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This Viral Librarian Shares His Simple yet Effective Formula for Promoting Your Library: Don’t Be Afraid To Share Stories

Super Library Marketing

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Mychal (@mychal3ts) In 2018, Mychal became a children’s librarian. Mychal is a big fan of his own library on social media, but he also has praise for other libraries’ promotional work. Milwaukee Public Library is probably the best library on social media,” declared Mychal.

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Digital Civic Engagement as an Equity Solution for Cities & Counties

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Social media has the power to positively impact civic engagement. Today’s blog takes you through both the challenges and the successes of social media’s impact on civic engagement and why it has so much to offer local government. Today, leveraging social media for civic engagement is a must.

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What @sog_ced is reading online: May 2022

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

The following are articles and reports on the web that the Community and Economic Development Program at the UNC School of Government shared through social media over the past month. This trend discussed in a 2018 post by DFI colleague Frank Muraca: unc.live/37TJaQy. Corporate landlords in NC mapped by News & Observer.

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Disasters: Knowledge and Information in the New Age of Anomie

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

Something similar has happened with the Internet and social media. Early views of social media (e.g. Vast resources are now devoted to distorting the picture, and all three superpowers are busy utilising them (Druzin and Gordon 2018, Merrin 2019, Rudick and Dannels 2019). Gordon 2018. Bird et al. Ling and K.

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Why the creation of smart cities requires real-time data processing

Open Access Government - Technology News

This is over six times the amount processed in 2018. Of course, data also comes from social media channels, audio, video, and smart devices, coinciding with a growth in unstructured data. But along with such advancements comes a lot more data.

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Inspiring Others to Experience the Fullness of Their Humanity — Episode 102

Open Space Radio: Parks and Recreation Trends

The campaign leads up to National Take a Hike Day on November 17, so be sure to share all the ways you’re celebrating on social media using #HikeYourTurf — Merrell will donate $1 to NRPA for every post using that hashtag, as well as $5 for every email signup on their website!

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2021 Spotlight: The U.S. Cities with the Most Satisfied Residents

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Zencity automatically collects, anonymizes, and analyzes data from a variety of public or government-run sources, including 311 tickets, comments on local news sites, public-facing social media and community groups, and comments on local government social media pages. Colorado Springs, CO.

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