Chapter 2: Landscape of Social Media for Libraries

David Lee King

Abstract


Chapter 2 of Library Technology Reports (vol. 51, no. 1), “Managing Your Library’s Social Media Channels,” provides an overview of current popular social media channels, suggests activities that can be done with each of them, and includes examples of libraries successfully using each type.

Full Text:

HTML PDF

References


Aaron Smith, “6 New Facts about Facebook,” Pew Research Center, February 3, 2014, accessed August 12, 2014, www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2014/02/03/6-new-facts-about-facebook.

Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library, Facebook Post, July 15, 2014, accessed August 13, 2014, https://www.facebook.com/TopekaLibrary/photos/a.380087232975.161981.5530982975/10152490702892976.

Amy Mitchell and Emily Guskin, “Twitter News Consumers: Young, Mobile and Educated,” Pew Research Journalism Project, November 4, 2013, accessed August 12, 2014, www.journalism.org/2013/11/04/twitter-news-consumers-young-mobile-and-educated.

Maeve Duggan and Aaron Smith, Social Media Update 2013 (Washington, DC: Pew Research Center, December 30, 2013), 2, accessed August 13, 2014, www.pewinternet.org/2013/12/30/social-media-update-2013.

KCMO Public Library, Tweet, July 14, 2014, accessed August 13, 2014, https://twitter.com/KCLibrary/status/488782534059106304.

Katerina Eva Matsa and Amy Mitchell, “8 Key Takeaways about Social Media and News,” Pew Research Journalism Project, March 26, 2014, accessed August 13, 2014, www.journalism.org/2014/03/26/8-key-takeaways-about-social-media-and-news.

“Statistics,” YouTube, accessed July 18, 2014, www.YouTube.com/yt/press/statistics.html.

Duggan and Smith, Social Media Update.

Ibid.

Ibid.

Seth Fiegerman, “Study: 1/3 of Women in the U.S. Use Pinterest,” December 30, 2013, accessed July 19, 2014, http://mashable.com/2013/12/30/social-network-demographics-2013.

Duggan and Smith, Social Media Update.

Alyson Shontell, “The Truth about Snapchat’s Active Users (the Numbers the Company Doesn’t Want You to See),” Business Insider, December 9, 2013, accessed July 18, 2014, www.businessinsider.com/snapchat-active-users-exceed-30-million-2013-12.

Duggan and Smith, Social Media Update.

Ibid.

Darrell Etherington, “Flickr At 10: 1M Photos Shared per Day, 170% Increase Since Making 1TB Free,” February 10, 2014, accessed July 18, 2014. http://techcrunch.com/2014/02/10/flickr-at-10-1m-photos-shared-per-day-170-increase-since-making-1tb-free.


Refbacks

  • There are currently no refbacks.


Published by ALA TechSource, an imprint of the American Library Association.
Copyright Statement | ALA Privacy Policy