Author Archives: heidijane

D’Arcy Stainton, Teen Librarian at VPL, says Social Media …

Posted on August 20, 2011 by heidijane

Interviewing a librarian was an activity challenge for the course LIBR 559M at UBC The day I met with D’Arcy Stainton, for this interview to discuss Social Media, he was in the thick of a Do-it-Yourself button making session in … Continue reading →

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Immersive / Virtual Worlds for Kids … Just for Fun

Posted on August 19, 2011 by heidijane

After going through the module content for this week I was feeling excited about the potential for immersive and virtual worlds. I have a lot more experience with immersive and virtual worlds than I originally thought when I first started … Continue reading →

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Information Aggregators

Posted on August 14, 2011 by heidijane

This week the LIBR 559M course content was about information aggregators and course participants shared a lot of information about what they have used, are using and may use in the future. I was exposed to many information aggregators. Ironically, … Continue reading →

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Creating New Ways To Communicate And Share

Posted on August 7, 2011 by heidijane

This week the participants of LIBR 559M were challenged to “create something”. We were to create a contribution to social media content. As I worked though the course content of the week others started to create. It took me a … Continue reading →

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Libraries Collaborate on Collection Development

Posted on July 31, 2011 by heidijane

What kinds of projects are suited to collaboration in information organizations? Collaboration must be mutually beneficial to all participating. Libraries have a lot in common with one another as they provide similar services as portals to information, have similar goals … Continue reading →

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Libraries Creating Participation With Social Media

Posted on July 24, 2011 by heidijane

Prologue I have been lurking in the LIBR 559M course site this week hoping for a light bulb moment.  I have been reading and thinking about what I have to say about social media participation.  Thank goodness that lurking is … Continue reading →

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Introduction

Posted on July 16, 2011 by heidijane

Welcome to the social media learning adventure.   This blog has been established to fulfil a course assignment for LIBR 559M: Social Media for Information Professionals within the School of Library, Archival and Information Studies, for the MLIS degree at the University … Continue reading →

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