Many thanks to Sara Kennedy from the Green Hills Library for participating in the 7 Questions for Libraries using Twitter series! 1. What is your Twitter username? @GreenHillsLib 2. Who is responsible for tweeting? I am the main person responsible for tweeting, although some other staff members do tweet in my absence. 3. How did your library get started with Twitter? I attended a media conference in mid-2009 on behalf of the library and one [Read more...]
Friday, October 1, 2010 is #Followalibrary Day on Twitter. I’m excited about all of the libraries that are going to be gaining new followers as a result of this cool initiative. Therefore, I want to help ensure that your library’s Twitter page is looking spiffy for the big day. Here are some ideas to get you started on your Twitter page makeover! Profile Having a complete profile (Location, Web, Bio) is important for two reasons. [Read more...]
1. Remove all tabs that contain zero content It can be challenging to get people excited about Facebook Pages, so when folks are interested enough in your content to click on a tab please don’t disappoint them by having nothing there. Most tabs can be easily removed (and they can be added back at a later time if you get new content) by an administrator. To delete a tab, just do the following: 1. Login [Read more...]
This is the final post in the three part series (see also Part 1 and Part 2) on ARL Member Libraries and Twitter. The goal behind these awards is to give you all the opportunity to get ideas from each other about how to manage your Twitter accounts and to inspire those who are considering, but have not yet created accounts. Of course, this is a diverse group of libraries so what works for one [Read more...]
In the first post in this series, ARL Member Libraries and Twitter: By the numbers, I gave a brief overview of the overall Twitter stats for this community. In today’s post I offer a more in depth look at how these libraries are doing with the basic elements of Twitter. The remaining posts in this series will include awards for exemplary use of Twitter, and ideas for what to do next. I’m excited to share [Read more...]
