1. New professionals: Build your network using social media CoFHE/UC&R Joint Conference 2010 Jo Alcock University of Wolverhampton jo@joeyanne.co.uk www.joeyanne.co.uk @joeyanne
3. Social media Blogging and social networking more common online activities than e-mail in UK (Nielsen Online, 2009) 3 CoFHE/UC&R Joint Conference 2010
4. Social media - blogging Like an online diary – from term web log Used to share resources, experiences or views, report on new services/ideas, or as a reflective tool 4 CoFHE/UC&R Joint Conference 2010
5. Social media - microblogging Short updates – up to 140 characters Similar purpose to blogging Facilitates conversation 5 CoFHE/UC&R Joint Conference 2010
6. Social media - social networking Profile with career info, interests, updates of activities Groups to encourage conversation and sharing ideas and resources 6 CoFHE/UC&R Joint Conference 2010
16. Social media + Professional networking = 9 CoFHE/UC&R Joint Conference 2010
17. JoeyanneLibraryanne blog JoeyanneLibraryanne www.joeyanne.co.uk Started in June 2007 Currently 426 subscribers Record thoughts, share experiences and ideas Interesting conversation in blog comments 10 CoFHE/UC&R Joint Conference 2010
18. Finding blogs to follow UK Library Blogs wiki UK Library Blogs custom search engine New professionals bloggers bundle Snowball effect Other social networks 11 CoFHE/UC&R Joint Conference 2010
23. Finding people to follow on Twitter UK Librarians list on TweepML Exploit other’s contacts Search for keywords or hashtags Use Twitter’s lists e.g. @joeyanne/exeter10@joeyanne/npc2010 13 CoFHE/UC&R Joint Conference 2010
31. Question time CoFHE/UC&R Joint Conference 2010 16 http://www.flickr.com/photos/travelinlibrarian/223839049/
32. Thank you Jo Alcock jo@joeyanne.co.uk www.joeyanne.co.uk @joeyanne Presentation available atwww.slideshare.net/joeyanne andwww.joeyanne.co.uk/presentations