSS feeds: http://www.umontreal.ca/RSS.html
Law library: http://www.bib.umontreal.ca/DR/ressources/rss.htm#SECT2.1
Widgets and library tools: http://www.bib.umontreal.ca/guides/widgets.htm
Emerging technologies librarian? No
12. University of Alberta Libraries - http://www.library.ualberta.ca/
RSS feeds http://www.library.ualberta.ca/services/alerts/rss_feeds/index.cfm
UofA Library News blog http://blogs.library.ualberta.ca/libnews/
First use of French we've seen: http://blogs.library.ualberta.ca/biblioblogue/
Long list of "blogs" used primarily as a vehicle for generating RSS; easy to
encourage staff participation; set up a blog, tell them to post, advertise as RSS.
Embedded widgets in Subject guides: http://guides.library.ualberta.ca/chemeng
Twitter feed: http://twitter.com/uofalibraries
Facebook for Cameron Library: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Cameron-
Library-University-of-Alberta-Libraries/19017437856
University of Alberta Library YouTube
Channel:http://www.youtube.com/user/ualibrary2010
UofA Libraries Flickr account: http://www.flickr.com/photos/uofalibraries
Emerging technologies librarian? Not that we can identify.
Scholarly contributions by library staff on social media:Chambers, Storie, Campbell (2009). Really Simple Syndication? A study on health sciences faculty and medical residents’ adoption of a new technology following an instruction session on RSS. In: Positioning the Profession: the Tenth International Congress on Medical Librarianship, Brisbane, Australia, (1-9). 2009.http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:179905
Giustini – May 2011 Environmental scan’ of social media usage in CARL/ABRC libraries 11
Reichardt, Harder. 2005. "Weblogs: Their Use and Application in Science and Technology Libraries." Science & Technology Libraries, 25(3), pp105-116.
Harder, Reichardt. 2003. "Throw Another Blog on the Wire: Libraries and the Weblogging Phenomena." Feliciter, 49 (2): 35-38.
Harder, Geoffrey. “Keeping Found Things Found: Social Bookmarking and Web 2.0 Reference Management Tools.” Library Resources and eLearning: Workshop for Faculty, Instructors and eLearning Staff. December 2006.
Polkinghorne, Hoffman. (2007, August). Launching InfoLit 2.0? What is being said about the social web and information literacy? Session presented at the Pacific Northwest Library Association conference, Edmonton, AB.
Polkinghorne, Hoffman. (2008). Sparking Flickrs of insight. In P. Godwin & J. Parker (Eds.), Information literacy meets Library 2.0. London: Facet Publishing. 117-123.
Reichardt, Randy. 2008. How May I Help Thee? Let Me Count The 2.0 Ways ... Internet Reference Services Quarterly v13 n2-3, pp271-280.
Reichardt, Randy. 2008. Exploring the Power of Social Learning and Web 2.0. Power Your Teaching With Technology, August 2008.
