Library Land Loves

Does getting your library on TikTok live in your mind rent-free? Already there and wondering how to land on everyone’s #FYP? The creators and faces of four booming #librarytok accounts join us for a panel discussion breaking down how they got started on the app, the time and resources it requires, how they measure success and why sometimes TikTok just hits different. A representative from TikTok also joins the panel to offer some tips and tricks, advice on posting cadence and content creation best practices.

This conversation was recorded at the OLA Marketing Libraries Think Tank on Monday October 25, 2021.

Panelists:

Jessica Bellows, Reference Assistant, Whitby Public Library, tiktok.com/@whitbylibrary

Bailey Randolph, Teen Services Librarian, Grand Prairie Public Library tiktok.com/@gppubliclibrary

Mychal A. Threets, TikToker & Digital Community Librarian, Solano County Library tiktok.com/@solanolibrary, tiktok.com/@mychal3ts

Erin Wilson, Children's and Adult Fiction Assistant, Whitby Public Library, tiktok.com/@whitbylibrary

Laura Nicolucci, Media Partnerships Lead - Entertainment, TikTok

Panel hosted by Melanie Boatswain-Watson, Toronto Public Library

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Library Land Loves hosts our first-ever French-language episode! Le 25 septembre est la journée des franco-ontariens – une journée où les francophones et francophiles de l’Ontario peuvent fièrement célébrer leur identité, leur culture, leur histoire et leurs batailles. Ariane Bercier, membre du conseil de l’ABO-Franco et bibliothécaire à la bibliothèque publique d’Ottawa, partage ses recommandations pour la célébration de la journée des franco-ontariens dans vos bibliothèques.

Teacher Librarian Julie Demers talks to us about her top 5 Read Alongs for librarians and Teachers.

With summer comes summer reading! And with summer reading comes conversations about those books. We've all had conversations like this before: Someone boasts about how great a book is and after we read it, we just can't see it. Or we can't understand the hype of a book. Well, in this episode, the staff at the Ontario Library Association talk about those books, and then recommend a book that they would read instead.

Take a walk through the Toronto International Film Festival Library and resources with Michelle Lovegrove Thompson, Senior Manager at the TIFF Library and Archives. She talks about her top five resources and materials within the collection.