Friday, June 29, 2012

Pinterest and Tumblr

I'm using this page to collect my research and notes on the "new" social media tools, Pinterest and Tumblr.

Pinterest


Pinterest explanations and usage ideas
http://savedelete.com/pinterest-revolutionizing-the-way-libraries-are-used.html
http://www.davidleeking.com/2012/03/15/pinterest-for-libraries-what-were-doing/ 
http://edudemic.com/2012/03/20-ways-libraries-are-using-pinterest-right-now/


http://www.librarymarketingtoolkit.com/2012/06/pinterest-101-primer-for-libraries.html
http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2012/02/industry-news/use-pinterest-to-promote-your-programs-and-services/

Pinterest stats & info
http://8.mshcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/pinterest-infographic.jpg
http://mashable.com/2012/05/29/pinterest-eye-tracking-study/
Pinterest examples
http://pinterest.com/tatteredcover/
http://pinterest.com/colleendilen/museums-libraries-on-pinterest/
http://pinterest.com/anicecupoftea/libraryness/
http://pinterest.com/otislibraryct/local-authors/
http://pinterest.com/lauramgentry/library-pinterest-examples/

Tumblr explanations and Usage ideas
http://prezi.com/euhhgdbkrnkn/everyday-im-tumblin-strengthening-your-librarys-community-through-tumblr/


Tumblr examples
http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/libraries
http://www.scoop.it/t/libraries-and-tumblr
http://tumblr.libraryjournal.com/
http://tatteredcover.tumblr.com/
http://www.infodocket.com/2011/05/02/five-public-libraries-using-tumblr/ 

Wednesday, June 6, 2012

New Ideas for Helping our Neighborhoods and Public Spaces

Neighborland in action
What do you want in your neighborhood? A grocery store? A bike path? a community garden?

What if we could easily share and sort through ideas for our neighborhoods, and then organize to make them reality? Recently two new webservices have formed that are focused on empowering community members to work together to improve our neighborhoods and public spaces.

One such website is Neighborland, where people can "share ideas and insights for their city, support neighbors’ ideas, and connect with people who share their interests." How does it work? I will let them explain it: http://handbook.neighborland.com/how/

And just today I came across Spacehive, an initiative from the UK that adds in the possibility of crowdsourced funding for projects. [Article on Shareable]

The bad news is that neither Spacehive nor Neighborland have extended coverage to Arizona yet. We'll keep our ears open!

Friday, June 1, 2012

Let's Do It Again!

What a great Kickstarter panel! Let's do it again! Big thanks to Zack Armstrong, Liz Danforth, and Eric Esquivel, who let us in on what it is like to be successful on Kickstarter, sharing the good, the bad, and the funny. I can't believe I forgot to take a photograph.

I will tentatively schedule September 7th's Café as "Kickstarter & Crowdfunding," and put a panel together of Tucsonans who have tried either Kickstarter, or Razoo, or Indiegogo, or other types of online fundraising.

Next month? July's topic is "Hands On with Social Media," where our social media staff will introduce you to doing Facebook and Twitter the library way.