[Press release from REFORMA]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contact: Loida Garcia-Febo, President REFORMA 917-548-2910 loidagarciafebo@gmail.com www.reforma.org
Using Social Media to Make the Case for Supporting Library Services Webinar on Thursday, November 19, 2009 from 1:00 to 2:30 p.m. EST
REFORMA and Webjunction are partnering to present a webinar about how non-profits such as libraries can use social websites to put access to information and libraries on the agenda of community leaders, elected officials, and local and national agencies. The content of this WebJunction and REFORMA co-sponsored webinar includes a background on social websites, how to use social websites for advocacy, national and international advocacy efforts by representatives from American Library Association (ALA) and the International Federation of Libraries and Institutions (IFLA), and suggestions on how to advocate for services for Latinos and Spanish speakers.Guest speakers include Meredith Farkas, Head of Instructional Initiatives at Norwich University; Fiona Bradley, IFLA Programme Coordinator ALP; Marci Merola, Director, ALA Office for Library Advocacy; Max Macias, Serials Technician at Portland Community College; and Loida Garcia-Febo, Assistant Coordinator New Americans Program and Special Services at Queens Library.
Registration is required for this event: http://evanced.info/webjunction/evanced/eventsignup.asp?ID=1623
Questions can be directed to Loida Garcia-Febo at loidagarciafebo@gmail.com or further information can be found on the Webjunction website at http://evanced.info/webjunction/evanced/eventsignup.asp?ID=1623
Loida Garcia-Febo
Assistant Coordinator,
New Americans Program and Special Services
Queens Library, 89-11 Merrick Blvd., Jamaica, N.Y. 11432
phone: 1 + 718-990-8569; fax: 1 + 718-990-8628
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REFORMA President 2009-2010
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Showing posts with label social networking. Show all posts
Showing posts with label social networking. Show all posts
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Some Facebook Networking Strategies
It is all about relationships. Even in subject search terms it is about relationships most often. Lets try to build relationships that are mutually beneficial, create an atmosphere, or community even that allows questions to be asked, information to be shared, collaborations to take place and a structure for future generations.
Since the recent announcement the Criticas is ceasing publication I've been thinking about how to supplement the ensuing vacuum with some meaningful content.
So, to further this endeavor I've started a campaign to contact as many libraries and librarians as I can that speak Spanish, who are on Facebook. If we build some sort of contact infrastructure, first by communicating with one another, and then implementing strategies to collaborate, share, and aid one another then we will go a long way toward filling the vacuum. We can leverage the power of networking and collaboration to build something that will not be as threatened an entity as a magazine published by mainstream publishers.
With the technology available today we can create our own publishing processes, distribution channels and advertising campaigns.
So, back to the campaign, search for and share with your friends librarians you meet who speak spanish, have an interest in serving Latinos, etc... and network!
I search facebook for "Bibliotecarios (or variations of the term)." When I befriend them and can also scan their friend list and send friend requests to other libraries or librarians who might be relevant to the campaign.
Next suggest these new friends who seem relevant as well. Build the network, collaborate for community, create relationships that matter and inspire!
Since the recent announcement the Criticas is ceasing publication I've been thinking about how to supplement the ensuing vacuum with some meaningful content.
So, to further this endeavor I've started a campaign to contact as many libraries and librarians as I can that speak Spanish, who are on Facebook. If we build some sort of contact infrastructure, first by communicating with one another, and then implementing strategies to collaborate, share, and aid one another then we will go a long way toward filling the vacuum. We can leverage the power of networking and collaboration to build something that will not be as threatened an entity as a magazine published by mainstream publishers.
With the technology available today we can create our own publishing processes, distribution channels and advertising campaigns.
So, back to the campaign, search for and share with your friends librarians you meet who speak spanish, have an interest in serving Latinos, etc... and network!
I search facebook for "Bibliotecarios (or variations of the term)." When I befriend them and can also scan their friend list and send friend requests to other libraries or librarians who might be relevant to the campaign.
Next suggest these new friends who seem relevant as well. Build the network, collaborate for community, create relationships that matter and inspire!
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Monday, February 2, 2009
Hip-Hop and Web 2.0 (something I wrote a long time ago and haven't done anything with)
[If anyone is interested in this and wants to collaborate--get in touch with me please]
This is kind of an outline of the paper I want to write on hip-hop. Please give me your advice about how I could make it better.
