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TUMBLR. FOR LIBRARIES Presenter: Rachel Eichen
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TUMBLR.FOR LIBRARIES

Presenter: Rachel Eichen

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Agenda◦ Two Week Class: April 22 & 24

◦What is tumblr?

◦How does it work?◦ Professional Uses◦ Library Pages

◦ Interacting on Tumblr

◦Making Your Tumblr Engaging

◦ Tumblr Tips

◦ Tumblr Tools and Hacks

◦ Tumblrs to Follow

◦ The Future of Tumblr

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Quick Poll

Image from: http://goo.gl/ypOR45

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WHAT IS TUMBLR?

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What is Tumblr?

◦Effortlessly Share Anything◦Microblogging – less is more◦Post text, quotes, links, videos, etc◦Find blogs based on interests/tags◦Comments rare, reblogs common

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How popular is Tumblr?

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Quick Facts◦ 38,000 posts per a minute

◦Users spent 154.1 minutes on average on Tumblr

◦ 46.5 percent of Tumblr visitors are 18-34-years-old.

Sources: http://goo.gl/1rpliY, http://goo.gl/cD5t2

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Why is Tumblr so popular?

◦Easy to find similar blogs

◦Easy to share & make posts

◦Easy to track

◦Interacts with other social media

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Did you know?

In 2013, Yahoo bought Tumblr for $1.1 Billion

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HOW TUMBLR WORKS

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Create an Account

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Find some Tumblrs to follow◦ Librarians online:

◦ thelifeguardlibrarian.tumblr.com/

◦Great Libraries To Check Out:◦ Baker Free Library◦ Public Lib of Cincinnati

Image from: http://goo.gl/raSoZ1

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Follow

http://tumblr.libraryjournal.com/

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Let’s start blogging

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Making Posts

◦Dashboard◦Add Posts (With Tags!)◦Reblog or like a post◦See who liked/reblogged

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Tags and Blogs• Find Tumblrs

• Use tags to find info

• Track key tags

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USING TUMBLR

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Professional Development

teenlibrariantoolbox.tumblr.compewinternet.tumblr.comlibraryadvocates.tumblr.com/

Offers perks like invites to author parties at conference

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Interact with authors

rainbowrowell.tumblr.comneil-gaiman.tumblr.comYA Authors on Tumblr: yahighway.tumblr.com

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Connect.Librarians on Tumblr use the tags #libraries, #librarians, and #Tumblarians to talk to each other (http://goo.gl/tSqTF)

• thelifeguardlibrarian.tumblr.com• http://thepinakes.tumblr.com/ • http://wordtraffic.tumblr.com/

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Libraries on Tumblr◦ http://nypl.tumblr.com

◦ chicagopubliclibrary.tumblr.com

◦ canterburylibrary.tumblr.com

◦ hclib.tumblr.com

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What to do on Tumblrshare photos

promote upcoming events

promote community

make announcements

promote your collection

promote reading

interact with your audience

Visit your library archives

Have fun

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Other Profession Dev Uses◦ Reading

◦Discover

◦ Find/Share Infographics and memes

◦ Keep up with trends (using hashtags)

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Homework◦Set up a tumblr blog for either professional or personal use with:◦Title◦Description◦Theme

◦Make at least one post of original content (Image, quote, etc…with at least 3 relevant tags)

◦Reblog another blog post and add your own commentary

◦Send me the URL along with questions

◦Bonus: Follow at least one other Tumblr

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Contact

Rachel Eichen

[email protected]

877-816-9638

Slideshare.net/adverb

http://rachelnovare.tumblr.com/