{"id":13857,"date":"2016-03-09T16:07:15","date_gmt":"2016-03-10T00:07:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nnlm.gov\/pnr\/dragonfly\/?p=13857"},"modified":"2026-02-03T17:10:52","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T17:10:52","slug":"pnr-rendezvous-social-media-in-the-library","status":"archive","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/pnr-rendezvous-social-media-in-the-library\/","title":{"rendered":"PNR Rendezvous, Social Media in the Library"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Hook \u2018Em &amp; Keep \u2018Em: How Trout U. is Engaging Library Users through Social Media to Build Community\u00a0<\/strong>is the next PNR Rendezvous session where Montana State University librarians will\u00a0tell us how they have incorporated social media in the library.<\/p>\n<p>Social media is a powerful means to build community among our users, as well as to engage new users. PNR Rendezvous participants will learn best practices for using Social Media to engage library users, including the creation of a social media guide, and a posting plan and schedule for ongoing targeted engagement with users across multiple platforms, including Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and Pinterest. Participants will also learn about collaborative social media campaign efforts that the MSU Library participated in with the Montana Historical Society and others.\u00a0 Participants will be encouraged to ask questions and share their own social media practices or plans to experiment with social media in order to share and learn about successes and strategies happening in libraries in the region.<\/p>\n<p>So, whether you&#8217;re considering\u00a0using social media in the library or want to expand the use of it, please join us for some tips as well as a chance to share your social media wisdom.<\/p>\n<p><strong>When:<\/strong>\u00a0March 16, 1:00pm Pacific Time, Noon Alaska Time, 2:00pm Mountain Time<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>How:<\/strong>\u00a0 You can participate in this free, web-based interactive session from your desk with your computer and telephone.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Please click here\u00a0https:\/\/webmeeting.nih.gov\/common\/help\/en\/support\/meeting_test.htm\u00a0to test your computer prior to the meeting. The diagnostic test will prompt you if you need to update Flash, check your connection speed and install an Adobe Connect add-in. If you have problems with these steps, please call your information technology department for help.<\/li>\n<li>Go to the following website and login as a Guest, using your own name:\u00a0https:\/\/webmeeting.nih.gov\/rendezvous.<\/li>\n<li>Once in the web meeting a pop-up box allows you to put in your phone number and the program will call you. If this does not happen call the 800 number and use the participant code given in the Notes box (lower left-hand corner) on the screen.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hook \u2018Em &amp; Keep \u2018Em: How Trout U. is Engaging Library Users through Social Media to Build Community\u00a0is the next PNR Rendezvous session where Montana State University librarians will\u00a0tell us how they have incorporated social media in the library. Social media is a powerful means to build community among our users, as well as to&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/pnr-rendezvous-social-media-in-the-library\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4,8,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13857","post","type-post","status-archive","format-standard","hentry","category-regional-news","category-technology","category-training-education"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13857","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13857"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13857\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17040,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13857\/revisions\/17040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}