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Archivist of the United States on Digital Public Library of America Plenary

"Archivist of the United States (he's also a librarian!) and host of the DPLA Plenary (at took place at "his house"), David Ferriero, has blogged a brief item about the event on his AOTUS blog.

 

On Friday more than 300 government leaders, librarians, technologist, makers, students, and others interested members of the public “occupied” the National Archives to share their visions for the DPLA. The Sloan and Arcadia Foundations announced $5m in additional funding for the Project. Europeana, the European Digital Library, announced its intention of collaborating on interoperability among libraries, museum, and archives in the United States and Europe. And David Weinberger announced that his “head and heart are exploding to interoperate!”

A series of nine Beta Sprint demonstration presented possible DPLA prototypes. I am especially proud of the one done collaboratively by the National Archives, the Smithsonian Institution, and the Library of Congress. Wouldn’t it be wonderful to seamlessly search across all three collections?!"

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Digital engagement ... lessons from the front, by @myleejoseph | eRecords Project - #Instagram terms of service

Digital engagement ... lessons from the front, by @myleejoseph | eRecords Project - #Instagram terms of service | The Information Professional | Scoop.it
The announcement by Instagram of a change in terms of service unleashed a huge reaction from #igers (Instagram users) and the broader community alike. It resulted in a carefully worded message from Kevin Systrom, Instagram's co-founder a day later.

Many libraries, museums, archives and galleries use social media tools for digital engagement with their clients and the community. Due diligence includes monitoring the shifting sands of terms of service in this space and active risk management but there are other aspects of digital engagement and lessons to note:
Karen du Toit's insight:

Valuable insight about Instagram planning to change their terms of service > something to consider for libraries and archives using the platform!

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Social Media Tools List: +100 Social Media Tools | Socialnomics

Social Media Tools List: +100 Social Media Tools | Socialnomics | The Information Professional | Scoop.it

By Erik Qualman:

 

List of top social media tools available in 2012. 

 

"Tired of social media experts answering Hootsuite and Radian6 when asked about social media tools? Well dailytekk.com does an incredible job of keeping a social media tools list. So we’ve taken their incredible list and have mashed it with a few favorites of our own."

 

Divided as follows:

- 25+ RANDOM, MUST-SEE SOCIAL MEDIA TOOLS

- MARKETING

- MONITORING AND INTELLIGENCE

- SOCIAL CRM

- MANAGEMENT

- BLOGS AND WEBSITES

- AGENCIES

- OTHER / MISCELLANEOUS

 


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