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Category: library 2.0

  • Brand monitoring: social media tips 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…

  • 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…