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Screencast: Challenges of Curating and Sharing Database Content « The Unquiet Librarian
The screencast is a little lengthy at 20+ minutes (think of it as a “libraryside” chat), but I share some of the challenges of curating and sharing content to spaces for curation and reflection in one’s personal learning environment (PLE), including Scoop.it, Posterous, and Tumblr. In this video, I also offer some constructive suggestions to database vendors for improving the “sharing” features of their resources to be more user-friendly. I'm a librarian who loves learning, literacy, stories, social media, dogs, fabulous shoes, and good lip gloss; I'm also a 2011 Library Journal Mover and Shaker.
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A guide to controlling privacy, info on Google+ - TODAY Tech - TODAY.com#.TkdpL2N8t8E
Google+ is the new social networking kid on the block, and one of the main reasons so many people are interested in the service over Facebook is Google+'s proclaimed focus on protecting users' privacy. Whether you're a new Google+ user or you're already a pro, understanding how to control your information on the site can make you feel much more at ease on the social network. Here's the lowdown on Google+'s privacy controls, including a few of the more buried settings you'll want to know about. This guide will take you through setting up Google+'s circles with an emphasis on how they work from a privacy perspective, how to control what others can see about you on your profile, your options for selectively sharing posts with others, and some miscellaneous settings you'll want to tweak — like only allowing friends to start Huddles with you.
This past Wednesday at work, I was attempting to cross-post content from one of my Scoop.it dashboards to my Tumblr account ; I was started to discover that it was no longer available to me on campus. Tumblr, which was previously open and available to our students and teachers at school, was recently blocked at the district level; when I questioned why the resource was blocked, the response was: “ Tumblr was blocked this summer do [sic] to pornography it was hosting…When we are aware of a site that violates Board Policy IFBG, Children’s Internet Protection Act and the Protecting Children in the 21st Century Act then we will take appropriate measures. “
Tumblr Is More Than Porn: Tumblr for Inviting Participation and Conversations for Learning « The Unquiet Librarian
12 Tools to Measure Social Influence (Maybe)
Social media influence is a bit like oxygen – we "know" its there and we know in some sense that it is essential for “life” if we’re in marketing, advertising or public relations, but can we capture it in a jar and observe it? No. Well, at least not entirely. Any number of tools – freely available on the Web – purport to tell us our overall social media influence or at least a slice of it (a la Twitter). Klout : Klout currently track a user’s Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin and Foursquare activity.
Measuring Your Social Media Success with Google Analytics | DreamGrow Social Media#axzz1LJTwr15m
I am a bit of a stats nut. If not interrupted I can play with stats forever. But for people less obsessed with numbers here’s something that might help you get a better understanding of the value of your social media program . (Some images are scaled down so click on them to get a better view). I will show you how to create a Google Analytics custom segment that tracks visitors from social media channels. First, click open the advanced segments and select Create a new advanced segment .
HootSuite - Social Media Dashboard for Teams using Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin
With a suite of tools designed to enhance audience engagement -- like drafts, bulk scheduling, search streams and message assignments -- you can streamline your social outreach and optimize your brand visibility across social channels.People have ignored Winer at their own peril, as two events over the last week have made clear. First was the shutdown drama around a little-known URL-shortening service called Tr.im. While it’s since been resurrected , the incident showed me how by championing these URL-shortening services, we’re essentially putting the entire link economy in the hands of companies that are skating on thin ice during the peak of summer. Second was FriendFeed becoming a Mark Zuckerberg Production thanks to a $50 million buyout by Facebook . The likelihood of Zuckerberg & Co. shutting down the upstart social aggregation service has brought into the spotlight the misalignment between the needs of online communities and the companies that provide them.
The Evolution of Blogging
Social Software - Five Weeks To A Social Library
Welcome to the course! We are thrilled to be working with you to develop your knowledge of social tools and how they can be applied in libraries. Since there is a lot to cover, we plan to hit the ground running. Therefore, we would like you to have completed certain instructional tutorials and tasks before the first week. We would like you to be comfortable with Drupal and to have created at least one post on your blog.
There are a number of good blogging tools, but choosing among them can be confusing. In this report, we’ll take a detailed look at the top blogging tools and outline key considerations for selecting a platform. A Technical Guide to Anonymous Blogging If you have reason to be worried that what you're posting could endanger your safety, the security measures outlined in this article will help you keep your identity a secret.
Everything You Need to Know About Web 2.0
A Collection of Social Network Stats for 2010 « Web Strategy by Jeremiah Owyang Social Media, Web Marketing
For the third year running (see 2008 , 2009 ) I’m going to aggregate stats in the social networking space on a single blog post, and update it through the year. Data fiends should bookmark this post for future reference. Stats are important –but on their own, they don’t tell us much Stats on social networks are important, but don’t rely on them alone. Data is like fire, it can be used for good and bad, proper insight and analysis is always required. Beyond that, you’ll often see conflicting stats across the industry as everyone has different methodologies, as a result, this listing will help you to see the greater trends –not numbers without context.The definition and purpose of crowdsourcing and its relevance to libraries is discussed with particular reference to the Australian Newspapers service, FamilySearch , Wikipedia , Distributed Proofreaders , Galaxy Zoo and The Guardian MP's Expenses Scandal . These services have harnessed thousands of digital volunteers who transcribe, create, enhance and correct text, images and archives. Known facts about crowdsourcing are presented and helpful tips and strategies for libraries beginning to crowdsource are given. Keywords: Crowdsourcing, social engagement, web 2.0, text correction, digital libraries, digital volunteers, virtual volunteering, wisdom of crowds, citizen science. 1.
crowdsourcing How and Why Should Libraries Do It
H.1 Why would you? …because the Internet is changing fast from a resource of mainly ‘one-way’ communication and control to a dynamic, social and participatory information resource open to the contribution and ideas of everyone with a connection! People, especially young people, are using the Internet in a very different way than we have in the past. As educators and information specialists, we need to become confident and open to the fab new opportunities that are now available.
Learning 2.0 - 23 things to do
Online marketing, community building and Facebook as a building. Some of the topic of this week’s episode of TWIL: your weekly dose of library innovation.