“We use social media in our library to post program announcements, publish lists of our new books, write book reviews, and tell the community what’s going on at the library!” YAY! Good for you! You’ve passed Social Media for Libraries 101! You passed, but I’ll give you a B at most.
Read more →Had a couple of interesting, thought provoking conversations this week regarding the concept of a “Media Librarian” in a public library setting. Having voiced a fleeting question about what that label really means in 2011, colleagues who consider themselves public library Media Librarians gave me their take on what characterizes that role.
Read more →Hmmm… maybe libraries would like to incorporate something like this in their Web sites: http://eclasper.com/?page_id=167 Uses NYT Bestsellers API to generate the list. Each title links into our catalog. Just a thought…
Read more →Trying out a few WordPress plugins that relate to linking content to/from library sites… or that could be used that way. What with wordpress becoming more popular as a Library Web site platform, I’ve been getting questions lately about pimping it out a bit. I’ve also been using it for some freelance Web design...
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