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Final Paper Wiki Page for Psychiatry 2.0

August 10th, 2010 · 1 Comment

For my LIBR 559M’s final paper Dean has kindly started a wiki page for my topic of Psychiatry 2.0 on the HLWIKI.

This wiki page is meant to collect all research, resources and literature around the topic of Psychiatry 2.0. The purpose of my paper is to examine social media usage in the health sciences field of psychiatry. Other ideas and additions to the wiki page are welcome. Stay tuned for the final paper!

Psychiatry 2.0 wiki page can be found at: http://hlwiki.slais.ubc.ca/index.php/Psychiatry_2.0

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Top 100 Ways Librarians Use Social Media

August 5th, 2010 · No Comments

As a collaborative project for this week’s Create module our class has put together a list of  the “Top 100 Ways Librarians Use Social Media.”

The list has great examples of social media usage. It highlights how professionals in our field are taking advantage of social media tools to promote their libraries and interacting with patrons.

Take a look and see what social media has created!

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Discovery Exercise

July 18th, 2010 · 3 Comments

After reading the affordances/contraints of different social media tools posted by my class mates I was sold on creating an account in Twitter and Delicious for the discovery exercise. I find time management an issue when devoting time to social media tools, such as microblogging or social networking, but I am happy to try these tools for this class and hopefully keep up after too. I have an extensive “favorites” collection in Firefox and in my Zotero account so did not see the value of Delicious until now. Also, if my Firefox ever crashes again then I can have my websites in the cloud so that I won’t lose them or can access them from anywhere.

I already have an account in LibraryThing and GoodReads. I use LibraryThing to catalog my personal books and to get recommendations for leisure reading. I just signed up with GoodReads as a way to network with others and explore the world of reading at large. This account is still in the starter stage.

I also use Google Docs and PB Works (wiki) for school and personal activities. I created a Slideshare account, but have to admit that I never took it beyond the starter stage. Maybe now that I am managing my social  media accounts I should get on that too. Even though I don’t manage my account as I would like to I still use Slideshare to access others work.

Flickr is my favorite choice for finding great images. I also use Picaboo to create online photo albums that I can share with others. This is definitely a leisure activity. I’ve seen how libraries use Flickr to post images, but if a more extensive photo project was required then Picaboo is the way to go.

I manage my RSS feeds using Bloglines. I quite enjoy the organizational aspects of this RSS aggregator so that I can access everything in one location. I’m actually very thankful for this Discovery Exercise because it allowed me to access my accounts and analyze the value of them. Of course I am also trying new ones like Twitter and Delicious!

Image retrieved from http://www.flickr.com/photos/silvertje/3582297307/ and is licensed under the creative commons by Anne Helmond’s photostream.

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