2007•Journal of Hospital LibrarianshipRequires access

Social Software for Libraries and Librarians

Melissa L. Rethlefsen, Nicole C. Engard, Daphne Chang, Carol Haytko

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This paper describes social software and its potential and current use in libraries and by librarians. Technologies discussed are social bookmarking tools, social reference managers, social media applications, and collaboration tools such as wikis and group word processing as well as RSS, browser tool bars, and blogs.

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Key concepts: Bookmarking, RSS, World Wide Web, Social media, Social software, Key (lock), Computer science, Software