{"id":16,"date":"2026-06-29T00:43:32","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T00:43:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/287.hyperlib.sjsu.edu\/fromstackstonetworks\/?p=16"},"modified":"2026-06-29T00:43:32","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T00:43:32","slug":"reflection-blog-hyperlinked-communities-on-booktok","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/287.hyperlib.sjsu.edu\/fromstackstonetworks\/2026\/06\/29\/reflection-blog-hyperlinked-communities-on-booktok\/","title":{"rendered":"Reflection Blog: Hyperlinked Communities on #BookTok"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As with most modules so far, several articles or videos of this Hyperlinked Communities week struck me.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Jensen\u2019s BookTok article (2022) really resonated with me because it was the other side of the coin of the promotion assignment I did in Info 237 last semester (side note: Info237 is a really great class -especially for K12 librarians- and you get to create really fabulous assignments like curriculum textsets or look at <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dontyoushushme.com\/2020\/12\/04\/ditching-dewey-1-dear-dewey-its-not-me-its-you\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ditching Dewey<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, canon &amp; #<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/disrupttexts.org\/lets-get-to-work\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Disrupttexts<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and much more). I did a digital book display for my last 237 assignment, but you could also do a social media campaign. I knew what that looked like but I had not seen many of them as I do not have a TikTok or Instagram account. Reading the BookTok article made me check TikTok and even without an account, I was able to watch all kinds of BookTok videos and read the comments.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0I can see why school librarian Christine Lively says teens who never came to the library are now coming: it is really a community built around a common interest.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@bumblebeezus\/video\/7613461389142691102\" data-video-id=\"7613461389142691102\" data-embed-from=\"oembed\" style=\"max-width:605px; min-width:325px;\">\n<section> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"@bumblebeezus\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@bumblebeezus?refer=embed\">@bumblebeezus<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s either I show you every book I\u2019m interested in or we both disappear for an hour <a title=\"reader\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/reader?refer=embed\">#reader<\/a> <a title=\"bookstore\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/bookstore?refer=embed\">#bookstore<\/a> <a title=\"fantasy\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/fantasy?refer=embed\">#fantasy<\/a> <a title=\"bookworm\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/bookworm?refer=embed\">#bookworm<\/a> <a title=\"booktok\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/booktok?refer=embed\">#booktok<\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"\u266c original sound - Lizzy\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/original-sound-7613461384566737694?refer=embed\">\u266c original sound &#8211; Lizzy<\/a> <\/section>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The above video about \u201cbookstore etiquette\u201d was particularly fun to watch and reiterated the social aspect through the prism of etiquette, which does not only mean rules, but often <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">unwritten <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">rules amongst a <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">community <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">of people. The TikToker says it herself: \u201cThis is a group activity\u201d. The comments of the video show the multitude of people who relate to her feelings when visiting a bookstore.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Public and school librarians are said to have a hard time putting together a physical \u201cAs seen on #BookTok\u201d display as the books fly off the shelves, and I can see why with that kind of publicity! Students want to read what their friends read, what they heard about on the social media they hang out onto daily. It makes them feel included and participating in their community. Jensen\u2019s article mentions school librarians creating reading guides online and also providing readalikes. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I do feel like it would be fun for the students (and productive!) that the school librarian does a BookTok maybe once a month. It would be an opportunity to promote diverse books, which is really important. In addition, I believe that getting different students to regularly do one, and share the link on the school library website could undoubtedly help promote books and reading. Yes, at the end of the day, it <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">is <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">a book talk, but on a platform students go to daily. You go get them where they are \u2026 and bring them to a place they may not usually come to. Bringing new users in is an essential principle of Library 2.0 and the HyperLinked Library.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">References\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bogan, K. (2021, January 27). <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ditching Dewey #1: Dear Dewey, it\u2019s not me, it\u2019s you.<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Don\u2019t Shush Me! Adventures of a High School Librarian. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/dontyoushushme.com\/2020\/12\/04\/ditching-dewey-1-dear-dewey-its-not-me-its-you\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/dontyoushushme.com\/2020\/12\/04\/ditching-dewey-1-dear-dewey-its-not-me-its-you\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">DisruptTexts. (n.d.). <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">What is #DisruptTexts?<\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/disrupttexts.org\/lets-get-to-work\/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/disrupttexts.org\/lets-get-to-work\/<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Jensen, K. (2022, February 10). <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As seen on #BookTok: Inspiring young readers, TikTok is a boon for books<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. School Library Journal. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.slj.com\/story\/as-seen-on-booktok-inspiring-young-readers-tiktok-is-a-boon-for-books-libraries\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/www.slj.com\/story\/as-seen-on-booktok-inspiring-young-readers-tiktok-is-a-boon-for-books-libraries<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Lizzy [@bumblebeezus]. (n.d.). <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bookstore etiquette. <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">[Video]. TikTok.<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@bumblebeezus\/video\/7613461389142691102\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@bumblebeezus\/video\/7613461389142691102<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As with most modules so far, several articles or videos of this Hyperlinked Communities week struck me.\u00a0 Jensen\u2019s BookTok article (2022) really resonated with me because it was the other side of the coin of the promotion assignment I did in Info 237 last semester (side note: Info237 is a really great class -especially for &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/287.hyperlib.sjsu.edu\/fromstackstonetworks\/2026\/06\/29\/reflection-blog-hyperlinked-communities-on-booktok\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Reflection Blog: Hyperlinked Communities on #BookTok<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":857,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/287.hyperlib.sjsu.edu\/fromstackstonetworks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/287.hyperlib.sjsu.edu\/fromstackstonetworks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/287.hyperlib.sjsu.edu\/fromstackstonetworks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/287.hyperlib.sjsu.edu\/fromstackstonetworks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/857"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/287.hyperlib.sjsu.edu\/fromstackstonetworks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/287.hyperlib.sjsu.edu\/fromstackstonetworks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20,"href":"https:\/\/287.hyperlib.sjsu.edu\/fromstackstonetworks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16\/revisions\/20"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/287.hyperlib.sjsu.edu\/fromstackstonetworks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/287.hyperlib.sjsu.edu\/fromstackstonetworks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/287.hyperlib.sjsu.edu\/fromstackstonetworks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}