Finding Your Tribe in Libraryland: Professional Networking via Online Social Media

Martha E. Hardymartha.hardy@metrostate.edu

Minnesota Library Association Annual ConferenceOctober 15, 2009

Finding Your Tribe in Libraryland: Professional Networking via Online Social

Media

cindiann: http://www.flickr.com/photos/trucolorsfly/2397151892/

Martha E. HardyMinnesota Library

Association 2009 Annual Conference

October 15, 2009

What is a Social Network?

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http://www.danah.org/images/SpeakingLeWeb.jpg

danahboyd

Friending

Friending

Travelin’ Librarian http://www.flickr.com/photos/travelinlibrarian/2973379426/in/set-72157608354023242/

Social Capital

• Define - Lin

Social Capital

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“Our social tools are turning love into a renewable building material.

When people care enough, they can come together and accomplish

things of a scope and longevity that were previously impossible; they can do big things for love.”

(p. 142)

Clay Shirky, Here Comes Everybody

Traditional Professional Networks

networksnetworks

wallyg: http://www.flickr.com/photos/wallyg/161309680/

Old site: http://librarysociety.pbworks.com/ New site: http://thelsw.org/

Twitter – LSW

Meebo - LSW

FriendFeed - LSW

Information Sharing

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PresentationsCollaboration

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Shovers & MakersAn award for the rest of us

Zine

Collective Action

LFPL

• Collective action, per Shirky

Friendships & Community

Martha Hardy

• martha.hardy@metrostate.edu • Meebo: mhardy• GTalk: martha.hardy• FriendFeed: mhardy• Twitter: grasshopperlibr• Delicious: grasshopperlibr• Slideshare: mhardy• http://www.slideshare.net/mhardy/findin

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References• "network analysis" A Dictionary of Sociology. John Scott and

Gordon Marshall. Oxford University Press 2009. Oxford Reference Online. Oxford University Press. 9 Oct. 2009. Web. http://www.oxfordreference.com/views/ENTRY.html?subview=Main&entry=t88.e1543

• boyd, danah, and N. B. Ellison. "Social Network Sites: Definition, History, and Scholarship." Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication 13.1 (2008): 210-30. Web.

• boyd, danah. "Friends, Friendsters, and Myspace Top 8: Writing Community into being on Social Network Sites." First Monday 11.2 (2006) Web. 10 Oct. 2009.

• Buckland, Amy. Social Networks and You (Yes, You). (2009). Slideshare. 11 Oct. 2009. Web. http://www.slideshare.net/jambina/social-networks-and-you-ya-you

References• Chiu, Chao-Min, Meng-Hsiang Hsu, and Eric T. G. Wang.

"Understanding Knowledge Sharing in Virtual Communities: An Integration of Social Capital and Social Cognitive Theories." Decision Support Systems 42.3 (2006): 1872-88. Print.

• Chua, Sacha. Smarter Work: Why Social Networks Matter. (2009). Slideshare. 13 Oct. 2009. Web. http://www.slideshare.net/sachac/smarter-work-why-social-networks-matter

• Lawson, Steve. Social Software for Library People. (2008) Slideshare. 15 Oct. 2009. Web. http://stevelawson.name/jeffco2008/

• Lenhardt, Amanda. Adults and Social Network Websites. Washington, DC: Pew Internet & American Life Project. Pew Research Center., 2009. Web. 10 Oct. 2009.

• Lin, Nan. "Building a Network Theory of Social Capital." CONNECTIONS 22.1 (1999): 28-51. Web. 10 Oct. 2009.

References

• Norris, Pippa. "The Bridging and Bonding Role of Online Communities." Society Online: The Internet in Context. Eds. Philip N. Howard and Steve Jones. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2004. 31-42. Print.

• Pruijt, H. "Social Capital and the Equalizing Potential of the Internet." Social Science Computer Review 20.2 (2002): 109. Print.

• Shirky, Clay. Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing without Organizations. New York: Penguin Press, 2008. Print.