How to annoy reporters

A review of the BC Library Conference session "How to annoy reporters and hurt your credibility," presented by Stephen Barrington of Vancouver Public Library. Stephen offers helpful tips on how to work with reporters, get your library in the news and put your message out there.&nbsp

Social media outcomes in academia: engage with your audience and they will engage with you.

Social media is a great tool for sharing information, collaborating on research and interacting with a global audience. But Jessica Woolman argues that we need to implement university-wide policies to mitigate risk, strategize where possible, and track the return on investment. By focusing on objectives and strategy, we can be more efficient, effective and engaging on social media

Getting the right results with social media

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Social Media in an Academic Library: One piece of the puzzle

Presentation given at the Canadian Library Association conference on May 30, 2014.Library, UBCUnreviewedOthe

The social library case studies at UBC library

What is social media? Social media includes all online tools that allow social interaction (through sharing, collaborating, commenting etc.) It is a communication channel. Presented at the British Columbia Library Association Conference, 2013.Library, UBCOther UBCUnreviewedOthe

Pecha Kucha-Inspired Olympics Forum

The Pecha Kucha Style Event was hosted and organized by the The Irving K. Barber Learning Centre Olympics Programming Group. Presentations were delivered in the Pecha Kucha format with each presenter using PowerPoint slides displaying 20 images, with each image shown for 20 seconds, allowing entrants a total of six minutes and 40 seconds to explain their ideas before the next presenter. The event theme was "a visual dialogue on the 2010 Winter Games". UBC undergraduate student, Denise Chau, was the moderator. The individual presentations are as follows (in order of appearance): Fernando Alvarez and Rodolfo Perea, "Historical Events, Olympics Games, Memories, and Values,"; Joseph (Joe) Weiler and Robin Sidsworth, "Aboriginal Participation in the 2010 Games,"; Corene Brown and Jessica Woolman, "UBC's Unique Olympic Legacy"; Stephanie Janzen, "Comparing the Host Cities of Vancouver and Torino,"; Laura Fedoruk, "2010 Winter Olympics and Sustainability," Ali R. Jessa, "Redefining 'Vancouverism': Place Image in Vancouver,". Ali R. Jessa's paper for URST 400: Seminar in Urban Studies also entitled, "Redefining 'Vancouverism': Place Image in Vancouver," may also be found in cIRcle.Other UBCLaw, Faculty ofLibrary, UBCNon UBCUnreviewedUndergraduateFacult