Metatextual Conversations: The Exclusion/Inclusion of Genre Fiction in Public Libraries and Social Media Book Groups

2019 ◽  
Vol 68 (3) ◽  
pp. 254-267 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vassiliki Veros
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Public Libraries ◽  
Genre Fiction ◽  
Book Groups

scholarly journals Public Library: A Place for the Digital Community Archive

2015 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
pp. 12-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Copeland
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Information Management ◽  
Public Libraries ◽  
Personal Information ◽  
Public Library ◽  
Community Archives ◽  
The Past ◽  
Digital Community ◽  
Current Events ◽  
Community Archive

Abstract This article explores the possibility that public libraries can be repositories for digital community archives. The overarching goal is to establish a case for public libraries’ developing digital community archives that are participatory and which emphasize born-digital items rather than digitized physical items. This discussion follows my own research and experience in this area to include personal information management, social media and the personal archive, and the accidental community archive, and demonstrates that public libraries can focus on communities’ current events and people rather than solely on those from the past.

Using Social Network Sites for Library Services in Public Libraries

2018 ◽  
pp. 556-572
Author(s):  
Ashok Kumar ◽  
S. Thanuskodi
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Public Libraries ◽  
Social Network Sites ◽  
Library Services ◽  
Unique Role ◽  
Innovative Technologies ◽  
Library Users ◽  
Online Library

Social Network sites are one of the innovative technologies contributing libraries the opportunity to reach out to its patrons. Keeping library users up to date is the primary aim of every library, online library services taken the role successfully, and among them Social Network Sites plays the unique role to keep the patrons informative. In this chapter, we provide a study of an attempt to use social media to engage with public libraries. Also this chapter has come out with a testimony on library services and the challenges through FaceBook, Twitter and Weblogs.

Twitter Content Categorisation: A Public Library Perspective

2013 ◽  
Vol 12 (04) ◽  
pp. 1350035 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ali Shiri ◽  
Dinesh Rathi
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Public Libraries ◽  
Public Library ◽  
Information Services ◽  
Library System ◽  
Knowledge Management Practices

With the rise of social media, many library and information services have begun to incorporate a wide variety of social media and social networking applications into their systems and services. Among the mainstream social networking applications, micro-blogging, in general, and Twitter, in particular, have gained increasing popularity. This paper reports the results of an exploratory study of the application of Twitter in the context of a large public library system. Specifically, this study has sampled, content analysed and categorised a select number of tweets created by a public library system in order to identify and document the ways in which Twitter can be used for various information services and knowledge management practices in public libraries. One of the main outcomes of this study is a tweet categorisation scheme that has a specific focus on the information services offered by public libraries.

Reddit use in the LIS community

2021 ◽  
pp. 096100062110520
Author(s):  
Yue Ming ◽  
Miriam L. Matteson ◽  
Jingchen Sun
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Identity ◽  
Social Identity Theory ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Public Libraries ◽  
Identity Theory ◽  
Online Communication ◽  
User Engagement ◽  
Social Media Engagement ◽  
Psychological Features

This study examined online communications within library and information science (LIS)-related subreddits through the perspectives of social identity theory and social media engagement. A total of 17,049 Reddit posts from three major LIS-related subreddits were harvested through Pushshift by Python. Manual and computational coding methods were used to identify linguistic characteristics of the posts as well as the topicality of the content. Multiple logistic regressions were used to analyze the relationship between psychological and emotional characteristics of the posts and user engagement. Results showed that the majority of posts did not mention a specific type of LIS organization; of the subset that did, public libraries and academic libraries were most frequently referenced. “Library services and usage” was the topic most mentioned within LIS-related subreddits, followed by “librarians and jobs.” Various psychological features of posts including emotional tone score, authentic score, clout score, analytic score, and usage of words related to affective processes, anxiety, social processes, causation, and time were significantly related to user engagement. This study contributes to further understanding of social identity theory and social media engagement within the online communication context of LIS community. Key topics and issues in the LIS field and practical suggestions for strategies to improve social media engagement across LIS community were discussed.

Using Social Network Sites for Library Services in Public Libraries

2015 ◽  
pp. 53-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashok Kumar ◽  
S. Thanuskodi
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Public Libraries ◽  
Social Network Sites ◽  
Library Services ◽  
Unique Role ◽  
Innovative Technologies ◽  
Library Users ◽  
Online Library

Social Network sites are one of the innovative technologies contributing libraries the opportunity to reach out to its patrons. Keeping library users up to date is the primary aim of every library, online library services taken the role successfully, and among them Social Network Sites plays the unique role to keep the patrons informative. In this chapter, we provide a study of an attempt to use social media to engage with public libraries. Also this chapter has come out with a testimony on library services and the challenges through FaceBook, Twitter and Weblogs.

