library 2.0
Brand Monitoring: Social Media Best Practices for Libraries
After doing brand monitoring research for the past few weeks, looking closely at Skokie Public Library (and not so closely at several other libraries), I decided to put together a list of “do’s and don’ts” for librarians on successfully utilizing social media. This is what I learned from doing brand monitoring and what I personally [...]
Library Poken: A Social Business Card for Your Library
I first found out about the Poken at a digital marketing conference I got a chance to attend a couple of weeks ago. I immediately thought about the possibilities this small gadget holds for libraries and how libraries and users can benefit from this tool. I got even more excited about it when I realized [...]
Shelfari vs. LibraryThing
Over the summer I signed up for both Shelfari and LibraryThing. On June 10th, I created my accounts and spent about 5 minutes on each site, after which I decided to use Shelfari. I’m not sure what exactly made me choose Shelfari over LibraryThing. What I remember is being a bit overwhelmed by LibraryThing, and [...]
Exploring heart, trust, decision making and change in Libraries
There are a couple of topics I’m considering for my research paper for my Library 2.0 class. heart & trust The first is what intrigued me during our first weekend in class; the importance of positive human interaction in libraries. How can we encourage kindness and trust through library 2.0 technologies? How can social networking [...]
Virtual Communities and Their Impact on Libraries
I never really got involved in virtual communities until I started graduate school at Dominican in 2007 and also started working at my current job at Train Signal. Before that, I was always at the edge of the circle, as Nessbaum-Beach put it “lurking,” reading and paying attention but not actively participating. But all that [...]
Finding a niche
One statement that stuck with me through the Library 2.0 readings was a sentence from Blyberg’s post “The frantic search to find our niche is only beginning.” Blyberg’s statement, which sounds unremarkable and obvious, is, in my opinion, a fundamental question and a starting point for any library determined to embrace change and Library 2.0 [...]
Drupal vs. WordPress — Which CMS is better for libraries?
Both Drupal and WordPress are content management systems that allow users the flexibility and ease of putting together a website quickly and successfully. But which one is better? And which CMS would be better for a library to use? Even though both Drupal and WordPress are popular, open source, and have large user communities, there [...]
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