Sutherland Shire Libraries Facebook Page
It's happening people. Some of you are excited, some unfazed and some perhaps against it. We'll give it our best shot and see how the public react....I think we are pretty likeable bunch! We will officially have a Facebook Page and also a Twitter account for the Sutherland Shire Libraries as of Januaray 2011. Feedback from the internal survey carried out in 2010 shows that a large number of respondents see Facebook and Twitter as communication channels we should be accessing. It's also a much talked about area on library blogs as well as in the news.
I don't think we'll get as many 'likes' as Lady Gaga (26,582,839) but our aim is for around 400 'likes' within the next 12 months.
As you might know, the council has a social media policy. These new accounts will be created and managed in line with that. We've also created an outline specific to the libraries, stating objectives for the creation of these accounts, how often they will be updated, what measurement/evaluation procedures are in place etc.
If you would like to read the outline (it's only short) it's available here.
If anyone has something they would like to post on the Facebook page or send out a 'tweet' about, let me know in an email. If you have your own personal Facebook account feel free to 'like' your library!! No one can access your details unless you want them to, you'll simply be one of many showing support for your local library.
I'll send out the link to our account once it is up and running.
Thanks,
Jess
Free iphone app - LibraryThing 'Local Books'
LibraryThing has just released a free iphone App called 'Local Books' which shows you where to find bookstores, libraries and book-related events in your area or anywhere you search for.
More information on the LibraryThing blog
All NSW Public Libraries are included. If you have an iphone try looking us up with it!
Apparently there is also an android app - not just for iphones
Jess
More information on the LibraryThing blog
All NSW Public Libraries are included. If you have an iphone try looking us up with it!
Apparently there is also an android app - not just for iphones
Jess
Healthy Eating for Older Adults Workshop
The workshop has secured a big five enrolments in its 1st week promotion, hooray!! It is all due to the team members' big effort to putting up two big green banners on the library windows, handed out workshop leaflets to local health and community centres (Astrid walked (10 minutes) all the way up to the Caringbah Women's Health Centre which was still on holiday break. But...clever Astrid inserted the flyer through the crack under the door to pass the message). When handing out the flyer to library users, I shortened the workshop's name to "Healthy Eating workshop" as people dislike the words "older adults". Most of them said they are having sensible eating all the time. Some said they can borrow "healthy eating" books from Library will do the trick. One customer told me she's a vegetarian and eats a lot of "fruits" everyday, but when I asked her if she know how much sugar contain in the fruits, she told me she will consider to come to the workshop.
Becky
Blogs and Facebook
Hello Library People. As you all know we've been contributing book and movie reviews to CheckMeOut.blog in the hope that it will become a community blog. Unfortunately this is yet to happen with only one non-Library staff member applying to be a contributor and only the occassional comment.
That's the bad news.
The good and interesting news is that I've started sharing posts from Library News and CheckMeOut.blog on my Facebook wall . . . and my friends are actually commenting on them. Some have even added their own book recommendations. Even when they don't comment, this at least gets the word across. I recently had a friend tell me he was sad to see Ruth Park died (I did a blog about this a while ago) and that he always sees the blog updates on Facebook.
So what does this mean in the Web 2.0 world?
A number of thoughts spring to mind:
1. With share buttons we can now merge and overlap web 2.0 technologies. You can now share blog posts and web pages on Facebook, Twitter, Email, Google Buzz etc.
2. This will impact how we assess the effectiveness of web 2.0 for example at the moment there isn't much of a community building in the blog itself, but I seem to be getting some community/friend involvement on Facebook.
3. Whether you like it or loathe it (I have a love/hate relationship with it) Facebook is the 'in' thing at the moment. It's where it all happens so it's great that we'll be getting a Library Facebook Account soon. If you don't already have a Facebook Account, give it a go. It's the easiest Web 2.0 technology you can use. Your privacy should be ok if you just exercise basic common sense. Plus, you can share some awesome Library blog posts and reviews on your wall so all your friends can read them.
Now over to you?
Have you posted anything to Facebook? And did you get a response?
What are your thoughts on this?
How do you think we could use this to build a community of users?
That's the bad news.
The good and interesting news is that I've started sharing posts from Library News and CheckMeOut.blog on my Facebook wall . . . and my friends are actually commenting on them. Some have even added their own book recommendations. Even when they don't comment, this at least gets the word across. I recently had a friend tell me he was sad to see Ruth Park died (I did a blog about this a while ago) and that he always sees the blog updates on Facebook.
So what does this mean in the Web 2.0 world?
A number of thoughts spring to mind:
1. With share buttons we can now merge and overlap web 2.0 technologies. You can now share blog posts and web pages on Facebook, Twitter, Email, Google Buzz etc.
2. This will impact how we assess the effectiveness of web 2.0 for example at the moment there isn't much of a community building in the blog itself, but I seem to be getting some community/friend involvement on Facebook.
3. Whether you like it or loathe it (I have a love/hate relationship with it) Facebook is the 'in' thing at the moment. It's where it all happens so it's great that we'll be getting a Library Facebook Account soon. If you don't already have a Facebook Account, give it a go. It's the easiest Web 2.0 technology you can use. Your privacy should be ok if you just exercise basic common sense. Plus, you can share some awesome Library blog posts and reviews on your wall so all your friends can read them.
Now over to you?
Have you posted anything to Facebook? And did you get a response?
What are your thoughts on this?
How do you think we could use this to build a community of users?
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