Twitter and Facebook are part of the social media communication central in our young teens and adult lives. As a librarian, we need to know all about the social media circuits and how we can use these outlets to advertise our own library. We want to brag about our library, notify our school's community, and even let our students know what new books are coming to our library (like a movie release date). Of course, using these social media outlets we as librarians also need to spread the word about "Internet Safety and Intellectual Freedom" in order to make our students successful and protect them from online predators.
Facebook has its advantages and disadvantages when it comes using it as a resource. If you want to dedicate this page to school only then one must consider privacy settings when it comes to who can see this site or not, and that would be a advantage to weed out the "stranger danger." The downside of those privacy settings could make it difficult to accept friendship requests and knowing if that said person belongs to the school or has students that attend that school.
My last semester I had to set up a Twitter account and I don't know too much about the Twitter scene. My school and school district is starting to get on the Twitter trend. I'm not only following my school but I'm also adding my own librarianship classes and favorite authors to my Twitter. I hadn't heard of Colby Sharp but his tweet on accelerated reader (AR) and how the program is crap was too funny and down right true. His was the only tweet that I was interested in https://twitter.com/colbysharp ,because many teachers I've talked to or listened to always say how AR doesn't benefit the kids at all. Sadly, our district is enforcing this program and monitoring the students carefully to see who has tested and who hasn't. Talk about Big Brother looking over your shoulder. Most of the Twitters I follow from Sam Houston have helped me find new books to try and Professor Perry always asks wants to know what we are reading, and I can't help put my book titles into the tweet response.
Tuesday, October 24, 2017
Sunday, October 22, 2017
RSS Readers and Tumblr
The Feedbin (Web) is a promising RSS Reader and the organization of the layout seems easy to use and is user-friendly. Feedbin has a great searching ability and tagging system that puts your searches into their own categories. The price of $3.00 a month is reasonable and with the districts budget it can be easily to pay for and manage.
Under my Tumblr:
I'm following:
The School Library Journal http://schoollibraryjournal.tumblr.com/
The school library journal is a popular resource to have as a librarian in that I can see new works of literacy and the reviews, ideas for librarians, and any reports on new books.
Into the Stacks https://intothestacks.tumblr.com/
I like this resource because this tumblr contains blogs about libraries, librarianship, and anything having to do with libraries. I could use some of these ideas to help foster my own library with new resources and such.
Elementary School Library Ideas and More https://childlitfan.tumblr.com/
This is one I think is important since my main area of concentration is elementary school librarianship and I would take the ideas to keep up-to-date on the digital front. I want to advertise my library in any digital format.
School Library Programming https://schoollibraryprogramming.tumblr.com/
Since my alma mater is Sam Houston I figured I should follow the tumbler page to get any programming ideas or stay up-to-date with the new technology/databases out there to better myself in my job. Also, this page gives me a great idea to try "Tunnel Book" project.
School Libraries 101 http://hweimar.tumblr.com/
I enjoyed browsing the tumbler page and seeing some of the young adult books that I haven't read yet and the topics of Intellectual Honesty which would be on my mind as a librarian. Intellectual Honesty is something that I believe is important to teach and enforce when my students complete assignments. This tumbler page definitely offers some thoughtful insights and debates on librarianship and our job details.
Under my Tumblr:
I'm following:
The School Library Journal http://schoollibraryjournal.tumblr.com/
The school library journal is a popular resource to have as a librarian in that I can see new works of literacy and the reviews, ideas for librarians, and any reports on new books.
Into the Stacks https://intothestacks.tumblr.com/
I like this resource because this tumblr contains blogs about libraries, librarianship, and anything having to do with libraries. I could use some of these ideas to help foster my own library with new resources and such.
Elementary School Library Ideas and More https://childlitfan.tumblr.com/
This is one I think is important since my main area of concentration is elementary school librarianship and I would take the ideas to keep up-to-date on the digital front. I want to advertise my library in any digital format.
School Library Programming https://schoollibraryprogramming.tumblr.com/
Since my alma mater is Sam Houston I figured I should follow the tumbler page to get any programming ideas or stay up-to-date with the new technology/databases out there to better myself in my job. Also, this page gives me a great idea to try "Tunnel Book" project.
School Libraries 101 http://hweimar.tumblr.com/
I enjoyed browsing the tumbler page and seeing some of the young adult books that I haven't read yet and the topics of Intellectual Honesty which would be on my mind as a librarian. Intellectual Honesty is something that I believe is important to teach and enforce when my students complete assignments. This tumbler page definitely offers some thoughtful insights and debates on librarianship and our job details.
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