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While teaching a workshop on digital project management at last year's Association of College and Research Libraries conference in Seattle, I began by asking the participants to describe to the class a project for which they were responsible. One librarian explained that her supervisor asked her to design a library website.

An accidental project manager is exactly how I feel prior to commencing uni assignments. These tips can be applied to nearly everything we do. Thanks for sharing.

Smeaton, K. & Davis, K. (2014). Social technologies in public libraries: exploring best practice. Library management. 35(3), 224-238. Retrieved from www.emeraldinsight.com/journals.htm?articleid=17107477 A report of a research project that explored social media best practice in the public library sector using two Australian public libraries. Five themes were extracted from the interview: creating communities, connecting with users, inviting participation, organisational culture and staffing. Only one library had a a social media policy, though this had been developed at the local council level.

Useful site for Information Policy project.

The latest from Pew looks at 'Public Perceptions of privacy and security in the post-Snowden era'. An interesting take on the findings appeared in the UK's The Observer recently, in a piece by John Naughton: http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/nov/16/why-internet-has-turned-us-into-hypocrites the pew research shows that while Americans are more wary of the internet and more concerned about their privacy, they still use social media in much the same way as before.

Thought this may be useful for Assessment Item 2, for creating a visual timeline of the project.

Harmon, Charles; Messina, Michael (2013). Using Social Media in Libraries : Best Practices. http://primo.unilinc.edu.au/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=CSU Chapter 8: Implementing an online social community as an extension to our physical libraries.. A great review re Halifax Public Libraries implantation of their new social catalogue, aptly named Discover. Covers many practical topics such as: features of a social catalogue planning and research for the project objectives of implementing a social catalogue/tie in with mission statement technical issues staff training communication and marketing feedback It concludes with some practical and professional advice for potential users of such a catalogue.

The best link is via CSU library, not the eblib.com link. http://primo.unilinc.edu.au/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=CSU