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Libraries and Social Media Liz McCarthy Communications and Social Media Officer, Bodleian Libraries Steve Eyre Teacher, IT Services

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Libraries and Social Media

Liz McCarthyCommunications and Social

Media Officer, Bodleian Libraries

Steve EyreTeacher, IT Services

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@McCarthy_Liz@bodleianlibs

www.facebook.com/bodleianlibraries

@[email protected]

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Programme

10-10.30: General Intros

10.30-11.30: Intro to tools11.30-11.45: Coffee11.45-1: Online

presence1-1.45: Lunch1.45-3: Hands on3-3.15: Coffee3.15-4.15: Round Table

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In a Nutshell…

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What to choose? Strategy First

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Define your goals

• What aspects of your museum/work/community would you like to promote?

• Who are your target audiences?• What do you want to achieve?• What value is there for your audience in

engaging with you online?• What kind of information do you want to

exchange?• What tensions and conflicts might you

encounter?

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Who is your Audience?

Who are you talking to?What do you want them to

do?How will this help you?

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What resources do you have to work with?

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Benchmark

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Define and articulate your goals

Interact with online audience

Boost awarenessDrive traffic

Learn about your community

Share information??

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Define and articulate your goals

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HOW DOES IT FIT WITH OTHER COMMUNICATIONS?

• Email• Printed material

• Face-to-Face• Broadcast• Websites

• ??

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SET SOME GROUND RULES

SOCIAL MEDIA POLICY?• Allow and encourage debate• Don’t censor comments (unless

they’re offensive or spam)• Be transparent• Respect the law• Remember you’re representing your

organisation

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So What’s Out there?

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Dozens of Options

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Facebook

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Twitter

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Blogs

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Videos & Podcasts

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Pinterest

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Others

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How do you use it?

• Service updates

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How do you use it? Service Updates

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How do you use it?

• Service updates• Promotion of services, events,

collections

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How do you use it? Promotion

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How do you use it? Promotion

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How do you use it? Promotion

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How do you use it?

• Service updates• Promotion of services, events,

collections• Feedback, enquiries, discussion

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How do you use it? Enquiries

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How do you use it?

• Service Updates• Promotion of Services, events,

collections• Feedback, enquiries, discussion• Adding value, crowdsourcing

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How do you use it? Crowdsourcing

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How do you use it? Crowdsourcing

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How do you use it? Crowdsourcing

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How do you use it?

• Service updates• Promotion of services, events,

collections• Feedback, enquiries, discussion• Adding value, crowdsourcing• Use the right tool for the job

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How do you use it? The Right Tool

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How do you use it?

• Service Updates• Promotion of Services, events,

collections• Feedback, enquiries, discussion• Adding value, crowdsourcing• Use the right tool for the job• Do something different!

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How do you use it? Be Different

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How do you use it? Be Different

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Learn More: Engage

http://blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/23things