Social Networking in Libraries

Sharing your library’s content can be a great way to promote your library as well as to generate publicity for your library. Here are the top 10 places where you can share your content.
1. Facebook fan page.
2. A Blog
3. Your Library Web site
4. Other library’s blogs.
5. Del.icio.us
6. Flickr
7. Youtube
8. Slide Share
9. Twitter
10. Stumble Upon

Have you ever used library elf? I recently discovered this online system via my local public library. How it works is this:
1. you create an account with a participating library
2. you manage your checkouts, overdues and holds online via email and RSS.
Although I have not used it, I have to say that it looks really [...]

I have finally decided to take this blog to the next level by offering a social networking in libraries forum. You will see the link in the menu above. There’s not much there yet, since it is brand new, but I would love to see it grow and become the go to place online for [...]

Does your library have a social media policy and do you need one? Some things to consider as far as a library social media policy include:
1. If we have a library wiki who can post and contribute?
2. Are we using facebook and if so, who are the admins of our page and can our patrons [...]

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Does your library have technology ebooks? If so, do your patrons use them. My library just recently acquired the Safari Technology Collection. and I have to say that I am quite impressed. They have most of the dummies series, the missing manual series, the hacks series and hundreds of other ebooks on business, computers [...]

Are you using your social networking skills to make money? I know that this may seem a bit off topic for this blog but the reality is that as librarians we are nearly all suffering. There are hiring freezes everywhere. Many of us don’t have jobs or we are underemployed and library school is expensive [...]