Tumblr April 2014

Tumblr April 2014

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  TUMBLR. FOR LIBRARIES Presenter: RachelEichen
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  Agenda ◦ Two WeekClass: April 22 & 24 ◦ What is tumblr? ◦ How does it work? ◦ Professional Uses ◦ Library Pages ◦ Interacting on Tumblr ◦ Making Your Tumblr Engaging ◦ Tumblr Tips ◦ Tumblr Tools and Hacks ◦ Tumblrs to Follow ◦ The Future of Tumblr
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  Quick Poll Image from:http://goo.gl/ypOR45
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  WHAT IS TUMBLR?
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  What is Tumblr? ◦Effortlessly ShareAnything ◦Microblogging – less is more ◦Post text, quotes, links, videos, etc ◦Find blogs based on interests/tags ◦Comments rare, reblogs common
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  How popular isTumblr?
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  Quick Facts ◦ 38,000posts per a minute ◦ Users spent 154.1 minutes on average on Tumblr ◦ 46.5 percent of Tumblr visitors are 18-34- years-old. Sources: http://goo.gl/1rpliY, http://goo.gl/cD5t2
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  Why is Tumblrso popular? ◦ Easy to find similar blogs ◦ Easy to share & make posts ◦ Easy to track ◦ Interacts with other social media
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  Did you know? In2013, Yahoo bought Tumblr for $1.1 Billion
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  HOW TUMBLR WORKS
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  Create an Account
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  Find some Tumblrs tofollow ◦ Librarians online: ◦ thelifeguardlibrarian.tumblr.com/ ◦ Great Libraries To Check Out: ◦ Baker Free Library ◦ Public Lib of Cincinnati Image from: http://goo.gl/raSoZ1
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  Follow http://tumblr.libraryjournal.com/
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  Let’s start blogging
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  Making Posts ◦Dashboard ◦Add Posts (WithTags!) ◦Reblog or like a post ◦See who liked/reblogged
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  Tags and Blogs • FindTumblrs • Use tags to find info • Track key tags
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  USING TUMBLR
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  Professional Development teenlibrariantoolbox.tumblr.com pewinternet.tumblr.com libraryadvocates.tumblr.com/ Offers perks like invitesto author parties at conference
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  Interact with authors rainbowrowell.tumblr.com neil-gaiman.tumblr.com YA Authorson Tumblr: yahighway.tumblr.com
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  Connect. Librarians on Tumblruse the tags #libraries, #librarians, and #Tumblarians to talk to each other (http://goo.gl/tSqTF) • thelifeguardlibrarian.tumblr.com • http://thepinakes.tumblr.com/ • http://wordtraffic.tumblr.com/
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  Books! http://gobookyourself.co http://heyteenbookshey.tumblr.com/ http://strandbooks.tumblr.com/
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  Libraries on Tumblr ◦http://nypl.tumblr.com ◦ chicagopubliclibrary.tumblr.com ◦ canterburylibrary.tumblr.com ◦ hclib.tumblr.com
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  What to do onTumblr share photos promote upcoming events promote community make announcements promote your collection promote reading interact with your audience Visit your library archives Have fun
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  Other Profession DevUses ◦ Reading ◦ Discover ◦ Find/Share Infographics and memes ◦ Keep up with trends (using hashtags)
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  Homework ◦ Set upa tumblr blog for either professional or personal use with: ◦ Title ◦ Description ◦ Theme ◦ Make at least one post of original content (Image, quote, etc…with at least 3 relevant tags) ◦ Reblog another blog post and add your own commentary ◦ Send me the URL along with questions ◦ Bonus: Follow at least one other Tumblr
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  Contact Rachel Eichen adverb@gmail.com 877-816-9638 Slideshare.net/adverb http://rachelnovare.tumblr.com/