Chapter
List of figures and tables
List of figures and tables
1 Web 2.0 and your library career
1 Web 2.0 and your library career
Technology and the core business of libraries
Technology and the core business of libraries
Our technological past and future
Our technological past and future
Why should LIS professionals be interested in Web 2.0?
Why should LIS professionals be interested in Web 2.0?
What are the key features of Web 2.0 that make it useful in careers?
What are the key features of Web 2.0 that make it useful in careers?
What are the risks and pitfalls of Web 2.0?
What are the risks and pitfalls of Web 2.0?
Web 2.0 and the workplace generally
Web 2.0 and the workplace generally
Cornerstones of career development
Cornerstones of career development
2 Social networking sites and your library career
2 Social networking sites and your library career
Social networking overview
Social networking overview
What is social networking software?
What is social networking software?
The rise and rise of social networking
The rise and rise of social networking
Drivers of social networking growth
Drivers of social networking growth
What is so revolutionary about social networking software?
What is so revolutionary about social networking software?
Why should librarians be interested in social networking?
Why should librarians be interested in social networking?
What are the main issues or problems with social networking?
What are the main issues or problems with social networking?
Getting started on the social networking checklist
Getting started on the social networking checklist
3 Using Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter for your career
3 Using Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter for your career
4 Personal marketing for your career
4 Personal marketing for your career
What is marketing and why do you need to know about it?
What is marketing and why do you need to know about it?
How do you apply marketing principles to your career?
How do you apply marketing principles to your career?
How do you start to develop a personal brand?
How do you start to develop a personal brand?
Personal brand self-assessment checklist
Personal brand self-assessment checklist
Developing a personal brand as an early-career professional
Developing a personal brand as an early-career professional
Web 2.0 tools for developing a personal brand
Web 2.0 tools for developing a personal brand
Web 2.0 tools for eportfolios
Web 2.0 tools for eportfolios
Importance and benefits of marketing
Importance and benefits of marketing
5 Privacy, social networking and your career
5 Privacy, social networking and your career
Why is privacy important?
Why is privacy important?
What has changed to make online privacy an issue now?
What has changed to make online privacy an issue now?
Are there generational differences in attitudes to privacy?
Are there generational differences in attitudes to privacy?
Who is responsible for ensuring online privacy?
Who is responsible for ensuring online privacy?
What is the history of privacy erosion in the online world?
What is the history of privacy erosion in the online world?
How to monitor your digital footprint
How to monitor your digital footprint
FAQs and actions for online privacy
FAQs and actions for online privacy
Government agencies providing support for privacy
Government agencies providing support for privacy
Tracking privacy changes on social networking sites
Tracking privacy changes on social networking sites
6 Lifelong learning and your career
6 Lifelong learning and your career
Career paths and new roles in LIS
Career paths and new roles in LIS
What is lifelong learning?
What is lifelong learning?
Lifelong learning and student graduate attributes
Lifelong learning and student graduate attributes
Strategies for becoming a lifelong learner
Strategies for becoming a lifelong learner
RSS (Really Simple Syndication)
RSS (Really Simple Syndication)
How to subscribe to RSS feeds
How to subscribe to RSS feeds
Step by step: setting up iGoogle
Step by step: setting up iGoogle
7 Web 2.0 professional development for your library career
7 Web 2.0 professional development for your library career
LIS professional organisations and professional development
LIS professional organisations and professional development
New ways of delivering professional development
New ways of delivering professional development
LIS conferences and their career advantages
LIS conferences and their career advantages
Getting the most out of conference attendance
Getting the most out of conference attendance
Post-conference reflection
Post-conference reflection
Conferences in the time of Web 2.0
Conferences in the time of Web 2.0
The conference backchannel
The conference backchannel
23 things and the Learning 2.0 Programme
23 things and the Learning 2.0 Programme
Accessing the Learning 2.0 Programme as an independent learner
Accessing the Learning 2.0 Programme as an independent learner
List of 23 things from University of Cambridge Library
List of 23 things from University of Cambridge Library
Devices and gadgets: learning through play
Devices and gadgets: learning through play
YouTube for professional development
YouTube for professional development
Open education courseware
Open education courseware
8 Networking for your LIS career
8 Networking for your LIS career
Why do you need to network?
Why do you need to network?
Networks for career support
Networks for career support
Networks for career influence
Networks for career influence
Learning networks and your career
Learning networks and your career
Connectivism and learning networks
Connectivism and learning networks
‘I store my knowledge in my friends’
‘I store my knowledge in my friends’
Personal learning networks (PLNs)
Personal learning networks (PLNs)
How do you cultivate a network?
How do you cultivate a network?
Google Groups for networking
Google Groups for networking
9 E-mentoring for career development
9 E-mentoring for career development
Benefits of mentoring in the workplace
Benefits of mentoring in the workplace
Characteristics of a successful e-mentoring relationship
Characteristics of a successful e-mentoring relationship
Thinking outside the box, peer mentoring and non-library mentors
Thinking outside the box, peer mentoring and non-library mentors
Online networks for mentoring contacts
Online networks for mentoring contacts
10 Keeping up to date and being competent
10 Keeping up to date and being competent
Coping with information overload
Coping with information overload
Library and Web 2.0 blogs
Library and Web 2.0 blogs
SlideShare for staying up to date
SlideShare for staying up to date
RSS for staying up to date
RSS for staying up to date
Twitter for staying up to date
Twitter for staying up to date
Housekeeping and keeping track of passwords
Housekeeping and keeping track of passwords
Social media competencies for LIS professionals
Social media competencies for LIS professionals
Building Your Library Career with Web 2.0
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