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Top Ten (10) Social Media Competencies for Information Professionals (2013)

1. Understand, explain and teach others about the principles and trends of social media, web 2.0 (and library 2.0 / archives 2.0)
2. List major tools, categories and affordances of social media
3. Apply social media to solve information problems, and communicate digitally with users
4. Use social networking sites for promotional, reference and instructional services in libraries
5. Navigate, evaluate and create content on social networking sites
6. Follow netiquette, conform to ethical standards and interact appropriately with others online
7. Explain copyright, security and privacy issues on social media to colleagues and user communities
8. Understand the importance of digital identity and reputation management in a social media age
9. Explain related terminology such as collaboration 2.0, remix and open source
10. Renew social media competencies, advocate for institutional strategies and policiesand build evidence base in social media