January 2016 Six Ways To Build Your PLN Using Twitter Since becoming active on Twitter over the past year and a half, I have noticed some best practices that users with a large following seem to have in common. There are many benefits to having a larger professional personal learning network (PLN). More connections equals more information coming across your Twitter feed. Before you can attract followers in your profession, be sure to have a photo of yourself on your Twitter account. Let's examine some of the methods that tend to draw Twitter users to follow you:1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Final Thoughts These simple practices will help you find followers and continue building a strong PLN that will constantly recharge your education "batteries". I have an email newsletter for the subscribers of the Library Media Tech Talk blog.
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School Library Marketing 101: It's About Students Not Stuff. Librarians are not born horn tooters. At least, I'm not. I know that might sound contradictory for someone who a) calls herself "library girl" and b) spends most of her time running around the countryside spreading the gospel of library. But it's true. Tooting my own horn does not come naturally. In fact, it wasn't until the world started to turn upside down and libraries became a frequent flyer on the fiscal chopping block that I decided I needed to learn how to advocate for kids by promoting what I did to support them. Let's face it. The problem, however, is that most marketing is focused on tools: the slogan, the brochure, the newsletter, the infographic, the wiki, etc. I know. And that's the problem. School library marketing has to begin and end with impact. Step 1: Set some goals. I cannot stress this enough: marketing is meaningless unless you have a product worth selling. Step 2: Seek alignment. Step: 2.5 Do the work. This is the tough part. Step 3: Pick some tools. Aaaah!
Advocacy What Is Advocacy? Definitions developed by the AASL Advocacy Committee. Events Information on AASL sponsored events including Banned Websites Awareness Day and School Library Month. Intellectual Freedom AASL-created resources and contact information in the event of a material challenge. Legislation Information on school library specific legislation and the ongoing legislative efforts of the ALA Washington Office. Resources Information to facilitate the school librarian's role as advocate for their program - this includes position statements, AASL developed professional development, relevant reports, and research and statistics. Tools Materials to facilitate school library program advocacy - this includes advocacy brochures and toolkits. Instagram Hacks: 68 Tricks and Features You Probably Didn’t Know About Instagram is one of the most popular social media platforms, with over one billion monthly active users. And while you may think you know everything about this photo and video sharing app, there are actually a lot of Instagram hacks and features that you probably don’t know about. In this blog post, we’re going to share with you 39 of the best Instagram hacks and features on the app. From using hashtags to get more followers, to editing your photos like a pro, to finding the best filters for your images, these tricks will definitely take your Instagram game up a notch. Let’s dive in. Bonus: Download a free checklist that reveals the exact steps a fitness influencer used to grow from 0 to 600,000+ followers on Instagram with no budget and no expensive gear. General Instagram hacks Ready to impress your fans and wow your followers? 1. You don’t want to see any more of your aunt’s ferret videos, but you don’t want to hurt her feelings with an unfollow, either. How to do it: Muting Messages 2.
slmimpact - home Ten Things Your Administrator Needs to Know as the School Year Begins 10. That you are a teacher who teaches not content but process. You teach children to be information literate, digitally literate, media literate, and visually literate. The skills that you teach, the dispositions that you help children to develop, the responsibilities that you foster, and the self-assessment strategies that you instill will serve children not only in school but also in life. 9. 8. 7. 6. 5. 4. 3. 2. 1. If your administrator already knows these things, wonderful! Author: Audrey Church, Leadership Development Committee Chair and 2017-2018 AASL Past President Like this: Like Loading... Categories: Advocacy/Leadership, Blog Topics, Community, Presidential Musings
10 Instagram Tips for Instasuccess Thinking about making a library Instagram account? If you want to reach your teens, research and even many teen librarians will tell you that Instagram (IG) is the place to be. I talked with Garrett Pinder from Jones Library and an avid Instagram user, and we collaborated to come up with a top 10 list for all libraries getting started: 1) Hashtags are IT Hashtags are so important for people to find your content and very integrated into the way people use Instagram. Make sure to use a hashtag for your library and use it consistently. 2) Hashtag in Comments for Searchability Benefits Put most of your hashtags in your comments AFTER you post so it disappears when people respond, but are still searchable for people to find you. 3) Engage with your Followers You don’t have to follow your patrons back, but try to like some of their photos! 4) Yes, You Can Instagram from Your Computer 5) You Can Also Repost on IG 6) Learn from Your Statistics 7) Location, Location, Location
Giving Data Some Soul | Project Advocacy Carolyn Foote At the 2014 Internet Librarian Conference, held in Monterey, CA (October 27–29), EBSCO user experience researcher Deirdre Costello shared the company’s efforts to delve into the research habits of teens. EBSCO researchers conducted one-on-one interviews, and they also sent video cameras to students so they could create their own research video diaries. The shared results could have been interesting, but dry. Those analogies demonstrated the power of using data persuasively. At the conference, Ken Haycock, research professor of management and organization at the University of Southern California Marshall School of Business, acknowledged that the way librarians present data often doesn’t resonate with decision-makers. Typically, we gather data about how many students or how many classes we serve. In a presentation at Internet Librarian, I shared some of our findings. Also, despite a great deal of library publicity, students aren’t very aware of the ebook collection.