EHSLibrary » dashboard http://library.med.utah.edu/blog/eccles Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library Blog Fri, 14 Jun 2013 20:53:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Didn’t need an app for that http://library.med.utah.edu/blog/eccles/2012/04/05/didnt-need-an-app-for-that/ http://library.med.utah.edu/blog/eccles/2012/04/05/didnt-need-an-app-for-that/#comments Thu, 05 Apr 2012 17:04:40 +0000 Todd Vandenbark http://library.med.utah.edu/blog/eccles/?p=1826 In order to create a social media monitoring “dashboard,” the iLibrarian (a.k.a. Ellyssa Kroski) describes how to use Protopage.com to create a private web page loaded with helpful widgets — RSS feeds, searches, alerts and more. Below is a picture of the resulting page:

Social media dashboard page

Kroski’s page includes widgets to watch for times when her library is mentioned in/on:

  • Twitter
  • LinkedIn
  • message boards
  • Google alerts, and more.

To watch Facebook, the page’s user needs to be logged-in to Facebook first, which means this page cannot be shared as easily as this librarian would desire. Still, it’s a great idea, and kudos to her for sharing!

How do you watch for mentions of your library across various media and platforms? What does/not work for you? Tell us about it!

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