Using social media in libraries : best practices / edited by Charles Harmon, Michael Messina.

Other author Harmon, Charles, 1960- editor.
Other author Messina, Michael, editor.
Format Book
PublicationLanham : The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 2013.
Descriptionxii, 102 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Subjects
Online social networks--Library applications.
Social media.
Libraries and community.

Contents Blogging for readers / Robin Hastings -- The United Nations Library is seriously social / Angelinah C. Boniface -- Visualizing information with Pinterest / Cynthia Dudenhoffer -- Navigating the virtual horizon : finding our way using social media in hospital libraries / Yongtao Lin and Kathryn M.E. Ranjit -- Beyond the teen space : reaching teens through social media / Laura A. Horn -- The library in the social network : Twitter at the Vancouver Public Library / Kay Cahill -- Successful blogging strategy and design / Jason Paul Michel -- Social catalogs implementing an online social community as an extension to our physical libraries / Laurel Tarulli.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2012044728
ISBN9780810887541 (pbk.)
ISBN0810887541 (pbk.)