I've noticed some striking similarities between hip-hop and our field--web 2.0 aspects and more.
Take for instance one fundamental aspect of hip hop--REMIXABILITY--one takes what one deems is valuable, and creates something new.
Mashups have been fundamental in hip hop since day one!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remix
The fact that knowledge does not come from a vacuum, and pretty much EVERYONE who has contributed important knowledge to the world has had a teacher who's ideas the student REMIXED.
Take Franz Brentano for instance--he taught both Edumund Husserl and Freud, while Freud went on to teach Jung, and Husserl went on to teach Heidegger. The students REMIX their teachers work.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_of_Brentano
Tagging--hip hop tagging is placing one's mark on something, claiming it as one's own--this is what we do when we tag something in flickr, or whatever we use that gives us the option to TAG something. We can find it again, so with tagging, when one, or others see the tag they know who tagged it, and how often it comes up—how much the tagger has gotten “thrown up.”
Not only do we make it our own, but we also influence others. When someone tags a train they throw some art up there that is distinctive. I'm talking about bombs--where they don't just write their name as the tag, but they put on the train. If someone becomes familiar with these types of tags--they can tell which tagger is which and know their styles.
http://www.graffiti.org/
This is similar to the tagging we do on the web, and to how information is transferred between people--be it artistic style, or some other type of information. Our tagging can influence others through the discovery of new information that leads to the creation of new knowledge.
Also the fact that hip-hop and web 2.0 did NOT come from big corporations.
Hip Hop came from a small group of individuals, and web 2.0 also came from a relatively small group of individuals developing new ideas that were creative as well as social.
I mean when hip hop was first developed--the dj's would plug-in to the street lights and broadcast their mashups and new beats to the public, who in turn remixed this new information into knew knowledge to create something new. It was fully open-source and free. How beautiful can you get? This was actually a result of a remix from the Caribbean—dJ cool-herc came to nuy from there and brought the style, and influence of the Caribbean DJ’s who would put their systems on the backs of trucks and broadcast their shows to entire neighborhoods.
Do you know of anyone who has done any work on this?
I've never encountered it.
I think it can be a way to reach both people interested in libraries and hip hop.
What do you think?
This is kind of an outline of the paper I want to write on hip-hop. Please give me your advice about how I could make it better.
I've noticed some striking similarities between hip-hop and our field--web 2.0 aspects and more.
Take for instance one fundamental aspect of hip hop--REMIXABILITY--one takes what one deems is valuable, and creates something new.
Mashups have been fundamental in hip hop since day one!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remix
The fact that knowledge does not come from a vacuum, and pretty much EVERYONE who has contributed important knowledge to the world has had a teacher who's ideas the student REMIXED.
Take Franz Brentano for instance--he taught both Edumund Husserl and Freud, while Freud went on to teach Jung, and Husserl went on to teach Heidegger. The students REMIX their teachers work.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_of_Brentano
Tagging--hip hop tagging is placing one's mark on something, claiming it as one's own--this is what we do when we tag something in flickr, or whatever we use that gives us the option to TAG something. We can find it again, so with tagging, when one, or others see the tag they know who tagged it, and how often it comes up—how much the tagger has gotten “thrown up.”
Not only do we make it our own, but we also influence others. When someone tags a train they throw some art up there that is distinctive. I'm talking about bombs--where they don't just write their name as the tag, but they put on the train. If someone becomes familiar with these types of tags--they can tell which tagger is which and know their styles.
http://www.graffiti.org/
This is similar to the tagging we do on the web, and to how information is transferred between people--be it artistic style, or some other type of information. Our tagging can influence others through the discovery of new information that leads to the creation of new knowledge.
Also the fact that hip-hop and web 2.0 did NOT come from big corporations.
Hip Hop came from a small group of individuals, and web 2.0 also came from a relatively small group of individuals developing new ideas that were creative as well as social.
I mean when hip hop was first developed--the dj's would plug-in to the street lights and broadcast their mashups and new beats to the public, who in turn remixed this new information into knew knowledge to create something new. It was fully open-source and free. How beautiful can you get? This was actually a result of a remix from the Caribbean—dJ cool-herc came to nuy from there and brought the style, and influence of the Caribbean DJ’s who would put their systems on the backs of trucks and broadcast their shows to entire neighborhoods.
Do you know of anyone who has done any work on this?
I've never encountered it.
I think it can be a way to reach both people interested in libraries and hip hop.
What do you think?
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