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Bird’S Eye View: Using Twitter In #Clubroesch, Katy Kelly, Hector Escobar
Bird’S Eye View: Using Twitter In #Clubroesch, Katy Kelly, Hector Escobar
Hector Escobar
For many libraries, social media is usually another platform to share information about library resources and events. For some, the term has become overused so much that the social aspect has fallen by the wayside. Facebook page updates or tweets are only part of what you can bring to and achieve from social media. In this article we discuss how students communicate with our academic library on Twitter, and how we used conversations to improve library spaces, technology, and services. We will explain the process of tracking and responding to student tweets, as well as the pros and cons of …
Jump-Starting The Conversation About Altmetrics At Umass Medical School, Lisa A. Palmer
Jump-Starting The Conversation About Altmetrics At Umass Medical School, Lisa A. Palmer
Lisa A. Palmer
An outline of altmetrics activities by librarians at UMass Medical School's Lamar Soutter Library, which include: utilizing altmetrics in the the medical school's institutional repository, eScholarship@UMMS, for a journal published by the library; and, education and outreach efforts.