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Social Software in Libraries: Building Collaboration, Communication, and Community Online

Overview

Social software lets libraries show a human face online, helping them communicate, educate, and interact with their communities. This nuts-and-bolts guide provides librarians with the information and skills necessary to implement the most popular and effective social software technologies: blogs, RSS, wikis, social networking software, screencasting, photo-sharing, podcasting, instant messaging, gaming, and more.

Author Meredith Farkas presents numerous success stories and interviews to highlight the usefulness and impact of each technology. Novices will find ample descriptions and advice on using social software tools, while veteran users will discover new applications and approaches. To help readers keep up, the author's companion Web site includes links to the resources covered in the book, emerging social software tools, and news and opinion from library blogs and other current sources.

"Addresses the important concept of library as third place, offering great ideas and guidance on creating digital spaces. A must read!" |||This book is sold in the US by Sony Electronics Inc. |||This book is sold in Canada by Sony Electronics Inc.

Author Information

Meredith G. Farkas

Meredith G. Farkas is the distance-learning librarian at Norwich University in Northfield, Vermont. In this position, she has implemented many of the social technologies discussed in this book, using them with patrons and colleagues. She is the author of the Information Wants to Be Free (meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress) blog, writes for the collaborative blog TechEssence (techessence.info), and is the creator of Library Success: A Best Practices Wiki (www.libsuccess.org), as well as several national conference wikis. In March 2006, Meredith was named a Mover and Shaker by Library Journal for her innovative use of technology to benefit the profession. Before entering the library field, she worked as a child and family therapist in Florida. Meredith holds a BA from Wesleyan University in Connecticut, and an MSW and MLIS from Florida State University. She lives in Central Vermont with her husband, Adam.

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Product Details

  • Published by

    Information Today, Inc.

  • Publish Date

    January 01, 2007 

  • Print ISBN

    9781573872751

  • eBook ISBN

    9781573879446

  • Imprint

    Information Today, Inc.

  • Filesize

    1.41 MB

  • Number of Print Pages*

    344

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