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Presentation On Countering Stryker's Punch, Michael J. Bennett
Presentation On Countering Stryker's Punch, Michael J. Bennett
UConn Library Presentations
Presentation made at the 2017 Cultural Heritage Imaging Professionals Conference, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, on July 11, 2017.
In The Library And Online: Social Media And Civic Discourse, Samantha A. Mairson
In The Library And Online: Social Media And Civic Discourse, Samantha A. Mairson
Honors Scholar Theses
This thesis analyzes the findings of an interview-based research study of public-serving libraries in the state of Connecticut. Specifically, it examines these institutions’ use of social media to promote civic discourse online and on-site with the purpose of producing guidelines for best practices. This new research emerges from the Social Sciences, Humanities, and Arts research Experience (SHARE) Award project, “Museums, Libraries, and Civic Discourse in Connecticut,” which concluded Spring 2016.
The research develops an understanding of the use of social media by public-serving libraries, presents three models for dissemination of findings to the field, and concludes with key observations and …