Are you looking to get your library on Pinterest but need inspiration? Look no further than Librarian Enumeration’s post about the Top 10 Libraries for Academic Libraries to Follow on Pinterest. From Downton Abbey to cat-related boards there’s enough material here to last a lifetime!
10 Libraries not enough? Check out part two where you get 10 more libraries.
In a recent post, we found out that young people are losing the art of having a conversation. It turns out they might not be as tech-smart as we thought either. In a recent article in the Chronicle of Higher Education, Eszter Hargittai explained how most young people don’t realize what kind of message they are putting on Social Media. “The way that most students find jobs or connect with people is not by mailing out resumes,” Mr. King says. “It is by people finding each other on social media.” This gap in student knowledge led Northwestern to create a 10-week course called “Managing Your Online Reputation.” The course “seeks to train students to build robust, productive online identities through which they can engage topics of interest, command audiences, and advance their careers.”
“Assuming that young people know all they need to know about technology means they often don’t have opportunities to learn or ask questions” Hargittai says.
Are your schools teaching their students about their online identities?
With all of the media coverage about Ellen’s Oscars selfie recently, it stands to reason that everyone, including librarians have selfies on their minds!
However, selfies for libraries? Why not?
Q: What do you get when bookshelves full of books (and other items) pose for a picture?
A: A group “shelfie”!
I give a lot of credit to the Akron-Summit County Public Library for a great visual pun, and for a clever marketing idea too! The library has been staging “shelfies” of cleverly planned photos of book and other materials on its library shelves, and they are getting smiles from their social media followers. Read this article to hear about some shelfies the library put together, and to find out how to follow the library’s shelfie exploits! What a great way to get the creative energy flowing in library staff as they market materials and demonstrate their creativity and sense of humor too!
Note: The New York Public Library even got in the act by declaring a Library Shelfie Day on January 29th. Read the blog post for all of the details.
In honor of Valentines Day, lets think about the effects that technology might have on our relationships with out sweeties!
This Pew Internet and American Life Project (Pew) report is the second of two reports about the impact of the internet, social media and mobile phones on online dating and romantic relationships.This fresh, new report (February 11, 2014) examines how couples use (and misuse) the internet and mobile phones in their marriages and committed relationships.
As technology becomes more deeply integrated into people’s lives, couples are feeling both the positive and negative effects of digital communication tools in their relationships.
To view the first report, titled Online Dating and Relationships (October 2013), follow the link.
Common Sense Media released an interesting information graphic of students’ opinions about their digital lives. Social Media, Social Life: How Teens View Their Digital Lives is based on a survey of a little more than 1,000 U.S. students between the ages of 13 and 17. The survey addresses the following questions;
Although the sample size is somewhat small, it suggests that there is a love, hate relationship building between “digital natives” and social media. Indicating that increased face time with devices does not necessarily equate to enjoyment or better relationships. Click here to download the full report.
Note: Teachers look for ways to engage students using social media in an effort to meet students where they are at, when they are there. However, this report emphasizes the importance of also maintaining face-to-face interactions. At a time when some students are on digital overload, educators can induce reflective time, “unplugged” into a student’s day; being mindful of how and when to incorporate social media in programming and/or curriculum development.