Using Social Media to Build Library Communities
eBook - ePub

Using Social Media to Build Library Communities

A LITA Guide

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  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Using Social Media to Build Library Communities

A LITA Guide

About this book

Using Social Media to Build Library Communities: A LITA Guide is a community-building action manual for practitioners across the profession. By bringing together an array of perspectives to explore community building through social media, this book serves as the go-to resource for professionals who want to take social media beyond marketing and promotion to build an inclusive and engaged community of library users.

Each chapter contains clear explanations of important topics for building communities through social media, and readers will come away with cohesive approaches for their own libraries. Using Social Media to Build Library Communities demonstrates that an energetic and committed community exists to help and guide fellow community builders.

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Yes, you can access Using Social Media to Build Library Communities by Scott W.H. Young,Doralyn Rossmann in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Languages & Linguistics & Library & Information Science. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Acknowledgments
  3. Preface
  4. Part I: Building Communities of Library Users
  5. Chapter 1: Picking a Platform and Finding a Voice
  6. Chapter 2: From Broadcast to Conversation in an Academic Library
  7. Chapter 3: Find Us on Facebook
  8. Chapter 4: Social Media and Health Care
  9. Chapter 5: Adding Value with Advertising
  10. Part II: Building Communities of Library Professionals
  11. Chapter 6: Building Communities of Practice in the Library Profession
  12. Chapter 7: Building a Personal Learning Network
  13. Part III: Transforming Community into Action—Social Media and Social Justice
  14. Chapter 8: The Urgency and Agency of #OccupyNassau
  15. Chapter 9: Cultivating Critical Dialogue on Twitter
  16. About the Editors and Contributors