Finding + TuningSocial Signals
Marcia Dority Baker, University of Nebraska – LincolnRoger V. Skalbeck, Georgetown Law Library
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Facebook: 164Twitter: 144Flickr: 40Google Plus: 12Vimeo: 10Foursquare: 5Goodreads: 2Pinterest: 2Delicious.com: 1Instagram: 0
Social Media Network Linkson Law School Home Pages: 2012
Institutional Blogs Suck
* Also: Facebook Pages, Google+ Sites, Twitter Accounts, Pinterest, Vine Videos, Delicious bookmarks, etc.
Institutional Blogs Suck Struggle for Sustainability
Problem: Professors blog elsewhere. Often. With other authors
Solution: Capture Existing Content.Filter. Package. Publish.
14 Authors; > 1 dozen blogswww.law.georgetown.edu/faculty/blogPosts.cfm
Time vs. Value
• Social software is free like a free
• What is the end goal?
• Why use a particular platform?
• Set-up (time) + maintenance (time) = Worth it?
Twitter Feed Cascade
• Organize relevant Tweets as online newspaper
• Daily edition = always collecting & sharing
• Initial setup & tweaking, then autopilot
All the News that’s Fit to Tweet?
Platforms:TwitterFacebookLinkedInGoogle+ (sort of)RSSInstagramStorifyYouTubeVimeoEtc.
Track:Twitter ListsSearch TermsActivity StreamsHashtagsTwitter DM
Features:Scheduled PostsMulti-platform publishRSS to publishMetrics & Reports
Data as Art
Visual.ly in “Digital Assets in Estate Planning” LibGuide
Example #1: www.law.georgetown.edu/faculty/ Example #2: www.law.upenn.edu
Tumblr in the Library?
• Micro-blogging + Social Software = Tumblr
• What law libraries using it?
• #lawlibraries or #lawlibrary
Law School Tumblr = Dark Humor & GIFs
Tell a Story…
Storify for Research
Twitter Archiving / Capture / Analysis
• SearchHash• TweetArchivist• Twitter Archiving Google Spreadsheet (TAGS)• ThinkUp App
Questions?Tips?
Marcia Dority Baker, University of Nebraska – LincolnRoger V. Skalbeck, Georgetown Law Library
What Else?
• Trello: project management system http://trello.com
• Twivo: anti-spoiler for Twitterhttp://www.indiewire.com/article/a-17-year-old-girl-creates-twivo-a-program-to-save-the-world-from-twitter-tv-spoilers
• Twitter list• Pinterest • Social media policy?• Storify by Chicago-Kent http://storify.com/ChicagoKentLaw