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Today both the brick-and-mortar and virtual worlds rely on social media and networking.
But, what is social media?
Social media includes such things as user-created video, audio, text or multimedia you put online and share on the World Wide Web in a social environment, like a blog, wiki or video site such as YouTube. You might also describe social media as any form of Internet publication or Web site that allows a number of individuals to communicate with each other in or around whatever content is on the website.
Social Media Videos
Video #1 - Social Media in Plain English
Video #2 - Social Media Revolution by Eric Qualman (June/2011)
Video #3 - Social Networking Sites Used as Outreach Tools by Libraries
Video #4 - Social Bookmarking in Plain English
Video #5 - Social Bookmarking: Making the Web Work for You
Video #6 - Do Libraries Need a Social Media Policy?
What do you want out of life? How much satisfaction do you get from what you do get? The economics law of diminishing marginal utility helps explain consumer choices.
Video #1 - Diminishing Marginal Utility
Video #2 - Law of Diminishing Marginal Returns
Video #3 - Indifference Curve (explains the consumer's choices)
We study microeconomics to understand how the economy works. Elasticity is a term that describes how consumers respond to price changes. These videos will help you understand how it all works.
Video #1 - Elasticity of Demand
Video #2 - Change in Demand vs Change in Quantity Demanded
Video #3 - Elasticity of Demand (focus on graphs)
Video #4 - Price Elasticity of Supply (focus on graphs)
Video #5 - Market Planning - Income Elasticity (3 minute British video - concrete examples)
Every year there are more than a hundred thousand new books published! No library could acquire or hold all of these books, so they have to make selections. How do librarians decide which books they'll add? Let's take a look at the process.
Video #1 - Acquisitions at the Medicine Hat Library
Video #2 - Interview with Mark Pond, Acquisitions Librarian (audio & e-books)
Video #3 - How to get and read e-books from the library
Nursery rhymes and children's poetry are important parts of every library collection. They not only entertain, but are essential in the development of early language skills.
Video #1 - Playlist of Nursery Rhymes
Video #2 - Crocodile's Toothache by Shel Silverstein
Picture books are amazing! It's no wonder we all enjoy picture book, whether we haven't started school yet or whether we can hardly remember when we finished.
Here are some great picture books being read on YouTube.
Video #1 - Sharing Picture Books
Video #2 - Talking about character in picture books
Video #3 - Talking about setting in picture books
Video #4 - Eric Carle talks about his picture book, The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Video #5 - The Very Hungry Caterpillar being read aloud
Let's look at these YouTube videos for tips to help you get started.
Playlist from Nicholas the Storyteller from Expert Village with 20 videos on how to tell stories (click on the small square icon between the pause button and the microphone at the bottom left hand corner of the player to access the different titles):
Video #1 - The story of the Wide Mouthed Frog
Video #2 - The story of Five Little Monkeys told with finger puppets
Video #3 - The story of Five Little Monkeys told with a felt board
Video #4 - How to tell a ghost story (excellent step-by-step tips)
Video #5 - Storytelling in Theory & Practice (45 minutes from a Library professor)
Promoting the library can be a lot of fun! One of the best ways to promote specific books is to give booktalks. Here's a link to Nancy Keene's Web site on giving booktalks: http://nancykeane.com/booktalks/default.htm
Now, let's listen to some booktalks from YouTube.
Video #1 - Booktalk for Elijah of Buxton
Video #2 - Booktalk for Click
Video #3 - Booktalk for Ruby Key, Moon & Sun, Book 1
Video #4 - Booktalk for Tunnels
Video #5 - Booktalk for Born To Rock
Video #6 - Book talk for The Giver (may need to increase volume)
Video #7 - Booktalk for American Born Chinese (done by two students)
Are sticky notes your wallpaper of choice? In our busy offices it's hard to keep organized through the day. We have meetings. We need to return calls. We have tasks that must be completed at a specific time.
Let's look at some ways to organize our notes and appointments.
The Library of Congress classification system is used in many libraries around the world. You may already be familiar with the Dewey Decimal System, which is another classification system used primarily in schools and public libraries. The LC or Library of Congress classification system is larger and more complex.
Here are some videos that help you understand the LC system.
Video #1 - LC System
Video #2 - How to Read an LC Call Number
This Web site provides you with detailed information about all of the sections of the Library of Congress classification system: http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/lcco/
This Webquest is a puzzle you can solve. It guides you through a number of Web sites where you can access trustworthy information. You`ll learn navigation skills, and also find some resources to draw on for future uses.
DIRECTIONS:
Go to each site in order
Locate the answer to the question given for the site
Write the answer down on a sheet of paper. Number the answers in the order given. (1st question should be number 1)
Follow the directions below on how to solve the puzzle.
Enter the solution to the puzzle in the empty space below.
1. Use the Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints resource from the Bartelby collection of resources at http://www.bartleby.com/reference
What saint, who lived during the 1700s, spent time in Canada ministering to the Iroquois? (Hint * Use his whole title)
Question: Saskatchewan had the second highest self-identified aboriginal population in 2006. Which province had a higher aboriginal population?
SOLVING THE PUZZLE:
Take the first letter of each of the five questions. The five-letter answer is also the acronym for an organization that deals with the environment, so you can check your answer yourself!
Information literacy is your key to success in today`s world, no matter what field you work in. Here`s a great video demonstrating how information literacy impacted on one person`s career in business management.s
Video 1
Video 2
If the first video hasn`t convinced you of the importance of information literacy, this one will!
Video 3
Today, everyone needs to be able to conduct effective searches on the Internet. We all have questions that must be answered -- and we'd like them answered quickly and efficiently.
Let's take a look at this video by Matt Cutts, from Google:
Web 2.0 is sometimes called the interactive web. As you might imagine, that means it's important for librarians to explore the many opportunities Web 2.0 offers for them to engage their patrons and provide the types of services that will attract new library users.
Here's a great 2007 slideshare that introduces you to the history of Web 2.0:
No matter what library or business you're in, you'll likely have to make presentations from time to time. It's easy with Powerpoint! So, let's go through a few videos to help you create the most exciting presentations possible.
There are billions of Web sites on the Internet, so how do we know which ones have information we can trust? Here are some tutorials to help you in your quest for information.
We all have to manage money, whether it's our personal budget or planning a conference for our company. One of the easiest ways to manage money is to use an electronic spreadsheet. Let's take a look at some videos that will take you from the basics to more advanced applications.
Video #1 - Overview of Excel from SchoolFreeWare
Video #2 - Autofill in Excel Tutorial from SchoolFreeWare
Video #3 - Format Text in Excel 2007 (2 minutes)
Video #4 - Format Cells as a Table in Excel
Video #5 - Basic Math in Excel
Video #6 - Keyboard Shortcuts
Video #7 - Formula Basics using the equal sign & ampersand
We connect and share with others around the world using social media.
So, what's social media?
Social media includes such things as user-created video, audio, text or multimedia that we put online and share on the World Wide Web in a social environment, like a blog, wiki or video site such as YouTube. Another way to think of social media is as any form of Internet publication or Web site that allows a number of individuals to communicate with each other in or around whatever content is on the website.
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