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Libraries on Facebook and Flickr

thelibrarygeek February 25, 2009 Library 0

Information professionals have long recognized the value of implementing web 2.0 technologies to reach out to their constituencies and we have seen in the past few weeks examples of how blogs are used by libraries to disseminate information about their …

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Comparing Facebook with SLISLife

thelibrarygeek February 25, 2009 Library 0

In this post, I compared Facebook with the SJSU-sponsored SLISLife and also touched on what are the benefits of subscribing to a social network that caters to a particular group, read on. Signing up for an account for SLISLife is …

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Playing with Facebook

thelibrarygeek February 25, 2009 Library 0

This week our LIBR 246 class’ activities focused on social networking and online communities. The class was able to sample different types of online communities, from those that cater to the public to one that is exclusive to a particular …

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Postscript on wikis

thelibrarygeek February 22, 2009 Library 2

When I checked on the Wikipedia article I edited and discussed in last week’s post, I was surprised that the additions I made were edited out. Although, the picture I posted was retained, it was given a new caption. I …

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Wiki, wiki, wiki! (Part 2)

thelibrarygeek February 17, 2009 Library 0

Part 2 of 2 continued from Part 1 Creating a wiki on PBWiki PBWiki is a commercial wiki application and hosting service. Signing up for a personal account is free and gets you 2 GB of storage with the paid …

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