Tuesday 19 May 2015

Getting down to business on Scoopit

When you think of social media, Scoopit is not a platform many people know about.

There are a lot of differences between Scoopit and the more popular forms of social media, which can make it hard for the public to use and navigate, making it harder to find information they're interested in. For this reason, Scoopit seems to be a more professional based form of social media, used by organisations as a content curation tool. That is, collecting, organising and displaying content of a specific subject over the internet.

I think different libraries can benefit from using Scoopit in many different ways, for instance:
  • State libraries could use Scoopit to collect and display information about their different states, as they have to collect this information for records and preservation purposes.
  • Special libraries can benefit from using Scoopit to display the latest information and items in their collection to people and organisations in that specific area.
  • Public libraries can use Scoopit to share ideas for improving services.



Being that Scoopit is a more professional based form of social media, there is great opportunity to use the site for professional development for library information service workers, to share information.
These could include:
  • Sharing articles and information about specific areas of library services between libraries
  • Sharing tips on improving services to customers
  • Sharing special events and ideas to help promote libraries in the community
  • A chance to collaborate and share between libraries

Though Scoopit is probably not ideal for reaching the public and community, there are many great opportunities for organisations such as libraries to get together and share information and ideas as well as collaborate to improve services, making for a consistently higher quality of service and experience for the community across the country and even the world.

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