Historical library pictures

Do you have historical pictures of your library? Here are 2 great ways to share them! 

Historypin Historypin - map

Historypin is "a project that allows people to view and share their personal history in a new way, created by the social movement We Are What We Do in partnership with Google."

Historypin - historic photo + modern-day street view!Users can pin photo, audio and video content and tie it to geographical locations -- map meets content! Anyone can add descriptive or narrative text to photographic, audio or video content that has been "pinned" to the map.

Users can also create "Tours" which lead you step-by-step through a series of pieces of content via a narrative that links them together, or "Collections", which are clusters of content around a particular theme.  See Historypin's FAQ for more specifics about the site.

A few of our libraries already have historical pictures on Historypin courtesy of the Wisconsin State Historical Society.

Facebook

Facebook milestones extend the NYT's timeline on the right of the pageWith the arrival of the "Timeline" format for Pages, libraries now have the opportunity to add milestones (key moments they'd like to highlight) to their Facebook pages. Historical milestones will extend the little timeline on the right of the page.

What type of milestones might you add? Check out this post, "Creating Facebook Milestones: A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words" for some ideas. Photos definitely liven up milestones--- just sign in to Facebook and click on older timeline dates for the New York Times or Coca-Cola to see some in action!

Looking for examples from other libraries? Aaron Tay has a nice description of what his (academic) library did with milestones and historical photos in this post on his Musings About Librarianship blog.

 

What do you do with historical photos of your library?

Posted by Kerri on May. 8, 2012 in Social Media , Tips & Tricks | Permalink | Comments (0)

Is your library ready for Facebook's Timeline?

Fitchburg Public Library on FacebookFrom what I've been reading, Facebook Timeline is coming to all brand pages (whether you're ready or not) on March 30. Is your library ready?

Here are some links to posts that talk about Timeline for pages.

Prefer videos?  Try Facebook - New Pages:  Customizing Your Page , which covers cover photos, profile pictures, the "about" section, links to other parts of page (photos, likes, etc), pinning posts to the top of your page, and creating milestones.

Have you already transitioned your library's Facebook page to Timeline? What do you think of the new layout and features?

Posted by Kerri on Mar. 26, 2012 in Social Media | Permalink | Comments (0)

Everybody Let's Jump (For Your Library)

Ran across this great example of a library using social media for fundraising and advocacy! Too cute not to post (and share, and talk about, and donate), right? Nicely done!

Watch the video on YouTube

Posted by Kerri on Mar. 20, 2012 in Fun , Social Media | Permalink | Comments (1)

Q & A about communications

I saw this request in one of the Library Visit reports:  "We would like to see a Communications tab or icon that links to everything - blogs, wikis, etc." Blogs, Wikis & More


We have this!

On the main http://www.scls.info webpage, up near the top, there is a link to "Blogs, Wikis & More".

 

Blogs, Wikis & More (detail)What will you find there? A list of links and descriptions for SCLS blogs and wikis, as well as links to Continuing Education recordings, the SCLS and LINKcat Facebook accounts, photo albums, and more!

Posted by Kerri on Mar. 5, 2012 in How To's , Social Media | Permalink | Comments (0)

The Timeline for Facebook's Timeline

Facebook TimelineIt's official. Facebook will be rolling out the Timeline feature to all users in the next few weeks.

What about Timeline for your library's Facebook page?
"Not yet," says Facebook.

Need more info about Timeline? Check out Pat's previous TechBits post about Timeline.  

Posted by Kerri on Jan. 25, 2012 in Social Media , Trends | Permalink | Comments (0)

Facebook’s New Timeline Format

Remember last summer when Facebook rolled out “Top Stories” and you had to reorient how to interact with Facebook?  Facebook now has something new up its sleeve as far as displaying your profile’s contents: Facebook Timeline.  Gone is the emphasis on the here and now with Timeline.  Instead, FB will autogenerate a tweakable scrapbook of what you’ve posted over the years.

Images

 

There are 3 ways that your profile will display in Timeline format:

  • Active it now (not suggested until you read the rest of this post ;-) )
  • Wait for FB to tell you that it’s available and you activate it
  • FB will eventually activate it for you


There are two big things that you should know right away:

  1. Once it’s activated, there is no “undo” (so far).
  2. You’ll have 7 days to edit FB’s autogenerated scrapbook before it’s autopublished


Below is a list of (re)sources that may be of use to you as you consider the ramifications of this:

Timeline’s look and feel


Preparing for Timeline


Additional Privacy tweaks

Discussion by analysts, professors and users

Want Timeline immediately?  Click on the "Get Timeline" button.

What do you think about Timeline, either in the abstract or after adopting it?

 

Posted by Pat on Dec. 16, 2011 in Social Media | Permalink | Comments (2)