Big Talk From Small Libraries: Making the Most of Facebook and Blogging
Channel: Nebraska Library Commission
Date: 2013-03-05

Making the Most of Facebook and Blogging: How to Use Social Media Effectively in a Small Library

Pam Wilson, Librarian, Dorothee Pike Memorial Library (SD)
Miranda Brumbaugh, Librarian, Platte Public Library (SD)

Social media, such as Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and blogging, connects communities with up-to-the-minute happenings at libraries. It also provides users with an avenue for communicating with librarians and other patrons. Seventy-nine percent of the US population regularly access the Internet, and there are more than 1 billion Facebook users and 31 million bloggers nationwide. Discover how your small library can benefit from the two most popular forms of social media--Facebook and blogging.

Presented at the Big Talk From Small Libraries 2013 Online Conference on 28 February 2013

Sponsored by: The Nebraska Library Commission, The Association of Rural andSmall Libraries (ARSL), Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)

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