Research Catalog

Title

Social software in libraries : building collaboration, communication, and community Online / Meredith G. Farkas.

Author

Farkas, Meredith G., 1977-

Publication

Medford, N.J. : Information Today, c2007.

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Details

Description

xxiv, 320 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

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. Success stories and interviews highlight these tools ease-of-use and tremendous impact.

Subject

• Blogs
• Computer Communication Networks
• Electronic reference services (Libraries)
• Internet
• Libraries > Information technology
• Libraries and community
• Libraries and the Internet
• Online social networks
• Podcasting
• RSS feeds
• Telecommunication in libraries
• Wikis (Computer science)

Genre/Form

• Blogs
• Blogs.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-295) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

What is social software? -- Blogs -- Blogs in libraries : practical applications -- RSS -- Wikis -- Online communities -- Social networking -- Social bookmarking and collaborative filtering -- Tools for synchronous online reference -- The mobile revolution -- Podcasting -- Screencasting and vodcasting -- Gaming -- What will work @ your library -- Keeping up : a primer -- Future trends in social software.

ISBN

• 9781573872751
• 157387275X

LCCN

^^2007004515

OCLC

84837845

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library