Teaching Social Media: The Can-Do Guide

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Librarians who want to begin, expand, or improve their programs on teaching social media to adults and teens will find this guide invaluable. Sharing social media expertise with library clientele is a natural way for libraries to support their communitiesand increase their relevance. This book provides a roadmap for librarians who wish to offer this service but need to brush up on their own social media skills or learn how to cover the topics in a classroom situation. Although there are many books on social media, this volume is unique because it presents complete teaching scripts that can be adapted for various classroom situations along with general guidelines and tips. You'll find general advice on social media as well as suggestions for getting support for the program, creating a syllabus tailored to community needs, and planning class format and logistics. Entire chapters cover Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Foursquare, Pinterest, Yelp, and Google+, explaining how these sites work and how to use them to your advantage, as well as some of the privacy and safety concerns surrounding them and how they are trending. Class variations such as Twitter for Business and How to Plan Your Trip Online are also discussed, as are other classes to considerfor example, Tumblr and Instagramand how to develop them.

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Recommended . . . for librarians and teachers of social media. * ARBA *

Author Bio

Liz Kirchhoff, MLIS, is adult services librarian at the Barrington Area Library in Barrington, IL.