Social Media ToolsStudents, Patrons, Members, Guests, Community…

For the University of Maine at Presque IslePresenters Sonja Plummer-Morgan, Librarian & Lisa Neal Shaw, Reference Librarian

January 2009

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHWTLA8WecI

Google has 31 billion searches performed each month

According to Jeremiah Owyang, senior analyst at Forrester,

Facebook has over60 million active users.

Twitter.com nearly 800,000

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/profile.php?id=773597738&ref=profile

Facebook.com

http://twitter.com/PresqueIsleLib

twitter.com

http://www.myspace.com/presqueislelibrary

MySpace.com

•Same words, different marketing venues and reaching a broader

audience virtually and in the library to communicate with one another, share

best practices, and learn.

Total Second Life Residents as of 1/23/09:

16,785,531

•Connecting globally helps mitigate rural isolation•Professional development opportunities

•Attend Conferences in real time with Video Conferencing

•Geography is no longer an obstacle to meeting•Deliver services to the place where it is needed.

•Recruitment by managing social media with aid of the student ambassadors, such as Facebook,  Bebo,

MySpace, YouTube, Constant Contact•Sustainability of our profession

•Immersive & Participatory Learning

BOOK DISCUSSIONS MAINE RESOURCES

In the past 8 weeks, 300 patrons visited one of our libraries

•Presque Isle Library Resources•Homeless Resource Center•Meeting room space for nonprofits•American Cancer Society•Virtual Reference•Assist university students•Provide internships•Teach for the University of Indiana •Job Resource Center•Prison Library Resource Center•Reader’s Garden with book events•Attend Conferences•Attend live music concerts•Art Shows in world with receptions•Association for Rural Libraries•Swing Era Library Resource Center•Samantha Smith Library•Student graduation celebrations

Examples of Activities We Are Directly Involved With

Pope, K. Trends Report 2008. Alliance Library Systems. www.alliancelibrarysystem.com

Robbins, S. & Bell, M. (2007). Second Life for Dummies. Wiley Publishing, Inc.Bettger, S. (2008). Non Profits and Second Life: Promoting Causes Inside Second Life

For Real World Impact. Giving Circles Network.

Educational use for Second Life www.secondlife.com

Second Life Economic Statistics. http://secondlife.com/whatis/economy_stats.phpSimtech:

Second Life for Educators. http://secondlifegrid.net/slfe/education-use-virtual-world

Twitterfacts. http://twitterfacts.blogspot.com/2008/01/number-of-twitter-users.html