Social Media in the Life of the Digital Library by Lorri Mon
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Social Media in the Life of the Digital Library, presentation by Lorri Mon, on March 16, 2010 at the ipl2 institute.
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Social Media in the Life Social Media in the Life of the Digital Libraryof the Digital Library
Lorri Mon, Assistant Professor, Florida State University College of Communication & InformationIPL Institute, March 2010, email: [email protected]
Social Media in the Life of the Digital Library
How should we develop and grow the user community as well as the researcher community around IPL2?
How open and interactive should the digital library be?
How much should it allow users to interact with, add to, rate, create, and remix the resources?
Libraries on MySpace
Libraries on MySpace
350+
Libraries on Facebook
Libraries on Facebook
175+
IPL2 in Social Media
IPL2 includes Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, Delicious, Flickr, YouTube, Slideshare, blog, wiki, forums, blogging community, and more.
IPL2 includes Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, Delicious, Flickr, YouTube, Slideshare, blog, wiki, forums, blogging community, and more.
Second LifeBlogging Community
MySpace
Wiki
YouTube
Social Media for Building Online Community
IPL2 Learning Community Blogginghttp://ipl.ci.fsu.edu/community/blog.php
Creating “collaborative learning spaces” and exploring new forms of reference services
Answering: here’s helpful info for you
Modeling: here’s what to expect
Reassuring: this is normal, you’re not alone
Answering: here’s helpful info for you
Modeling: here’s what to expect
Reassuring: this is normal, you’re not alone
Internet Public Library LC Blogging Community
Social Media for Revealing Users’ Needs
What pages in IPL’s digital library are Delicious users saving for later reuse? 226 saved “IPL Reference” ; 238 saved “Pathfinders” & 1,071 saved “IPL Kidspace”
What pages in IPL’s digital library are Delicious users saving for later reuse? 226 saved “IPL Reference” ; 238 saved “Pathfinders” & 1,071 saved “IPL Kidspace”
It appears that in late March 2009, IPL was shown at Michigan Association for Computer Users in Learning conference (observed via Delicious users’ tags)
How teachers want to be able to access digital library resources – by course topic and grade level
How teachers want to be able to access digital library resources – by course topic and grade level
IPL2 on Delicious : http://delicious.com/TheInternetPublicLibrary
Users create their own interfaces, collections and connections within the online library.
What are our users saying about us? How can we reach out to our non-users?What are our users saying about us? How can we reach out to our non-users?
Twitter user commenting about IPL2
Twitter users retweeting an IPL tweet
Social Media for Outreach
Engaging with users, and opening a dialogue for outreach to non-users.
IPL2 on Twitter: https://twitter.com/theipl
RethinkingPrivacy & Visibility
Top Countries
Top Cities
Top Languages
FACEBOOK FAN PAGE USER STATISTICS
To what extent and in what areas might digital library users want visibility, rather than privacy?
Do they want to represent themselves with a photo, celebrate birthdays, and be recognized as repeat users in the digital library?
To what extent and in what areas might digital library users want visibility, rather than privacy?
Do they want to represent themselves with a photo, celebrate birthdays, and be recognized as repeat users in the digital library?
IPL2 on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Internet-Public-Library/10387691910?ref=mf
ipl2 15 Things for LIS Education
ipl2 wiki resource for self-paced learning about new technologies, including online information, hands-on activities, and readings.
ipl2 wiki resource for self-paced learning about new technologies, including online information, hands-on activities, and readings.
IPL2 15 Things: http://ipl.ci.fsu.edu/community/wiki/index.php/IPL_15_Things
ipl2 in ipl2 in Second Second
LifeLife
New New venues venues for LIS for LIS
teaching teaching and and
learninglearning
ipl2 in ipl2 in Second Second
LifeLife
New New venues venues for LIS for LIS
teaching teaching and and
learninglearning
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Imagination%20Island/226/129/24
Content is king, especially visuals (photos, videos)
Content is king, especially visuals (photos, videos)
Favoriting, subscribing, friending and following – the importance of reciprocity in social media
Favoriting, subscribing, friending and following – the importance of reciprocity in social media
ipl2 15 Things: http://ipl.ci.fsu.edu/community/wiki/index.php/IPL_15_Thingsipl2 Blogging Community http://ipl.ci.fsu.edu/community/blog.phpipl2 Delicious http://delicious.com/TheInternetPublicLibraryipl2 Facebook http://www.facebook.com/pages/Internet-Public-Library/10387691910?ref=mf
ipl2 Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/21790484@N06/ipl2 LibraryThing http://www.librarything.com/profile/IPLCommunityipl2 MySpace http://www.myspace.com/internetpubliclibraryipl2 YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=iplcommunityipl2 Slideshare http://www.slideshare.net/iplcommunityipl2 Twitter https://twitter.com/theiplipl2 Wiki http://ipl.ci.fsu.edu/community/wikiipl2 Second Life http://slurl.com/secondlife/Imagination%20Island/226/129/24ipl2 Blog - http://theipl.wordpress.com/ipl2 Web – http://www.ipl.org
ipl2 Social Media links
