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- Financial Information Literacy Services at Your Library. Bell, Lori; Peters, Tom; Monsour, Margaret; Pope, Kitty // Searcher;Jun2009, Vol. 17 Issue 6, p18
The article focuses on financial information literacy services being offered at libraries through the Smart investing@your library initiative in the U.S. Such resources are said to be made available to over eight million library patrons across the country. Also cited are the ways being used by...
- INTERNET REVIEWS: SOCIAL NETWORKING SOFTWARE FOLLOW-UP: FACEBOOK AND MYSPACE (AND MORE). Greenwell, Stacey; Kraemer, Beth // Kentucky Libraries;Fall2007, Vol. 71 Issue 4, p11
The article discusses the latest features of social networking Websites Facebook and MySpace with new implications for library use. Photo album support, status update, MySpaceTV and friend search are the new features of MySpace. Facebook became restrictive in regard to who could create a profile...
- Copyright in a Social World. Miller, Kathryn Metzinger // MultiMedia & Internet@Schools;May/Jun2008, Vol. 15 Issue 3, p14
The article discusses several situations where library users may use popular social networking sites and encounter copyright laws. The librarian should be able to communicate with students, parents and teachers the issues that they face when placing materials on Web 2.0 social networks....
- Using Social Networks to Create Powerful Learning Communities. Lenox, Marianne; Coleman, Maurice // Computers in Libraries;Sep2010, Vol. 30 Issue 7, p12
The authors describe how they use online social networks in creating learning communities with their library staff, library users and their fellow librarians. They learn library management strategies from the experiences of other librarians as described by library-focused websites. They create...
- SOCIAL SCHOLARSHIP. // Knowledge Quest;Mar/Apr2009, Vol. 37 Issue 4, p68
The article reviews several Web sites including www.pbs.org/teachers/vote2008/blueprint/access, http://pbskids.org/eekoworld, and http://pbskids.org/storyfactory.
- Social Bookmarking in Academic Libraries: Trends and Applications. Redden, Carla S. // Journal of Academic Librarianship;May2010, Vol. 36 Issue 3, p219
This paper presents an exploration of the potential utilization of social bookmarking web sites by academic libraries. These web sites, which allow users and organizations to create accounts for bookmarking online content, provide academic libraries tools to collaborate and network, organize and...
- Practical Applications of Web 2.0: Bring your Community Together. McPherson, Valicia // Knowledge Quest;Mar/Apr2009, Vol. 37 Issue 4, p62
The author offers insights concerning her use of Wikis and Google Docs Web 2.0 applications at the Stargate Charter School library in Thornton, Colorado to bring groups in community together. She stresses the use of Wikis to reach alumni and disseminate committee information and of Google Docs...
- Social Networking Strategies for Professionals. Breeding, Marshal // Computers in Libraries;Oct2009, Vol. 29 Issue 9, p29
The author offers online social networking tips for library professionals. Social networking sites that may be used by these professionals include Facebook, LinkedIn, for career building, and the microblogging service, Twitter. He mentions how library professionals can use Twitter effectively....
- California Digital Library in twitter-Land. Starr, Joan // Computers in Libraries;Sep2010, Vol. 30 Issue 7, p23
The article discusses how the online social media tool Twitter is being used by the California Digital Library (CDL) to interact with clients and new members. CDL publishes the contents of its monthly newsletter "CDLInfo News" and other CDL programs on Twitter. CDL developed guidelines for its...
