Top Ten (10) Social Media Competencies for Librarians

The Lone Wolf Librarian excerpts the Top Ten (10) Social Media Competencies for Librarians by Dean Guistini:

Understand, articulate and teach others about the main principles and trends of web 2.0 (and library 2.0)

List major tools, categories and affordances of social networking sites

Apply social media to solve information problems, and communicate digitally with users

Use social networking sites for promotional, reference and instructional services in libraries

Navigate, evaluate and create content on social networking sites

Follow netiquette, conform to ethical standards and interact appropriately with others online

Explain copyright, security and privacy issues on social media sites to colleagues and user communities

Understand the importance of identity and reputation management usingsocial media

Explain related terminology such as collaboration 2.0, remix and open source

Renew social media competencies, advocate for institutional strategies and policies and build evidence base in social media…”