Library TikTok: Understanding the Assignment (with a panel of TikTokers)

11/23/21 • 47 min

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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

Connect with OLA @onlibraryassoc or Michelle @citybrarian

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

Connect with OLA @onlibraryassoc or Michelle @citybrarian

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Ken's Top Five Travel Books

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4. The Old Way by Robert Macfarlane

5. A Time of Gifts by Patrick Leigh Fermor

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What does it mean to be neurodivergent or neuro-atypical in library land? Today’s conversation is about what it's like to be an adult with ADHD, and how we can better support workers with this condition.

ADHD is a condition that affects 1.5 million Canadians but is still often confused or dismissed as something that only affects children. Aries Casteel, from the Dartmouth Heritage Museum recently spoke in a presentation about her own personal experiences with ADHD and made suggestions on how workplaces could make spaces and work life more inclusive to those with ADHD.

A little program note here, I was super stressed about the editing of this podcast because it was recorded while I was dog sitting for my mother-in-law and of course the dog chose this exact time to tap dance her way across my office. So you may hear some little clicks and growls throughout, I apologize, life interrupts!

Resources mentioned in this conversation:

Centre for ADHD Awareness Canada

"What We Do and Don't Talk About When It Comes to ADHD" by Sulagna Misra in the Harvard Business Review (Sept 30, 2021)