Davis+401

I'm Andrew Davis, this is my first year in SLIS and I am interested in working for a public library system after graduation. As for the use of social media in my professional life, I only use e-mail. While I think back over my experiences with social media over the past five years, I think the potential is still expanding. I remember finding Wikipedia and YouTube and being overwhelmed by the amount of content I had discovered. Just to understate it a bit, now, there is quite a bit more content. So I think if social media continues to change just as rapidly as it has in the past, that five years from now the way we use social media will be completely different. In order to stay current, libraries need to continue utilizing social media and focus upon interacting with patrons online, in order to ride the new waves of the technology.   Library Blogs Resource Shelf School Library Journal No Shelf Required In The Library With The Lead Pipe Librarian By Day The blogs I have chosen to follow are mostly set in following current trends in technology and the changing social aspects of the library profession. Specifically, Resource Shelf was recommended to me by a currently working reference librarian. School Library Journal has an abundance of information but I have focused upon the graphic novel content of the site. Other than that the focus is on the changing technology and being in the field on a day to day basis. I used Google Reader to subscribe to these five websites. The technology was user-friendly and easy to learn to use, so I had no hassle in setting up my feeds quickly.