Your Next Book is on Facebook: Using Social Media in Readers’ Advisory

1. Your Next Bookis on Facebook:Using Social Mediain Readers’ Advisory Stephanie Anderson Kelly Fann Naphtali Faris Andrea Gough Kaite Stover

2. Kaite StoverDirector of Readers’ ServicesThe Kansas City Public Library

3. Andrea GoughReaders ServicesThe Seattle Public Library

4. Traditional RA, via coordinated Social Media campaigns

6. Readers collaborate on booklists AKA “crowd sourcing”

9. Stephanie AndersonHead of Readers ServicesDarien (CT) Library

10. Readers’ Advisory on Pinterest

11. Readers’ Advisory on Pinterest • Make it: • quick and simple • know the medium, know how your patrons use it • focused • use different boards for different groups of patrons • easy • find a way to add to existing workflows, rather than creating a new task

12. Readers’ Advisory on Tumblr

13. Readers’ Advisory on Tumblr • Make it: • an opportunity • use the online space to share what you can’t in person • a dialogue • don’t just shout into the queue—look to answer questions, and reblog • consistent • re-use booktalking and blurbs from elsewhere

14. Readers’ Advisory on Vimeo • Make it: • focused • use a theme! • short • look at how long the most popular videos are online • fun • do what you can to create the same atmosphere you have in the Library

15. Kelly FannDirectorTonganoxie (KS) Public Library

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25. Naphtali FairsEarly Literacy ManagerThe Kansas City Public Library

26. Teens & the Interwebs • Or, where libraries can actually intersect with the lives of teenagers • Naphtali Faris • Kansas City Public Library • March 2014

27. Oooooo pretty…

28. Security • Do’s, Don’ts, Policies…oh, my