Teaching Social Media: The Can-Do Guide

Librarians who want to begin, expand, or improve their programs on teaching social media to adults and teens will find this guide invaluable.

• Shows librarians how to get started with a social media program and enlist support from administration and other staff

• Offers step-by-step instructions for planning and teaching a program built around seven specific, popular social media applications—Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Yelp, Google+, Foursquare, and Pinterest—as well as tips for teaching other programs, such as Instagram and Tumblr

• Provides guidelines on customizing class topics and format to meet community needs

• Shows how to avoid pitfalls and how to deal with problems when they do arise

• Includes easily adaptable, time-saving handouts for each class