social media at the irving k. barber learning centre (may 18, 2010)

BY ALLAN CHO

PROGRAM SERVICES LIBRARIANIRVING K. BARBER LEARNING CENTRE,

UBC LIBRARY

Social Media at the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre

British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) LibraryBurnaby, British Columbia, May 18, 2010

Agenda in 30 Minutes

1. Target Audience & Community at IKBLC 2. What works, What doesn’t?3. IKBLC Initiatives in Social Media4. Opportunities & Challenges5. LIBR 559L

Irving K. Barber Learning Centre

Main audience: students, faculty & community

Core collection - Programs & Services

Digital Collection

IKBLC Units

Rare Books & Special CollectionsUniversity ArchivesArts One & Science OneChapman Learning CommonsSchool of Library, Archival, and Info Studies

(SLAIS)Office of Learning TechnologyScience & Engineering Library DivisionArt, Architecture, and Planning Library DivisionIKBLC Art Gallery

Target Audience @IKBLC

Millennials or “Generation Y” students

Faculty & Researchers

Community members

Popular Social Media Tools For College Students

(1) Youtube

(2) World of Warcraft

(3) Facebook

Informal vs. Formal Media

Rate My Professor.com vs. UBC evaluations

Xanga/CyWorld vs. UBC Wordpress

Facebook vs. Email

Digital Outreach Tools

IKBLC BlogTwitterFacebookFlickr / Google PicasaYoutube PartnersRSSDrupal (CMS)

Case Study: What didn’t work? iTunes U

Mac vs. PC dilemmaWeb as a platform (i.e. UBC

library stations do not have iTunes installed)

Slow to download Clunky interface

Youtube as a Digital Collection

ContentFunctionalityUserArchitecturePolicyQuality

Intellectual Property & Copyright

Who owns what?

Policies and consent forms for webcasts

(New Course) LIBR 559M at SLAIS

LIBR 559M (3 cr.)Social Media for Information

Professionals  This course examines social media (i.e.

blogs, bookmarking, mashups, wikis, and social networking sites), its concomitant trends (i.e. web 2.0, library 2.0) and how web 2.0 principles can be applied to the delivery of information services in the digital age.

HTTP://WWW.SLIDESHARE.NET/GIUSTINID/LIBR559-M-SYLLABUSSUMMER

LIBR 559MSocial Media for Information

Professionals

Framework

Theoretical and practical – Affordance Participation Collaboration Creation Aggregation and Immersion

Highlights

Every student had established a blog with the expectation of an entry at least once a week and comments on classmates posts

Every student established a Twitter account with the expectation of activity

Highlights, cont.

Group projects with online peers require participation, collaboration and creation and the affordances of the 2.0 tools become apparent

Examples of group projects from fall semester: http://www.netvibes.com/librarysocialmediatutorial#Introduction_to_this_site http://www.slideshare.net/giustinid/prototypical-academic-library-pal-social-media-

training-presentation http://wiki.ubc.ca/Libr559m02

Most important things Deirdre learned:

Twitter is extremely valuable even if you don’t post – it’s a great current awareness tool, for example Dummies contest, The Book Ends

Screenr – now in use herePersonal aggregators can make it all manageable, i.e.

iGoogle http://www.google.com/ig

Worth mentioning...

Article published by Allan Cho, Dean Giustini & Daniel Hooker, Social Cataloguing for Health Librarians http://www.slideshare.net/giustinid/social-cataloguing-an-introduction

Simon Fraser University & Web 2.0

The Library's most recent 3-year plan named the integration of appropriate Web 2.0 features into the library website as a priority. The Web Ideas Working Group (WIWG)The Web Ideas Working Group (WIWG) tasked with making improvements to the library's public web pages. Goals are to:

(1) Examine and integrate current and emerging web technologies, including Web 2.0 features, in the Library's web site

(2) Elicit ideas for new web initiatives from staff and end users

(3) Provide training and information to staff and end users on new web technologies."

Email correspondence: Dean Giustini, 2009.

Questions & Feedback?

Allan ChoProgram Services Librarian

allan.cho@ubc.cawww.allanslibrary.com

Twitter: @allancho