Open AccessBook Review: Growing Your Library Career with Social Media
Author(s) -
Hector Escobar
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
reference and user services quarterly/reference and user services quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.443
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 2163-5242
pISSN - 1094-9054
DOI - 10.5860/rusq.59.1.7228
Subject(s) - social media , element (criminal law) , section (typography) , sociology , public relations , world wide web , media studies , political science , computer science , advertising , business , law
Social media remains a very important element in our daily lives, regardless of what level we may interact with it. Daniella Smith’s book provides an overview of how social media influences our professional lives and the long lasting effect it may have. The book provides general examinations of social media’s functionality and specific impacts it has on library career development. It covers a wide array of social media tools across various platforms. It also contains interviews highlighting practical examples of how our peers engage with social media to highlight or promote their library careers. The book contains 10 chapters and 10 appendixes. With the exception of the last chapter, each chapter has a challenge section, providing actionable items that we can use in developing our social media skills.