Who Is Doing This Stuff (Well)
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Who is doing this stuff (wellwell)?
Social Media in Public Libraries
Meg Canada
Twitter Done Right
Kansas City Public Library http://twitter.com/KCPubLibrary/
• Personalized • Following followers• @ and RT• Promoting library
services
My Space Success
Denver Public Library
http://www.myspace.com/denver_evolver • Recent Activity• Lots of plug-ins and
customization• Targeted Audience
IM- even if you don’t IM
Brookfield Public Library
http://www.brookfieldpubliclibrary.info/services/ask • Use Meebo or other chat plug
in to allow others to communicate with you
• Give option for them to add you to their preferred chat service
• Use a service like Pidgin which allows you to manage
Facebook Fans
Hennepin County Library http://www.facebook.com/pages/Minnetonka-MN/Hennepin-County-
Library/7223112325?ref=ts#/pages/Minnetonka-MN/Hennepin-County-Library/7223112325?ref=ts
• Participating in Memes
• Adding Video and Photos
• Taking advantage of staff who are in network
YouTube Genius
Harper College Libraryhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHljR4LYmOA
• 15,780 views • Humor• New information• Conversation in
comments
Flickr Find
Clemens & Alcuin Librarieshttp://www.flickr.com/photos/csbsjulibrary/
• Unique Photos and use of Sets
• Promoting Collection in addition to staff, public, etc.
• Full use of software functionality
Blogging the Library
Brigham City Library Bloghttp://brighamcitylibrary.blogspot.com/
• Current Content• Uses multimedia• Pulls in other social
media sources• Sparkle/Flash is not
required
Library Podcasting
Free Library of Philadelphiahttp://libwww.freelibrary.org/podcast/?podcastID=358