Libraries get social--social media that is

• Published in: MultiMedia & Internet@Schools Vol. 17; no. 6; pp. 8 - 12
• Main Author: Rivero, Victor
• Format: Journal Article Book Review
• Language: English
• Published: mEDFORD Information Today, Inc 01-11-2010
• Subjects: Bullying; Collaboration; College students; Colleges & universities; Community Relations; Digital libraries; Educational Technology; Elementary Secondary Education; Individualized Instruction; Learning; Librarians; Library Administration; Library Automation; Library collections; Library Networks; Library Personnel; Media Specialists; Middle Schools; School libraries; Social Media; Social networks; Social research; Students; Teacher Collaboration; User services; Weblogs
• ISSN: 1546-4636; 2156-843X; 2169-0413

The social media revolution - reflected in all manner of shiny iPhone apps, blogs, Nings, Facebook pages, and other social networking tools, sites, and platforms - is real, and it's running like a loud line of students straight through the stacks, into the common areas, taking a sharp turn, and heading right on up to the teacher librarian/media specialist's desk. Providing better access to online resources, the tool enhances a school library's current collection, tracks book inventories in real time, and bridges the library media specialist's projects with those of the classroom teacher. TLC's library automation solutions allow for book clubs, discussion groups, shared interests, and web participation through tagging, list sharing, and user reviews, as well as RSS result feeds, RSS indexing, predictive results that complete typed searches, item mapping to help users find where in the library their resources are located, and a "book river" that showcases your collection with book jacket images that "flow" by.