Wednesday, December 4, 2013

Using Social Media in Libraries: Best Practices

Harmon, Charles and Michael Messina (eds.) Using Social Media in Libraries: Best Practices. Scarecrow Press, 2013. ISBN: 978-0-8108-8754-1

Description
Successful strategies for deploying meaningful social media library activities are covered in this book. The case studies provide practical advice from a range of library types.

Table of Contents
  • The Library in the Social Network: Twitter at the Vancouver Public Library by Kay Cahill, Vancouver Public Library, Vancouver, Canada
  • Beyond the Teen Space: Reaching Teens through Social Media by Laura Horn, Farmington Public Libraries, Farmington, Connecticut
  • Blogging for Readers by Robin Hastings, Missouri River Regional Library, Jefferson City, Missouri
  • Successful Blogging Strategy & Design by Jason Paul Michel, Miami University Libraries, Oxford, Ohio
  •  Navigating the Virtual Horizon: Finding Our Way Using Social Media in Hospital Libraries by Yongtao Lin and Kathryn M.E. Ranjit, Tom Baker Cancer Knowledge Centre, University of Calgary Libraries, Calgary, Canada
  • Visualizing Information with Pinterest by Cynthia Dudenhoffer, Smiley Library, Central Methodist University, Fayette, Missouri
  • The United Nations Library is Seriously Social by Angelinah C. Boniface, Dag Hammarskjöld Library, The United Nations, New York
  • Social Catalogs: Implementing an Online Social Community as an Extension to Our Physical Libraries by Laurel Tarulli, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia