This is a follow-up post to my original post, Foursquare and Libraries – Anything There?
Lots of you left some great ideas in the comments, so I thought I’d do a little copy/paste and highlight some of them … because they’re really very cool ideas!
So – here are what some of YOU are doing with Foursquare:
- Colleen Greene: Pollak Library (at Cal State Fullerton) is using it in beta mode, adding in a bunch of To Do items and Tips for students (i.e., get a Titan Card, set up their borrowing privileges, check their circulation record, use one of our AV or Group study rooms, visit the latest exhibit, etc.). our Social Media Team is exploring the idea of prizes. I am also teaching our campus social media working group how to use it and incorporate it into a campus culture.
- Jason Clark: Saw this in a tweet from NYPL which talks about the kernel of an idea – summer reading meets foursquare . A friendly reading competition in the mobile space? Job description provides some more detail. While this isn’t true foursquare integration, it points to how foursquare could lead to/inspire new library apps and services.
- Brad Czerniak: Canton Public Library offers a weekly prize to their Mayor. Just a concept. This week it’s a #totebag http://twitpic.com/ynn7x
- libmario: Harvard and UNC recently teamed up with Foursquare to encourage social engagement with the campus community ,including faculty. Innovative way to encourage learning and connections that could be extended to libraries. – http://mashable.com/2010/01/12/harvard-foursquare/
And one interesting sidenote. Sometimes, people can be a bit negative about our libraries while adding tips to Foursquare. For example, Stephen Francoeur said “Saddened to see that one tag already added to my library: shitty wifi. Hope to find a way to turn that perception around.”
We’ve had one of those, too. Jason D. added this To Do list item to my library’s entry: “Late fees are being enforced, so to help you remember to take your books in, sign up for email reminders via tscpl.org.” Not sure that’s really a negative comment, but it makes us sound a bit like “enforcers of the evil late fee” or something…
Anyway, yet another use for Foursquare – see what customers say about you in the Tips and To Do lists sections (then see if you can improve or fix those things).
Feel free to friend me in Foursquare!
andywoodworth says
I'm trying it out for my library, but I'm curious to see how other people are tagging theirs, making their 'to do' list, and what tips they are offering.
Bordentown Library
http://foursquare.com/venue/766654
Niamh says
This sounds great, but unfortunately an xml parsing error won't let me check it out 🙁
Jenica says
I'm currently jockeying with a student for Mayor of my library… if Foursquare is what makes it fun to be in the library, so be it. I'll take it. We'll woo him with services and resources once he's in the building. 🙂
apowerleveling says
When all the feathers are gone, when Buy Aion Gold the blue sky,aion power leveling we, white clouds, when grasslands are gone, Ling Po stood up,buy aion gold etc., his heart to absorb the magic Shiratori finished after the ready to set off for the fifth floor, just as the blue sky, white clouds of regret has been disappearing grassland ,buy aion gold making, and innate goodness was his burial. Yes, he has Aion Power Leveling figured out that several war down, all in all, just as it sounds exactly the same as if he did not kill those monsters, then Dofus Kamas this time he does not have the opportunity to stand up again .
apowerleveling says
so .. lots Wow Power Leveling of good things, but the whole “it sucks because our graphics Rom Gold layer Ragnarok Zeny sucks†thing has really got me by the balls.
apowerleveling says
IM is already there and with jabber really well done, why not define several additional personal information meta data and assign external urls/services what not to it, so you can browse your buddys and show all the information lotro gold from several different sources if you like (maybe even in a nice context based Mabinogi Gold plasmoid view). You could even get the relevant information Maple story mesos from other services (local and private ones) hidden from the IM service, but only mapped by the client to your addressbook.
colleengreene says
I'm curious to hear Foursquare-using librarians' thoughts about patrons checking-in to the physical library vs. the virtual library. Foursquare is definitely focusing on physical locations. And the idea is to get people out, visiting venues. But, many of our patrons just visit our virtual library: accessing remote databases, using chat reference, checking out e-reserves, reading e-books, etc.
I've added virtual tasks (such as the above) to Pollak Library's venue profile: http://foursquare.com/venue/436381 because I do see those as part of our library.
Thanks for the mention!
Brandon_Sheley says
I enjoy foursquare but haven't been using it much lately. I think it's because I was just tagging when I go to work and home. If I go to someplace new, I'm more incline to tag it.
Anonymous says
sangambayard-c-m.com
Kour Lisan says
Great articles.
wheelloader says
Electirc libraries is better.
Matt Cole says
Do you know if there's any way for libraries to set up foursquare to recognize each branch of a library system as separate locations, but still be categorized under the umbrella of the library system as a whole?
davidleeking says
Matt – I don't think so… I think you'd need to set up each location separately. But they'd all come up in a search, since they'd have similar language in the name of the place.
Yyj_0o0 says
Aion kinah cheap
buying ffxiv gil
buying ffxiv gil
ffxiv gil
ffxiv gil
sale wow gold
wow gold
buy wow gold
cheap hotel singapore
budget hotel singapore
games
[url=http://www.cheapwowaccounts.net]buy world of warcraft accounts[/url]
[url=http://www.wowgoldex.com]wow gold sale [/url]
[url=http://www.belrion.com] cheap wow gold [/url]
[url=http://www.belrion.com] wow gold [/url]
[url=http://www.buy-aion-kina.com]Aion accounts leveling [/url]
[url=http://www.cheap-aion-kina.com] cheap Aion kinah [/url]
[url=http://www.buy-ffxiv-gil.com]ffxiv gil sale [/url]
[url=http://www.ffxiv-gil.com] cheap ffxiv gil [/url]
[url=http://www.cheap-ffxiv-gil.com] cheap ffxiv gil [/url]
[url=http://www.salewowgold.com] sale wow gold [/url]
[url=http://www.salewowgold.com] buy wow gold [/url]
[url=http://www.salewowgold.com] cheap wow gold [/url]
[url=http://www.amberglory.com] budget hotel singapore [/url]
[url=http://www.amberglory.com] cheap hotel singapore [/url]
Check out the sites for the best bargain. You can buy the cheapest wow gold, wowaccounts
and cheapest Aion kinah,ffxiv gil at sale price.
25.54 usd/5000k Aion Kinah Fast Delivery @www.belrion.com Buy Safe !
Tiny Michael says
a good post.
http://www.gametradeeasy.com
Marble Services Weston says
Great site! Thanks!
Moreno Barros says
late on this one, but how far can the 4sq pin/gmaps app go? any way we could create a place for every stack? let’s say we should see which stack how more traffic