As if I wasn't already spending way too much time absorbed in social media ... now comes the assignment from heaven to look at other sites beyond the ones we have focused on each week. Ok, Ok, this assignment helps me to justify turning on the laptop at 6:00am to squeeze in a few minutes of SMS before getting ready for work, reviewing mobile updates during breaks and lunch, sitting with my laptop going from one site to another from 7pm to midnight until I can't keep my eyes open...
PINTEREST
Among the social media I investigated this week was Pinterest. There seemed to be a lot of enthusiasm about this site from many of my classmates over the past few weeks. I tried several times (unsuccessfully) to get onto this site after being invited in, but finally this week after really working at it, I was able to complete my login. Haven't completely figured the site out yet, but I've pinned a couple photos on my site. Surprisingly, I now have a whole page of beautiful flowers!! Not sure how that happened or if I want to pin anything else - they are beautiful. Perhaps Pinterest could be used in the libraries for book discussions?
I came across this interesting website "Social Media Today" and there are some good comments about Pinterest.
http://socialmediatoday.com/all/24784?ref=linkbar
FLICKR
Created a Flickr account this past week and uploaded a couple of my own pictures (more flowers!), tried to link Flickr to this blog. I think that last step was successful - going to try and bring a photo into my blog... I think it is somewhere here - Flickr said to go and look at my blog. Guess I'll find out if it worked once I publish this post. Can the pictures on Flickr be uploaded to anyone's website, FB or blog? If so, this site provides a great resource for images for the libraries SMS's.
YOU TUBE
Kudo's to everyone in class who created a You Tube video for your book review! You all did such a good job. I don't have the courage to put myself out there like that. You Tube is amazing, however I generally just watch videos that are embedded into something else I am looking at. Going into the You Tube site is a bit overwhelming for me. It is like being a kid in a candy store, so to speak...not sure what to look at first! I came across the SchoolTube.com site during my travels. This seems like a safe idea to me and one that might be more appropriate for use in the libraries. What about a Librarytube?
http://www.schooltube.com/video/ac50748d07755603ba34/
OTHER SITES
I've tried a few other sites, mostly without success at this point. Among them GoAnimate, StumbleUpon, LibraryThing, LinkedIn, Prototype, ReadItLater, Evernote. Plan to revisit these and to continue improving my social media skills! It will be beneficial for librarians to become familiar with these various sites and to be a leader in promoting their use.
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