Engaging the Academic Community: Library as Storytelling Platform
Mike Nutt, Digital Media Librarian
Jason Casden, Lead Librarian, Digital Services Development
Photo credit: © Jeff Goldberg - ESTO
2012: WHAT’S OUR SOCIAL MEDIA STRATEGY?
#DHHILL on Instagram
CommunityVoices
1175+ photographers
2900+ images
Battle
Social
Popularity Algorithm
RESPONSIVE DESIGN
Blending Online/Offline Community
ARCHIVING REACTIONS
USAGE OVER 10 MONTHS
2900+ images7560+ "likes"
70,000+ "battles"34,000+ visits
221,000+ pageviews1000+ donor agreements
2 objections
For other Instagram users to see my picture: 83%
To contribute a picture to the NC State archives: 75%
I wanted to win the iPad Mini: 58%
To see my picture on a public display in the Hunt Library or D. H. Hill Library: 50%
Other: 25%
WHY DID PEOPLE PARTICIPATE?
https://github.com/NCSU-Libraries/lentil
OPEN SOURCE Code: lentil
go.ncsu.edu/myhuntMike Nutt | [email protected] | @splendidmike
Jason Casden | [email protected] | @cazzerson