An introduction to Social Media for CPD for library and information staff delivered as part of the LIM CPD short courses programme at the University of Ulster

1. You have to start somewhere: Social Media for professional learning and workplace practice

2. Social Media Professional versus personal Productive tools for CPD Good practice examples in the LIM sector

6. Learning networks then

7. and now

9. Connections to…

11. Social networks are about connecting people, about creating an ‘ambient awareness’ of what’s happening and where, with reference to the people around us. Such networks come into their own when you want to find people who can help you solve problems, provide insights, or provide expertise you may not have. Abhijit Kable upsidelearning.com

15. Tools, Technologies and Platforms

21. Find content on Twitter Twitter for Librarians @Phil Bradley Lists @IrishLibraries @FieldVole/Irish Northern Irish Librarians on Twitter #savelibraries Use it as a feed Start following people Use #hashtags to follow issues and events Flickr Image: Not getting involved Twitter is as good as the people you follow

23. Social Networks Networking Discussions Links Marketing Updates Announcements Events Campaigns

25. Find your group Follow them via their Twitter feed on the different platforms they use .

27. Keep current with blogs Find blogs that interest you Subscribe by email or by RSS feed Start commenting Flickr Image: Rosie the Blogger / Library Blogs Ireland UK Library Blogs Library.ie News from Irish Libraries Library Journal Voices for the Library Stephen's Lighthouse Joeyanne Libraryanne Follow bloggers on Twitter to get updates

34. Links to innovation On Slideshare and Prezzi you will find full presentations, some with audio. and links to other presentations.

35. Video content Lectures, courses, conferences, tutorials from universities, libraries, museums, professional bodies, organisations and individuals

38. Discussions online Digital Campus Harvard Library Lab Podcasts This Week in Libraries Interviews with innovators, leaders and practitioners. Panel discussions on current trends, issues and developments. Flickr Image: Studio Lights

43. Identity and brand

45. Digital footprints Make sure you have control over what people can discover about you online . Flickr Image:shoes

46. Digital branding Create and maintain a positive professional identity Flickr Image: Stepping on light

47. Create a public Internet identity… Have a genuine all-accessible identity online that you’re cool with grandma and your boss reading. … do provide context for who you are, what you do, what you’re passionate about, etc. Think of it as a digital body and dress it up as if it were going into a job interview. Danah Boyd. zephoria.org

48. Making a name Joeyanne Libraryanne The Wikiman

50. Information Overload SCONUL 7 Pillars of Information Literacy

51. Libraries using Social Media

52. “ Yes, it is important for libraries and librarians to be on social networks... it is equally important to remember why we are doing all of these things. We are providing a new medium for things we have always done. … There can be a balance to using new technology to promote, support and enhance traditional, as well as new, programming and resources” Karen Klapperstock (2009) )

68. Anne Peoples @Anne6fy This presentation is online at www.slideshare.net/apeoples and available to reuse or adapt, as long as credit is given to the author, on a share alike basis.