Chapter 2: Landscape of Social Media for Libraries

Authors

  • David Lee King

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5860/ltr.51n1

Abstract

Chapter 2 of Library Technology Reports (vol. 51, no. 1), “Managing Your Library’s Social Media Channels,” provides an overview of current popular social media channels, suggests activities that can be done with each of them, and includes examples of libraries successfully using each type.

Author Biography

David Lee King

David Lee King is the digital services director at the Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library where he plans for, implements, and experiments with emerging technology trends. He speaks internationally about emerging trends, website usability and management, digital experience planning, and management of techie staff, and has been published in many library-related journals. Named a Library JournalFace2Face: Using Facebook, Twitter, and Other Social Media Tools to Create Great Customer Connections and maintains a blog at www.davidleeking.com.

References

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Duggan and Smith, Social Media Update.

Ibid.

Ibid.

Seth Fiegerman, “Study: 1/3 of Women in the U.S. Use Pinterest,” December 30, 2013, accessed July 19, 2014, http://mashable.com/2013/12/30/social-network-demographics-2013.

Duggan and Smith, Social Media Update.

Alyson Shontell, “The Truth about Snapchat’s Active Users (the Numbers the Company Doesn’t Want You to See),” Business Insider, December 9, 2013, accessed July 18, 2014, www.businessinsider.com/snapchat-active-users-exceed-30-million-2013-12.

Duggan and Smith, Social Media Update.

Ibid.

Darrell Etherington, “Flickr At 10: 1M Photos Shared per Day, 170% Increase Since Making 1TB Free,” February 10, 2014, accessed July 18, 2014. http://techcrunch.com/2014/02/10/flickr-at-10-1m-photos-shared-per-day-170-increase-since-making-1tb-free.

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Published

2015-02-01

Issue

Vol. 51 No. 1 (2015): January

Section

Chapters