A summer of social media (for beginners!)

Have you ever been curious about social media and online tools?  Many of us are vaguely familiar with terms such as blogs, mind maps and cloud storage; however, we don’t have time to learn about these tools and how they might be useful to us. 

This summer, the library will run a blog series for ITB staff who are social-media-beginners.  We will blog about 10 topics over 12 weeks, in a similar way to the successful 23 Things programme (a peer training site for librarians). 

                   5 June    ...... What is blogging?                             

                   11 June  ...... Using social media to build current awareness    

                   18 June  ...... Using online tools to organise yourself

                   25 June  ...... Networking online                        

                   2 July    ....... Catch-up week
                   9 July    ...... Using online tools to share and collaborate
                   16 July  ...... Creating mind maps
                   23 July  ..... Using online tools to present information 1
                   30 July  ...... Using online tools to present information 2
                   6 August  ...... Catch-up week
                   13 August  ...... Finding and using images
                   20 August  ...... TeachMeet: peer sharing and training

The bravest of you may even choose to blog along with us, and share your experiences during our summer of social media!