Understanding public libraries’ challenges, motivators, and perceptions toward the use of social media for marketing

2018 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Namjoo Choi ◽  
Soohyung Joo
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Public Libraries ◽  
Public Library ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Public ◽  
Current State ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Library Marketing

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify challenges and motivators to social media adoption for marketing purposes in public libraries and to investigate how these libraries perceive the importance of social media marketing. Design/methodology/approach A nation-wide online survey on public libraries in the USA was conducted to carry out this study, and a total number of 470 responses were used for data analysis. Findings This study determined a range of challenges and motivators to implementing social media for marketing in public libraries. The results also showed that public libraries perceive social media as an important tool for their library marketing and intend to increase their use. Practical implications The findings from this study can serve as a guideline for public libraries when employing social media for marketing purposes in their libraries. Originality/value This study assessed the current state of social media use for marketing in the public library context, a context that has been under-researched in the literature, from three perspectives: challenges, motivators, and perceptions.

The Use of Web 2.0 Services by Urban Public Libraries in Poland: Changes over the Years 2011–2013

Libri ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 65 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Magdalena Wójcik
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Quantitative Analysis ◽  
Web 2.0 ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Public Libraries ◽  
Public Library ◽  
Library Services ◽  
Use Of Social Media

AbstractThis paper discusses the possibilities for using social media in promoting public library services and describes the changes that occurred between 2011 and 2013. The results of an analysis of a group of Polish urban public libraries for the occurrence of Web 2.0 elements and social media references are presented. Quantitative analysis included the number of Web 2.0 elements in pages, the number of references to social networking sites and the number of users of various types of Web 2.0 library profiles. Qualitative analysis concerned the extent and type of information shared through social media. This article presents the scope of changes that have occurred in the use of Web 2.0 elements by Polish urban public libraries in recent years, as well as prospects for the further use of social media. It also shows the dynamics of change in terms of how public libraries use Web 2.0 services. This comparative study shows that over the 2 years studied the number of libraries using social media increased, as did the variety of tools and the frequency of their use. The study was conducted using a specific sample of public libraries in urban areas in one Polish province. The study is not representative of all public libraries in Poland. However, the author believes that the study shows certain trends that may be characteristic not only of libraries in the studied region, but also across the whole country, and the results could be widely used in practice to improve social media activity.

scholarly journals Understanding Public Libraries’ Conversations: Promises and Challenges of Microblogging Data

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy Vanscoy ◽  
Deborah Hicks ◽  
Mary Cavanagh
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Network Analysis ◽  
Public Libraries ◽  
Médias Sociaux ◽  
Medias Sociaux

This paper examines the concept of “conversation” on Twitter as expressed by both social media metrics and network analysis. This paper offers a methodology for studying library engagement on Twitter and reflexively critiques the method to probe different discursive styles and technical expressions of “engagement” by Canadian public libraries.Cet article examine le concept de « conversation » sur Twitter tel qu'il est exprimé par les métriques de médias sociaux et l'analyse de réseau. L’article propose une méthodologie pour étudier l'engagement des bibliothèques sur Twitter et critique par réflexe la méthode pour sonder différents styles discursifs et expressions techniques de « l'engagement » des bibliothèques publiques canadiennes.

scholarly journals Using social media to create a participatory library service: an Australian study

2014 ◽  
Vol 38 (117) ◽  
pp. 54-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathleen Smeaton ◽  
Kate Davis
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Public Libraries ◽  
Media Use ◽  
Library Service ◽  
Social Media Use ◽  
Social Media Platforms ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Exemplary Practice

Public libraries are increasingly using social media in an attempt to meet users in their own spaces. Social media can be useful when used to create a participatory library service emphasising engagement with users. However, there has been little empirical investigation into the success of social media use by public libraries. This article reports on the findings of a research project that explored the use of social media by Australian public libraries. Two organisations participated in case studies that involved interviews, document analysis, and social media observation. To contextualise the use of social media in the case study organisations, a sub-study was undertaken involving observation of an additional 24 public libraries across Australia. This article focuses on the findings from the observation sub-study. It presents and applies a methodology for classifying social media content to determine whether the sample libraries’ social media use is indicative of a participatory approach to service delivery. This article explores how a range of social media platforms are used by the sample libraries and considers what best practice in participatory library service looks like. The two case study organisations’ use of social media is highlighted as exemplary practice.

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