social media and libraries

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Introducing advertising to previously ad-free platforms is a tough sell for anyone, but Tumblr users might be even less accepting of the new dashboard ads considering how they use Tumblr for personal expression.

Forty-two percent of mothers experience Pinterest stress.

A social business success story. Here's how a managed health care facility is making social media work for patients, families and employees.

Suggestme recommends destinations based on how popular they are on social media at the time and enables users to compile their own custom guide.

If there are over 1 billion people on Facebook and the Twitterverse can help topple governments, then it only makes sense that libraries would also be using these two social media channels to connect with their communities, right? Well yes and no.

Taylor Bayless, a librarian with the Chicago Public Library’s YOUmedia youth learning space, runs a podcasting program for teens. Since Bayless had no previous experience with podcasts, she was “muddling through” the learning process along with the kids, teaching herself as she was teaching them. “Someone working with youth has to have the capacity and desire to learn new technology,” says Bayless.

The departure of Thomson Reuters’ social-media editor sparked a debate about whether the position as we know it is dead or dying — but while those jobs may be evolving, the skills involved are more necessary than ever.

I'm hard-pressed to find a profession given to including the post-signature-line inspirational or motivational quotes more than librarians – well, maybe coming in a close second to teachers. At abo...

Welke fouten worden door de meeste bedrijven op social media gemaakt? Social media-expert Philippe De Puydt legt uit welke bedrijven (niet) goed bezig zijn.

How a social program can help to change brand perceptions.