Teaching social media in public libraries - Danish experiences
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Teaching social media in public libraries - Danish experiences. / Johannsen, Carl Gustav.
In: The Bottom Line: Managing Library Finances, Vol. 28, No. 1/2, 10.06.2015, p. 19-25.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Teaching social media in public libraries - Danish experiences
AU - Johannsen, Carl Gustav
N1 - ISSN: 0888-045X
PY - 2015/6/10
Y1 - 2015/6/10
N2 - Purpose– The paper aims to report on a Danish Web 2.0 user training project from 2009. Besides, reporting the main results of the project, the paper discusses some broader perspectives concerning social media in library context. Many public and academic libraries worldwide have, inspired by the American “23 Things” Web 2.0 training program, been involved in training and educating both of their internal staff and of their users. The key questions are: whether concepts like “23 Things” and the like are likely to contribute to solving the problems of the computer illiterate segments of the population and whether Web 2.0, Twitter, Facebook, Flickr and the like represent subjects which should be legitimately taught as part of professional public and academic library activities. Design/methodology/approach– Based on systematic evaluation of public library-based social media courses, inspired by the “29 Things” concept, targeted at users. Findings– The article points out that it is questionable whether the “23 Things” project, as based on principles of self-directed learning, ownership for one’s own learning and similar popular notions, which fit very well into the taste and preferences of computer literate middle-class individuals, will also work among computer illiterate citizens. Concerning the second key question, the article points out that only a few critical opinions are against social media in libraries and that the presence of social media is legitimized through different reasons, including marketing, learning and higher-order purposes. Originality/value– The findings of the Danish public library social media courses in 2009 have not been reported before.
AB - Purpose– The paper aims to report on a Danish Web 2.0 user training project from 2009. Besides, reporting the main results of the project, the paper discusses some broader perspectives concerning social media in library context. Many public and academic libraries worldwide have, inspired by the American “23 Things” Web 2.0 training program, been involved in training and educating both of their internal staff and of their users. The key questions are: whether concepts like “23 Things” and the like are likely to contribute to solving the problems of the computer illiterate segments of the population and whether Web 2.0, Twitter, Facebook, Flickr and the like represent subjects which should be legitimately taught as part of professional public and academic library activities. Design/methodology/approach– Based on systematic evaluation of public library-based social media courses, inspired by the “29 Things” concept, targeted at users. Findings– The article points out that it is questionable whether the “23 Things” project, as based on principles of self-directed learning, ownership for one’s own learning and similar popular notions, which fit very well into the taste and preferences of computer literate middle-class individuals, will also work among computer illiterate citizens. Concerning the second key question, the article points out that only a few critical opinions are against social media in libraries and that the presence of social media is legitimized through different reasons, including marketing, learning and higher-order purposes. Originality/value– The findings of the Danish public library social media courses in 2009 have not been reported before.
KW - Faculty of Humanities
KW - social media
KW - Denmark
KW - Public Libraries
KW - 23 things
KW - 23 ting
KW - user education
KW - Social media
KW - Denmark
KW - Public libraries
KW - 23 things
KW - User education
U2 - 10.1108/BL-01-2015-0001
DO - 10.1108/BL-01-2015-0001
M3 - Journal article
VL - 28
SP - 19
EP - 25
JO - The Bottom Line
JF - The Bottom Line
SN - 0888-045X
IS - 1/2
ER -
ID: 140209332