Going into this class, I had a lot of questions. I narrowed it down to five distinct action items that drove a significant amount of my research and interests in the curriculum. Here were my learning outcomes and the results: "What does it look like to create a virtual community from scratch?"I originally asked this … Continue reading Show and Tell

It may seem as though libraries are already killing it in the social media and virtual community building games and there's little else to tap into. They are killing it and getting even better at it every day. However, there's always room for growth. A serious potential for that growth comes in the form of … Continue reading Just Keep Swimming

Ahh...my first experience with web design. WordPress, you've been good to me but frankly there's a steep learning curve with you. Getting started is easy but customizing everything is a little trickier in my opinion. I couldn't get a lot of my url's to embed and sometimes the images I include on the blog posts … Continue reading Words Cannot Ex(Press) My Love for Libraries

Picture this: you just bought your first apartment and are living hours and hours away from your parents. Yay freedom! However, the first week into your lease the toilet won't stop running. Obviously, you have no money and can't hire a plumber. What do you do? You go to Youtube and watch a How-To video … Continue reading Press Play

Honestly, did it even happen if you didn't post it on your Instagram story? This platform in particular has been integral in publicizing our social circles and habits and consistently adds to the narrative that likes, followers, and influencers run our lives. For example, equating self-worth with the level of virtual engagement you receive with … Continue reading Insta This

I remember thinking to myself several years ago...I wonder if there's a place to store potential outfits, crafts, dream libraries, and delicious desserts all in one place for future use. Oh wait, there is! It's Pinterest. And it's the perfect place to keep all of your ideas, hopes, dreams, and bulletin board inspiration. It's organized … Continue reading The one with the 20+ Pinterest boards

Tumblr and I have a love/hate relationship. It's this amazing site that curates magical images and content for it's readers to scroll through until you literally run out of posts tagged as #library and then you find yourself still on the site three hours later when you should have been cleaning your apartment. Or does … Continue reading Tumbling down the rabbit hole

"It's camp...for libraries."-Me I am a member of many virtual communities. I would not, however, consider myself an expert in how to manage these online communication and relationship-building platforms but I try my best. One in particular that I thoroughly enjoy interacting with is Twitter. Throughout this class, I am pretty sure I used Twitter … Continue reading Tweet Tweet

The first memory I have of FB is begging my Mom in the kitchen one day to let me have a Facebook page. This was probably 10 years ago at this point. Basically, the past decade of my life has been recorded on a public site for pretty much anyone to see. Woah. Looking back, … Continue reading Facebook killed the MySpace star

Two likes in the hand is worth one comment in the basket... or something like that With the advent of social media and online communities, aspects of our daily lives become more and more virtual. And the libraries the wondrous staff that operate them is no stranger to this trend. Utilizing social media platforms as … Continue reading My first day at blog school