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Digital Managers Sound Off

Apr 12th

Posted by Heather Braum in Computers in Libraries

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Bobbi Newman, David King, Sarah Houghton-Jan, Matt Hamilton

#dbsoundoff — session hashtag on Twitter

Panel Job Titles

David King: Digital Branch Manager, Topeka-Shawnee County Public Library

Sarah Houghton-Jan: Digital Futures Manager, San Jose Public Library. IT at Sarah’s library doesn’t want to support software on the machines, so she’s started doing that and making the decisions.

Bobbi Newman: Digital Branch Manager, Chatahoochee Valley Libraries. No staff, no funding. Liaison between IT and the rest of the library staff. Translates between tech & non-techie. Does the technical training for the staff.

Matt Hamilton: missed his title, Boulder Public Library.

The panel arranged itself in gadget order: iPad–> Full-size laptop.

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Analyzing, Evaluating and Communicating the Value of Web Presence

Apr 12th

Posted by Heather Braum in Computers in Libraries

Michael Porter and Amanda Clay Powers

don’t let “that’s the way we’ve always done it” or “we are too busy” kill our libraries.  –Michael Porter.

Michael’s part

ROI: What it is. What it is for libs. Why you care/don’t need to care.

Slides will be online later.

Case to invest staff time, see Oliver Blanchard’s site (business community leader), smroi.net

“Social media is just a spoke in the wheel.” –Jason Falls, www.socialmediaexplorer.com

Create your goals, then measurable objectives, then strategies to met the objectives, then tactics to accomplish the strategies. –Jason Falls.

Video: Social Media ROI: Socialnomics

Delicious Resources

See, ROI can be pretty COOL….can tell a story. “there More >

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