Google This! - 9781843346777

Google This!Putting Google and Other Social Media Sites to Work for Your Library\nAuthor(s): Terry Ballard\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Woodhead Publishing Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Chandos Publishing (Oxford) Ltd\nISBN-13: 9781843346777, 978-1843346777\nSynopsis\nMany 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 institutions 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?