are you a part of the conversation
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Presentation for PLA Spring Symposium in Nashville, TN April 2-4, 2009TRANSCRIPT
Are youyou a part of the conversation?
Social Media and Public Libraries
PLA Spring Symposium Meg Canada, Sr. Librarian Hennepin County Library
Hallmarks of Social Web• Flexibility• Content creation• Radical trust• Personalization• Trial and Error (or
Success)
Read is to Write on the Web
as Observe is to Participate is in the Library.
http://library2.usask.ca/~fichter/blog_on_the_side/2006/04/web-2.html
New Tools = New Expectations
Online:• eCommerce• Wikis• Blogs• Comments• Tagging• Photosharing
Everyday:• Pilot projects• The Long Tail• DIY Movement• Transparency• Self-reliant users• “Experience
Economy”
Tell Me Some More About this Social Media Thing
Who’s talking to us? About us? With us?
Seen on Twitter.com
Responding
Listening Post
http://www.earstudio.com/projects/listeningpost.html
Where do I listen?
Let’s put together a simple listening post.