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The Slide vs The Tweet
by Christine Anne George Over the weekend, I noticed a post on Twitter about the ACRL conference and dum-dums. Having particularly fond memories of those little lollypops from my childhood, I wondered how some ACRL panel worked them into a … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Issues in Librarianship (generally), Social Media & Web 2.0
Tagged ACRL, Civility, presentations, Twitter
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Tweet It, Just Tweet It
By Christine Anne George One of the most useful sessions I’ve ever attended at AALL was the Law Library of Congress’ “The Multi-Channel Event Marketing Cycle” (described in this blog post) in Philadelphia in 2015. Before that, I had mostly … Continue reading
Posted in Marketing, Social Media & Web 2.0
Tagged library events, Live Tweet, Twitter
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How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Hashtag
by Christine Anne George Once upon a time, I was anti-Twitter and no fan of hashtags. My reasons were long, varied, and, in my eyes, entirely legitimate. My personal biases bled into the professional. I was quick to embrace the … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Marketing, Social Media & Web 2.0
Tagged hashtags, promotion, Twitter
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Even Supreme Court Opinions Change
I was incredulous when I read Harvard law professor Richard J. Lazarus’ forthcoming article, The (Non) Finality of Supreme Court Opinions. In the article, Lazarus states that “the [Supreme Court] Justices routinely correct mistakes in majority and separate opinions relating … Continue reading
Are We the “Parents at the Party?”: Assessing the Use of Multiple Communication Channels with Today’s Students
In an age of pervasive social media and constant connection to the digital world, colleges and universities – and therefore libraries – find themselves questioning how best to reach our students. Naturally, we experiment with a variety of methods, from … Continue reading
Less is More: Using Twitter to Keep Up
As time marches forward and technology progresses at the speed of light, our choice of mediums for keeping up with various professional reading materials seems to grow every month or so. Between print materials, listservs, general e-mail announcements, RSS feeds, … Continue reading
