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Social Media

Published on Nov 18, 2015

A presentation given at the CILIP MmIT AGM in January 2015, where I was asked to talk about the different ways in which I use social media for change in libraries and society more widely.

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Changing Libraries

What's social media got to do with it?
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Lauren Smith

PhD Researcher, University of Strathclyde
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I use social media

(a lot!)
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It's personal

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It's professional

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It's political

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It's interconnected

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"There is no such thing as a single-issue struggle because we do not live single-issue lives. Our struggles are particular, but we are not alone."
Audre Lorde

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What do I know?

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I'm not an expert

Anyone can do it!
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I use it in the role of...

  • Librarian
  • Researcher
  • Public library advocate
  • Social media officer
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What I'm doing

  • Challenging library cuts and closures
  • Challenging assumptions about libraries/librarians
  • Challenging the position of research in LIS
  • Changing the role of the researcher/academic
  • Connecting theory and practice more closely
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Change?

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  • Social change
  • Change in discourse
  • Changing policy direction
  • Changing opinions
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Some principles

I tend to try to stick to...
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Authenticity

There's no point pretending
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Flexibility

There's no point using something that doesn't work
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Communication

There's no point talking to yourself
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Balance

time / content / platforms
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Multiple platforms

for different uses
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Blogging!

(Wordpress)
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It's easy to use

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You can share writing across a team

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You can ask others to contribute their perspectives

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You can be the first to respond

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Do a bit of damage control

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I use it as a record of what's going on

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It's somewhere for me to write and reflect on LIS issues

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(people do read this stuff)

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(it sometimes even changes their thinking)

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It's a public CV

Evidence of my 'authority' on a subject
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Twitter

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@walkyouhome

Jan 2009 - foreverandever
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Sharing stuff

News articles, links, interviews
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Hootsuite

  • Social media dashboard
  • Analytics
  • Scheduling tweets
  • Tracking what's going on
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Storify

Recording chat to share elsewhere
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#

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#savelibraries

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#critlib
#critlis

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Transient hashtags

  • #Sieghart
  • #thatsnotasoddinglibrary
  • #NLD14
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Reporting from conferences

People who aren't there want to know what's going on
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Sharing thoughts

and developing ideas
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It's important to be human

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PERSONAL BRANDING, ARGH

(but it can be helpful for people to know who you are...)
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It's all about who you talk to

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Open access resources

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Sharing research

It's what we('re supposed to) do
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Helping each other

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Amplifying the message

(whatever it is)
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Giving information

to other campaigners, students, journalists
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Supporting each other

Librarianship's pretty tough right now
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What else is useful?

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Academia.edu

Somewhere to put my work and find others'
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Facebook

Voices for the Library has 3,664 likes
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Wikis

Avoiding reinventing the wheel
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Google Drive

Useful for collaborative writing
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Slideshare

More than just a backup
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Figshare

Online, open access, digital repository
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Practising what you preach

Librarians should support accessibility
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Reaching further

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Shouting louder

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Getting out of the echo chamber

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Connecting library and information concepts to everyday life

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Connecting with other disciplines

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Influencing the narrative

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Thank you!

lauren.n.smith@strath.ac.uk | @walkyouhome
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