There is a concerted effort by librarians at the UofA to perform library 2.0 "outreach" and lead workshops with faculty and staff, conference presentations, publishing
Multiple libraries don’t have own their own webpages but do have specific pages for things to do with them - information architecture is not optimum
Facebook accounts for each library: eg. Rutherford: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Edmonton-AB/Rutherford-Library-University-of-Alberta-Libraries/147220368055
13. University of British Columbia Library - http://www.library.ubc.ca
UBC Library blogs - http://blogs.ubc.ca/library/
UBC Circle Twitter - http://twitter.com/#!/circle_ubc
UBC eResources - http://blogs.ubc.ca/eresourcestatus/
New resources at UBC Library – http://twitter.com/#!/ubcnewbooks
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Flickr account: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ubclibrary/
SlideShare account: http://www.slideshare.net/ubclibraryvault
eResources blog - http://blogs.ubc.ca/eresourcestatus/
Japanese Library Resources - http://blogs.ubc.ca/jllb/
TOTs librarians http://tots.pbworks.com/
UBC Library Facebook accounts:
UBC Library - http://www.facebook.com/UBCLibrary
Canaccord Learning Commons & David Lam Library
Irving K. Barber Learning Centre
Asian Library - http://www.facebook.com/pages/UBC-Asian-Library/
http://www.facebook.com/UBCLawLib?ref=search
IKBLC Picasa: http://picasaweb.google.com/ikebarber
HLWIKI Canada: http://hlwiki.ca
Social Media Research Team (SMeRT) Librarians – led by Giustini
http://hlwiki.slais.ubc.ca/index.php/HLWIKI_Canada_Advisory
Emerging technologies librarian? No “AUL Digital Initiatives”
14. University of Calgary Library - http://library.ucalgary.ca/
UofC Libraries and Cultural Resources Twitter: http://twitter.com/uofc_lcr
http://twitter.com/tfdl Taylor Family Digital Library; Nickle Arts Museum:
http://twitter.com/nicklearts; Business Library http://twitter.com/UofCBusLib
http://collectionsnews.blogspot.com/
Facebook account: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Calgary-AB/MacKimmie-
Library-University-of-Calgary/5774504027
Doucette Library of Teaching Resources Library on a wiki:
http://wiki.ucalgary.ca/page/Doucette
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UC social media: http://contacts.ucalgary.ca/directory/socialmedia
Semi-official YouTube channel http://www.youtube.com/lcrweb
http://dspace.ucalgary.ca/handle/1880/47389
http://ucalgarychemlibrarynews.blogspot.com/
http://ucalgarymathstatslibrarynews.blogspot.com/
http://ucalgaryevdslibrarynews.blogspot.com/
http://ucalgarysciengnews.blogspot.com/
Several libraries / librarians author their own blogs
Emerging technologies librarian? Jerremie Clyde – job title something like “Game research and instruction librarian” http://www.ucalgary.ca/hardplay/ http://libguides.ucalgary.ca/content.php?pid=155358 Libraries and Cultural Resources has a YouTube channel too:
http://www.youtube.com/user/lcrweb UofC has list of departments with Twitter and Facebook; libraries listed here:
http://contacts.ucalgary.ca/directory/socialmedia Moving Day: Making the Most of Your Message with RSS and Syndicated Content
http://dspace.ucalgary.ca/handle/1880/44232
15. University of Guelph Library - http://www.lib.uoguelph.ca
http://www.uoguelph.ca/cio/blog/4
http://www.lib.uoguelph.ca/assistance/ask_us/
Facebook account: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2261483538
Flickr account: http://www.flickr.com/photos/uglibrary/
Twitter account: http://twitter.com/uglibrary
YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/GuelphLibrary
Twitter: http://twitter.com/GH_Library
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/University-of-Guelph-Humber-
Library/117231311688304
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Emerging technologies librarian? No
16. University of Laval Bibliotheque - http://www.bibl.ulaval.ca/mieux
http://bibliocsssl.wordpress.com/
http://www.bibl.ulaval.ca/mieux/chercher/rss
Flickr account: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bibliotheque_universite_laval/
Twitter account: http://twitter.com/universitelaval
Emerging technologies librarian? No
17. University of Manitoba Libraries - http://umanitoba.ca/libraries/
provides links to “Tools” for creating collaborative bibliographies:
http://umanitoba.ca/libraries/tools/index.shtml
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Winnipeg-MB/Elizabeth-Dafoe-Library/244813179402
