Google This! - Putting Google and Other Social Media Sites to Work for Your Library (Paperback, New)

Many libraries and museums have adapted to the current information climate, working with Google, Facebook, Twitter and iTunes to deliver information for their users. Many have not. Google This describes the variety of free or nearly free options for social media, and shows how libraries are adapting, from the Library of Congress to small public libraries. The author presents conversations with social media innovators to show how their experience can create success for your institution s library. Chapters cover important aspects of social media for libraries including: how they relate to the internet; web services such as Google Custom Search, Facebook and Twitter, Flickr, iGoogle, and more; electronic books; discovery platforms; and mobile applications. The book ends by asking: Where is this all going?
Provides step-by-step instructions for creating iGoogle gadgets in XML, iGoogle themes, Google Maps with community locations, and Google Earth links to archived library dataDescribes the full process for creating a Google Custom Search engineWritten by an award winning author who has been an academic systems librarian for 20 years"

General

Imprint:	Chandos Publishing (Oxford) Ltd
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Chandos Information Professional Series
Release date:	May 2012
First published:	2012
Authors:	Terry Ballard
Dimensions:	233 x 158 x 13mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	218
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-1-84334-677-7
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Library & information sciences > Library, archive & information management Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Library & information sciences > Library & information services Promotions
LSN:	1-84334-677-X
Barcode:	9781843346777

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