Week 9: Participation – Microblogging & Lifestreaming
Updated: 4 January 2010 |Learning Objectives
By the end of this week, you will:
- understand how microblogging and lifestreaming tools work.
- understand the real-time web and see its applicability to libraries/information work.
- have explored some of the ways libraries are using microblogging and lifestreaming tools (like Twitter and Friendfeed).
- begin to develop your own ideas about how libraries can interact with users via microblogging and lifestreaming tools.
Readings
- Twitter in Plain English, The Common Craft Show (audio + video)
- 7 Things You Should Know About Microblogging, EDUCAUSE
- How Your Library May Not be Using Twitter But Should, David Allen Kelly
- Twittering Libraries, Lindy Brown
- How Twitter will Change the Way We Live, Stephen Johnson
- Jump into the Stream, Erick Schonfeld
- The Real-Time Web: A Primer, Part 1, Ken Fromm
- The Real-Time Web: A Primer, Part 2, Ken Fromm
- The Real-Time Web: A Primer, Part 3, Ken Fromm
Case Studies
- @dcpl — DC Public Library on Twitter
- @MyCityLibrary — West Palm Beach Library on Twitter
- @wcctoddlibrary — Waubonsee Community College Library on Twitter
- @OKStateLibrary — Oklahoma State University Libraries on Twitter
- @yalescilib — Yale Science Libraries on Twitter
- University of Texas on Friendfeed
- Connecticut State Library on Friendfeed
- Columbia Libraries on Friendfeed
Things to do this week
- View this week’s slideshow, which will be posted to the blog.
- Read the articles and explore the case studies for this week and post your thoughts & comments to your blog. Don’t forget our weekly deadline for blogging is noon, Friday. Also, remember to check out your classmates’ posts too and respond (where appropriate) in the comments.
- Reminder: we’re meeting for our weekly chat on Wednesday at 20:00. See you in the chat room!
- Reminder: final project proposals are due today at noon!
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