Info Long-Term Care Blog http://infoltc.blogspot.com/
SlideShare: work at Health Sciences library http://www.slideshare.net/cacemlis/social-
networking-at-the-university-of-manitoba-health-sciences-libraries
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0HncGNBCqY
Archives' YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/umarchives & Twitter
http://twitter.com/umarchives; University Archivist: http://twitter.com/Sweeney139
Faculty of Medicine Archives (in the Neil John McLean Library) Twitter Account:
http://twitter.com/MedArchives
Digital Archivist's Blog: http://whatthefonds.blogspot.com/
Slavic Librarian's blog: http://uofmslavicstudies.blogspot.com/
GIS Librarian's maps: http://www.flickr.com/photos/manitobamaps/
Emerging technologies librarian? No
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Blanchard, Laurie. The Info Long-Term Care Blog http://infoltc.blogspot.com/: Evaluating Web 2.0 for Current Awareness [poster session]. J. W. Crane Memorial Library, Deer Lodge Centre, University of Manitoba Health Sciences Libraries
18. University of New Brunswick Libraries - http://www.lib.unb.ca/
Library 2.0 at UNB Libraries: http://lib.unb.ca/news/library2/
http://www.lib.unb.ca/help/ask.php
Facebook account:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/UNB-Libraries/23444751122
Twitter account: http://twitter.com/UNBLib_STDC & http://twitter.com/unblib
YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/UNBLibraries
Emerging technologies librarian? No
19. University of Ottawa Library - http://www.biblio.uottawa.ca/index-e.php
Library 101 Challenge: http://www.biblio.uottawa.ca/content-page.php?
g=en&s=biblio&c=faq-amazing-lib
Virtual reference Services available via MSN Messenger - and unusual choice
Some staff author blogs but no central library blog
Virtual reference via MSN Messenger; Meebo as a chat service as well
A reference wiki on pbworks http://refrgn.pbworks.com
Emerging technologies librarian? Yes, Sam Popowich
20. Université du Québec à Montréal Bibliotheques - http://www.bibliotheques.uqam.ca
Twitter - http://twitter.com/#!/BiblioUQAM
http://www.bibliotheques.uqam.ca/informations/quoi_neuf/index.html
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RSS Recent Acquisitions UQAM -
http://www.bibliotheques.uqam.ca/ressources/nouvelles_acquisitions/index.html
Facebook account: http://www.facebook.com/uqam.bibliotheques
http://www.bibliotheques.uqam.ca/informations/bibliocliq/dossiers/rss.html
Kathleen Wynd, Technicienne en documentation -
http://bibliowynd.wordpress.com/ & http://twitter.com/#!/bibliowynd
Emerging technologies librarian? No
21. University of Regina Library - http://www.uregina.ca/library/
http://www.uregina.ca/library/contact/IM.shtml
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Dr-John-Archer-Library/13355902338082
2?ref=ts
Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/ArcherLibrary
Foursquare: https://foursquare.com/venue/1918268
Other Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=18638112120
Not centralized, eg. http://uregina.libguides.com/fnuc
Emerging technologies librarian? No
22. University de Sherbrooke Service des bibliothèques et archives -
http://www.usherbrooke.ca/biblio
http://www.usherbrooke.ca/biblio/accueil/biblio-manchettes/
http://www.usherbrooke.ca/biblio/servioffer/fils-rss/
Facebook account: http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?
id=24586159156
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Emerging technologies librarian? No
23. University of Saskatchewan Library - http://library.usask.ca/
http://library.usask.ca/blog others eg. http://blogs.usask.ca/iportal/
Facebook account: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Saskatoon-SK/Murray-
Library-University-of-Saskatchewan/240860042050
SlideShare account: http://www.slideshare.net/fichter/40-plus-cool-tools-for-
library-webmasters
YouTube Channel: Murray Library - University of Saskatchewan
http://www.youtube.com/user/murraylibraryuofs
Ask Us; Meebo for live chat - http://library.usask.ca/askus/index.php
iPhone App for U of S includes Library catalogue
http://www.usask.ca/its/services/iusask/
Library News Blog http://library.usask.ca/blog with channels/categories for each
branch blog. Special services like iPortal eg. http://blogs.usask.ca/iportal/, Data
Library Services, etc have news blogs. Special topic blogs such as the eResources
News: http://library.usask.ca/eresources/ .
