Thursday concurrent15 1145_smeaton_extended_submission

Thursday concurrent15 1145_smeaton_extended_submission

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  Failbook: Are publiclibraries *really* engaging with #users via social media? ( CC Image courtesy AltMuslimah on Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/aslanmedia_official/62921671 03/)
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  Jane Doe @libjanedoe 15mins @librarypeeps wasn’t it communication, converstion and participation? #whysocialmedia ( CC Image courtesy Jason L. Parks on Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/jasonlparks/4998900359/size
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  ( CC Imagecourtesy adrian, acediscovery on Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/acediscovery/3850986761/)
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  “It’s the oldestservice we offer, a reference service, it just happens in a new space”
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  “We definitely wantto create a community with our users, how much more effective is it if we can get patrons writing reviews of books and sharing them, it makes other patrons more interested, creates a community and it’s better for us as staff time can be spent on something else”.
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  “If someone doesn’twant to participate and post on Facebook then there is no way that we are going to make them, that would be the worst possible thing that we could do” “Sometimes when people walk past my office and I have Facebook up it does feel weird, but it is work”
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  “We’re not justgoing to create a virtual branch overnight, we don’t get enough interaction, it should just happen organically” “Our physical branch and website get the same amount of visits per day, but the staffing is disparate”
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  ( CC Imagecourtesy Ellen Forsyth on Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/ellf/391063523
• 10.
  Lankes, R. D.,Silverstein, J., Nicholson, S., (2007), Participatory Networks: The Library As Conversation Information Technology and Libraries, 26 (4) See you in February…