presentation at APLA

Hello from Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island! I’m here for the Atlantic Provinces Library Association conference where I’m presenting on social software this afternoon. It’s a quick, fly-by trip for me, so quick in fact, that the airline/airport decided I didn’t need any luggage. Oh, yes! The hilarious part is that if they can get my suitcase to me (I was told this morning that it’s in Winnipeg), it will be on the same flight in that I’m leaving on tomorrow. Did you get that? It’s coming in on the flight from Toronto that I will be leaving on for Toronto about a half hour after it lands. Awesome!

But enough of that. Here are my slides for this afternoon’s presentation, followed by a bunch of links (by way of a “handout”). The people here have been awesome, so I’m really looking forward to spending more quality time with them this afternoon, talking about libraries & social software!

Presentation Slides

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Presentation Links

Blogging libraries

• SJCPL Blog
• Williamsburg Regional Library
• Ann Arbor District Library
• Plymouth State University
• K-State Libraries

Libraries using wikis

• Albany County PL Staff Wiki
• SJCPL Subject Guides
• Ohio University Libraries Biz Wiki
• Case Wiki (not library-specific, but pretty cool)

Libraries using del.icio.us

• Buley Library
• Lupton Library, UTC
• Seldovia PL
• …more here

Libraries using online social networks

• MSU Libraries Digital Video Contest
• SMC Library
• AADL MySpace Branch
• Library Director @ Bennington
• McMaster LiveJournal Community (not a library example, but a good example of the conversations happening in these spaces!)

Libraries using Flickr & YouTube

• Library of Congress
• U of Michigan
• Duke Yearlook
• Georgia Tech Mechanical Engineering
• McCraken County PL

10 Things you can do with social software TOMORROW!

1. check out the blogging libraries wiki for ideas on what libraries are doing with blogs
2. start a blog at wordpress.com
3. display or syndicate your RSS feed on your home page (example)
4. open a Flickr account for your library (example)
5. start a del.icio.us account for your library (example)
6. use your del.icio.us links to generate a subject guide on your website (example)
7. use Twitter as an announcement tool (example)
8. find out what your users are saying online about you (and respond) (example)
9. create a presence in Facebook for your library (example)
10. Think about (and advocate for!) a Learning 2.0 program at your library (example)

Thanks for the mention of our review blog! Barry

It’s my pleasure, Barry. BFGB is one of my favourite library blogs so I tend to talk about it all over the place! Thank you to you & your blogging team for providing such a shining example of good blogging

Wonderful presentation! Thanks for sharing

Moqub