RSS feeds for new acquisitions: New resources organized by library locations.
U of S Library redesign http://www.slideshare.net/guesta0c617/university-of-
saskatchewan-home-page-redesign
Slideshare: fichter for iportal Demonstration of "Our Legacy" Aboriginal Web Site
http://www.slideshare.net/fichter/demonstration-of-our-legacy-aboriginal-web-
site
Wikis: examples of librarians and library team wikis: Saskatchewan Legislation
Research Guide, Reference Support Group,
Website Editors' Group , Library Systems and Information Technology, etc.
https://wiki.usask.ca/
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Google Docs: Calendar: Library Events http://library.usask.ca/calendar.php,
library staff use Google Docs for some teams, professional work
Web 2.0 Training – 23 Thing Program
Mobile Library site and services – book a study room, computers, in
development
Mobile campus tour - in development by archivist and librarian
Emerging technologies librarian? No
Darlene Fichter, Data Library Coordinator (wrote a chapter in Nicole Engard's
Library Mashups).
See http://library2.usask.ca/~fichter/ for publications, many about social media
Wilson, Virginia (2008). Post-secondary students prefer IM to E-mail for personal
and social communication. http://hdl.handle.net/10388/277 .
Duncan, Vicky; Fichter, Darlene (2004). What words and where? Applying
usability testing techniques to name a new live reference service. Available
electronically from http://hdl.handle.net/10388/37 .
24. University of Toronto Library - http://www.library.utoronto.ca/home/
Fair amount of blogging but blogs are separated. No central linking from
homepage
Rochelle Mazar, Emerging Technologies Librarian http://www.mazar.ca/
Dentistry Library http://uoftdentistrylibrary.blogspot.com/
Law Reference Service http://bllreference.wordpress.com/
University College Library Blog http://uclibrarian.wordpress.com/
http://delicious.com/Gersteinweb (Gerstein Science Library)
Some libraries have Facebook accounts: Gerstein:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Toronto-ON/Gerstein-Science-Information-
Centre/60080681417
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Twitter account: http://twitter.com/uoftlibraries
YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/UTMLibrary (not used, much)
http://rcat.library.utoronto.ca/seminars/using-social-bookmarking
http://resource.library.utoronto.ca/contest/contestwinners.cfm
http://www.utm.utoronto.ca/library/instruction/projects.html
More Twitter feeds found but took some digging
http://twitter.com/LaskinLawLib ;
inactive http://twitter.com/uoftlibraries
Seminars offered on different topics such as academic library 2.0
Using Social Bookmarking and Newsfeeds to Manage Information
Web 2.0 Technologies: In Plain Language! A few more...
I Love the Library Contest:
http://resource.library.utoronto.ca/contest/contestwinners.cfm
Site has “comment on this page” feature; staff development webcasts
http://discover.library.utoronto.ca/staff-development/webcasts/
Projects related to 2.0 at U of T Mississauga:
http://www.utm.utoronto.ca/library/instruction/projects.html
Delicious account for http://delicious.com/Gersteinweb
25. University of Victoria Library - http://library.uvic.ca/index.html
Twitter account: http://twitter.com/uviclib
YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/uvicmediacommons
RSS for Library News Blog featured on home page –
http://blogs.library.uvic.ca/index.php/news/
RSS for Featured Resources Blog on home page -
http://blogs.library.uvic.ca/index.php/featured/
All Library blogs page - http://blogs.library.uvic.ca/index.php/2008/12/04/uvic-
libraries-blogs-a-list-1
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Many individual subject librarian blogs
UBC Medical Library Blog (For UVic Island Medical Program students and faculty)
Women's Studies Blog @ McPherson Library
UVic Library Twitter account – http://twitter.com/uviclib posts via individual
librarian blogs (see above). Several librarians have individual Twitter accounts
UVic Libraries Facebook page -
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Victoria-BC/University-of-Victoria-Libraries/
