Growing Your Library Career with Social Media

Growing Your Career with Social Media

presents social media tools, current trends and professional development strategies to help busy librarians remain up-to-date. This title offers advice from librarians on how to use social media for career development and continuing education. Advice is based on accumulated experience from professionals who have incorporated social media into their professional lives. The book includes interviews and suggests ways librarians can use social media as a tool for self-promotion. It includes tables of social media tools and their potential uses, and also provides resources, lists, organizations and information on librarians currently active in social media.

Gives strategies, resources, and social media tools for career advancement in librarianship

Presents interviews from experienced librarians on how best to use social media

Offers real-world experience of great use to practicing librarians

Incorporates original research unique to this book, which librarians can use

Includes practical resources so librarians can start using social media tools immediately