Google This!
eBook - ePub

Google This!

Putting Google and Other Social Media Sites to Work for Your Library

  1. 218 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Google This!

Putting Google and Other Social Media Sites to Work for Your Library

About this book

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 data - Describes the full process for creating a Google Custom Search engine - Written by an award winning author who has been an academic systems librarian for 20 years

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Table of contents

  1. Cover image
  2. Title page
  3. Table of Contents
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. List of figures
  7. Acknowledgements
  8. Foreword
  9. Preface
  10. About the author
  11. Chapter 1: What does the Internet have to do with my library?
  12. Chapter 2: Google Custom Search
  13. Chapter 3: Facebook and Twitter
  14. Chapter 4: Flickr: if it’s good enough for the Library of Congress it’s good enough for your library
  15. Chapter 5: iGoogle and other useful products
  16. Chapter 6: YouTube: much more than videos of cats playing piano
  17. Chapter 7: Google Scholar – just walked down the aisle with WorldCat
  18. Chapter 8: Blogger: get your message out where the patrons are
  19. Chapter 9: Google Maps and Google Earth
  20. Chapter 10: Electronic books
  21. Chapter 11: Discovery platforms
  22. Chapter 12: Mobile applications for libraries
  23. Chapter 13: Where is this all going?
  24. Bibliography
  25. Index