5916857705 note: Twitter and Facebook icons appear on libraries homepage
Mobile library web site: http://triton.library.uvic.ca/calapp/home.html
Summon @ UVic Libraries has a mobile version – go to
http://uvic.summon.serialssolutions.com on your mobile device
Virtual Reference Service – http://library.uvic.ca/site/vref/default.html plus
AskAway widgets embedded in the catalogue and subject guides pages
Several librarians use Meebo chat widgets on Subject pages – [example
http://libguides.uvic.ca/nurse]
UVic Library YouTube channel - http://www.youtube.com/user/uviclibrary
No librarian position but an Emerging Technologies Group was established in
2010 as part of the UVic Libraries Operational Plan 2010-2011
Web 2.0 @ UVic Libraries – program was run as a pilot program for staff in 2007
Raworth, R. Academic integrity, fair dealing & social media in the classroom &
beyond: a discussion. Feb 2010 http://www.slideshare.net/raworthr/academic-
integrity-fair-dealing-social-media-feb-4
26. University of Waterloo Library - http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/
Web 2.0 training Program: http://blogs.lib.uwaterloo.ca/web20/
polls on main page; multiple ways to chat with librarians ie. meebo /Skype
List of blogs: http://blogs.lib.uwaterloo.ca/
http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/asklib/index.html
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Individual branches, eg. Facebook account:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Waterloo-ON/Davis-Centre-Library-University-
of-Waterloo/8766861410
Flickr account: http://www.flickr.com/photos/48169267@N08/
Twitter account: http://twitter.com/uwlibrary
YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/UWlibrary
Nancy Collins, Communications and Liaison Librarian; Esther Millar, Co-ordinator,
Library Communications & Web Management
http://blogs.lib.uwaterloo.ca/web20/
Article about Foursquare in News section:
http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/newsatlib/100708/foursquare.html
Emerging technologies librarian? No
27. University of Windsor Leddy Library - http://web4.uwindsor.ca/library
http://infoservices.uwindsor.ca/news
http://infoservices.uwindsor.ca/askON/
Facebook account: http://www.facebook.com/Leddy.Library
Flickr account: http://www.flickr.com/photos/leddylibraryweblog/
Twitter account: http://twitter.com/LeddyLibrary
Emerging technologies librarian? No
28. University of Western Ontario Libraries - http://www.lib.uwo.ca/
Education Library is most active branch in use of social media
http://www.lib.uwo.ca/blogs/education/
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Facebook account: http://www.facebook.com/pages/London-ON/Education-Library-
at-The-University-of-Western-Ontario-London-Ontario/124606290913265?
ref=ts&__a=6
SlideShare account: http://www.slideshare.net/featherr
Twitter account: http://twitter.com/UWOEducLibrary
Emerging technologies librarian? No
29. York University Libraries - http://www.library.yorku.ca
Feedback button on the right side of webpage is a great feature
Sarah Coysh, E-Learning Librarian, http://www.yorku.ca/scoysh/
Collaborative tools:
http://www.library.yorku.ca/ccm/Home/collaborative-tools/index.en?g11n.enc=UTF
Twitter feed: http://twitter.com/yorkulibraries
Roadmap: gamelike sequence designed to introduce students to library
http://www.library.yorku.ca/roadmap/
Business Library blog http://www.yorku.ca/yul/bbl/blog/ & Facebook page
http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Peter-F-Bronfman-Business-Library-York-
University/6149772873
Scott Library
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/pages/Scott-Library/149379198434550 &
Twitter https://twitter.com/#!/scottlibrary
Steacie Science and Engineering Library blog http://steacie.wordpress.com/ and
Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/steacielibrary & Twitter:
https://twitter.com/#!/steacielibrary
Friends of the Frost Library, Glendon College
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/group.php?gid=9820192130
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& https://twitter.com/#!/yorkulibraries & http://www.yorku.ca/yul/news/
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