Library Social Media Help

This website was created as an extension of the presentation More than just cat pictures and dirty laundry: Enhancing library services through social media at the Mississippi Library Association annual conference. This website is in place to help libraries utilize social media to enhance already existing services. Here you will find help tips, infographics, tutorials, and other tools based on social media components.

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Should Libraries Use Tumblr?

I gave a presentation today on Tumblr.  For those of you interested in the subject matter, here is my presentation in blog form. What is Tumblr?  Tumblr is a micro-blogging platform that is best fo...

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Like Pinterest, Tumblr allows users to collect interesting things they find (or create) online and share them with people in their network. But where Pinterest allows users to gather what they find...

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The Library Is Open: A Look at Librarians and Tumblr

What makes library Tumblrs different from your run-of-the-mill library blogs is that they can take advantage of a built-in community with built-in readers. If a Wordpress or Blogspot blog is an island, Tumblr blogs are a city. Many librarians were initially attracted to Tumblr for the same reasons nonlibrarians were—ease of use, social features, the cool factor. But, once they arrived, they began to run into each other, then to talk to with one another, and finally to understand themselves as a community. The portmanteau Tumblarians—meaning

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Tumblrarian 101: Tumblr for Libraries and Librarians - The Digital Shift

For libraries, Tumblr is a free marketing tool—and depending on how much effort you want to put into crafting code or purchasing a theme, your Tumblr blog can look as professional as a your library's website. There are some specific steps you can take to attract an engaged readership (i.e. followers). It can be a slow first few months as you accumulate an audience and discover where you fit into the community, but the investment is worth it. Here’s a few guidelines to consider.

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How to Create a Custom Page on Tumblr

Want to create a custom page on your Tumblr? While the usual Archive or Ask pages are good enough, you can create a custom page for anything you want! It's both quick and easy, so read on to find out how. Create an account on Tumblr....

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tweet me @KLCore ( http://twitter.com/KLCore ) Decided to make a new Video for the updated version of the Tumblr Customization Page.

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How to install Tumblr theme code

View the new video instructions, via Olle Ota Themes: Step one: Get the theme code Tumblr theme code is provided in a number of ways (it should look something like above). It may be hosted on Pastebin...

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How to Use Tumblr for Your Business |

Tumblr marketing strategy: How to use Tumblr to build a powerful brand presence and provide your followers with amazing content.

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In this tutorial, I'll be going through the basics of setting up a Tumblr blog. There's a lot of different ways to get started blogging - the choices available to you are actually quite mindboggling. But if you're looking for an extremely simple way to start a blog, or if you're just interested in consolidating the content you post from other sources, Tumblr is an easy to use platform to handle it. 

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A crash course in Tumblr 101

Tumblr is a great microblogging platform and social networking site, but it takes a some getting used to. Our guide will get you up and running in no time.

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The Beginner's Guide to Tumblr

Depending on how you want to utilize the platform, this guide will help you move from a Tumblr novice to power blogger.

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hunt down that theme

A place to find your next favorite theme or learn to make themes yourself! Theme Hunter reblogs...

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Tumblr Theme Directory

Theme Makers on Tumblr

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Olle Ota Themes

Beautiful and highly-customizable free Tumblr themes, used on over 250,000 Tumblr blogs. Follow us...

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Free tumblr themes - Themes that you like

At themes that you like you find free, simple and cool tumblr themes. What are you waiting for? Get...