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“Managing your Online Presence” Promoting digital
literacy Sam Oakley,
Deputy Subject Librarian Swansea University
Our students (mis)use of social media hit the headlines this year...
EPIC FAIL
Not just for those students but also for the university’s reputation
“Digital Literacy =
digital tool knowledge
+
critical thinking
+
social engagement”
(Josie Fraser, in The Guardian, 15 May 2012)
- “Send for the librarians!” -
If a digital literacy issue at our institution is hitting the headlines, maybe we (the library) could help?
“Librarians can
(and should)
teach
undergraduates
social media
awareness”
“This is the kind of thing academic libraries should be offering IF this isn’t already catered for elsewhere in the University”
Tweet by Ned Potter (‘The Wikiman’), 16.5.12
Is there a
demand?
This is what happened at Swansea when we
tried it out......
Original inspiration from
a blog post by David
Hopkins on a session
he had run....
Tiggerish
enthusiasm....
met with interest &
encouragement
(e.g. from
Careers)...
a team of librarians
set to work
Your (next) employer could be watching you!
“What’s Your E-Reputation? Managing Your Online Presence”
Hand-on session
Wed 2nd May, 1-2pm
DISASTER!
The date =
Varsity Match!
Not enough
booked on to run
- The End? -
Things are taking off...
• Session for final-year social work students
• Part of new Study Skills module for nurses
– Social media use is a big issue for public sector workers
• Interest from other subject areas
– Demand coming from academics?
• General session to run again next term –demand from students?
So what do we teach them?
(There’s a link to our stuff at the end)
First we scare them with a few social media horror
stories....
Then we
help them:
tools, tips
and
strategies
to take
control of
their social
media use
...and we tell them all the benefits of using social media for job
hunting, professional development and current awareness
That’s all very well but
why
bother?
(I’m busy)
It’s a fun topic!
And easy to teach.
Great for collaboration
(Careers, e-learning,
academics, students
union)
Engage with key
issues:
•Employability
•Student Experience
•Digital Literacy
Demand from
academics:
health & social care,
business,
law, teaching....
The Library can be seen to
offer a solution to a very
visible problem for the
university
We use social media & we know
the benefits (information literacy!)
as well as the issues
(Badge available at Zazzle)
Our Stuff:
Images used under Creative Commons
courtesy of: LorenJavier, tinoubao, jurvetson, Libertinus, Country_Boy_Shane, kamshots, solaro and xraydeltaone on Flickr
http://tinyurl.com/samoakleygreg2012
Thanks to my fellow
librarians Katrina Dalziel, Elen Wyn Davies, Susan Glen & Bernie Mathias who helped develop & publicise the session!