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#LadyGaGa'sBreakfast : Social Media as a Curator's Tool
Jeremy Jenkins
British Library
ALISS One Day Summer Conference: Social Media, Libraries, Librarians and Research Support
20 August 2011
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Introductory remarks…
This presentation will not be about why people form communities
Rather it will…
Examine different types of social media and their uses
Look at social media from the perspective of a curator or Librarian
Explore some benefits and draw backs of social media
First response to ban it , the tolerate it and finally make it compulsory!
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Why?
Web-based and mobile technologies to communicate or converse with other individuals or organisations:
Social Network Service shares interests and activities
In the UK there are:
42 million Smart phones
31 million Internet Connections
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Types of usage
Source: Boy Genus Report (BGR)http://www.bgr.com/2011/06/27/users-spend-more-time-using-mobile-apps-than-the-internet-study-finds/
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A few facts about our activities
Around 100 podcasts on the You Tube
Primo Beta Catalogue which also
allows tagging.
An online gallery containing 30,000 items which allows tagging as Sound archival recordings
The BL has an “official” Twitter feed from 2 ½ years & number and individual feeds related
to the BLs activities
Facebook fan page for 3 ½ years now With 32,641 likes.
Started blogging 5 years ago currently has 17 active blogs
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Key points to have in mind
Timing
Medium
Message
Audience
Sender
Associations are good – knowing more people
Free of information aids and develops discourse
The more you engage the more you are likely to get out of it
Immediacy let people know- what is happening now
Communication is the way information flows
Being unfindable is not helpful
More about principles of Social Media see Modus Cooperandi’s 10 Principles of Social Media
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Developing a social media presence
On Wikipedia
Facebook Profile
Join
Do you blog
Is it accurate and up to date?
Who writes it?
Where does it
link to?
500 million active usersworldwide
250 million
active users access FB via mobile
devises
Quick and easy
to start up
Useful for disseminating and alerting information
service
To showcase
your Collection
or services
To give updates
on projects
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Over 50% of Facebook users are aged 35+
Majority of the BL users are between 25-34
64% of users who access the European Commission Representation are between 18-34
InfoPhotos Events
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A Twitter feed
Dissemination
Information gathering
Current awareness
Engagement
Be a real person
Interact
Can you answer the questions?
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Intuitional Blogging
A Department Blog: Americas Collection BL
http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/americas/
An Exhibition Blog: Out Of This World
http://britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/sciencefiction/
A Project Blog: The Tower Blog Cambridge http://vl203.wordpress.com/
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Draw backs
Does your boss want to be your friend on Facebook
Every word recorded for posterity
The end of the private conversation
Time cost
Succession planning
Data Protection
Can you answer the questions
Criticisms – respond promptly
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#Tags
InfoPhotos Events
Create content
Link content via tag or #hash-tag
Update and comment on content
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Virtually Curating
Drawing together items of interest
Provide the opportunity to share and discover
Link to other collections.
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Thank you …
…Question or comments
Jeremy Jenkins
Curator, International Organisations & North American Official Collections
British Library
Jerry.Jenkins@bl.uk
0207412 7743