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Contents Figures Acknowledgments About the Web Site Foreword Introduction Chapter 1 What Is Social Software? Characteristics of Social Software Why Should Librarians Care about Social Software? Chapter 2 Blogs What Is a Blog? History of the Blog Creating a Blog: Practical Considerations Chapter 3 Blogs in Libraries: Practical Applications How Libraries Can Use Blogs with Their Patrons How Librarians Can Use Blogs Chapter 4 RSS What Is RSS? Librarians as RSS Publishers Librarians as RSS Middlemen Librarians as RSS Consumers Chapter 5 Wikis What Is a Wiki? Why Choose Wiki? Why Not? How Libraries Can Use Wikis with Their Patrons How Librarians Can Use Wikis Implementing a Wiki: Practical Considerations Chapter 6 Online Communities What Is an Online Community? Types of Online Communities The Role of Libraries in this Landscape of Connection Making Connections Online Chapter 7 Social Networking What Is an Online Social Network? Types of Social Networking Sites Capitalizing on Social Networking in Libraries Chapter 8 Social Bookmarking and Collaborative Filtering Reputation and Recommendation Systems Social Bookmarking Tagging Social Bookmarking and Collaborative Filtering in Libraries Social Bookmarking to Help Librarians Keep Up Chapter 9 Tools for Synchronous Online Reference Commercial Virtual Reference Software Instant Messaging (IM) Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) Chapter 10 The Mobile Revolution Making the Web Accessible to Handheld Users Education and Support for Handheld Users Staff Uses Communicating with Patrons via SMS Chapter 11 Podcasts What Is a Podcast? How Libraries Can Use Podcasting Podcasting in Education Podcasting: Practical Considerations Finding Podcasts: Practical Considerations Chapter 12 Screencasting and Vodcasting Screencasting Vodcasting Chapter 13 Gaming Gaming: What¿s It All About? How Libraries Can Use Gaming Collection Development and Readers¿ Advisory: Turning Gamers into Readers Chapter 14 What Will Work @ Your Library Know Your Population Different Libraries, Different Needs Selling Social Software to Your Staff Selling Social Software to Your Patrons Chapter 15 Keeping Up: A Primer Lesson 1: Keep Up with the Professional Literature Lesson 2: Keep Up with Blogs Lesson 3: Keep Up with Other Librarians in Online Communities Lesson 4: Keep Up with Webcasts and Podcasts Lesson 5: Keep Up with Conferences and Continuing Education Lesson 6: Keep Up by Playing with Technology Lesson 7: Keep Up While Keeping Sane Chapter 16 Future Trends in Social Software Beyond the Hype: How We Will Integrate Social Software into Our Daily Lives Service Oriented Architecture and Web Services Power to the People: Peer-to-Peer and Distributed Computing Speeding Up the Net: Broadband Penetration and Internet2 Online Collaboration Goes Mainstream Issues with Online Content Lessons Appendix: Referenced Web Sites About the Author Index
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication:
Libraries and the Internet.
Telecommunication in libraries.
Libraries and community.
Libraries -- Information technology.
Electronic reference services (Libraries).
Online social networks.
Blogs.
RSS feeds.
Wikis (Computer science).
Podcasting.