Social Software in Libraries

"This book is a great guide to social software in libraries. It's part social software history and part implementation guide. This book is bound to give you great ideas about creating digital spaces!"

- David Lee King, Digital Branch & Services Manager at Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library, and blogger at davidleeking.com

"Social Software in Libraries has something for every librarian who wants to use or implement any sort of social software in the library."

- Jessamyn West, Editor, librarian.net

Yes, another update on Social Software in Libraries

I’m at the airport right now heading off to the second part of my 2-week vacation. However, I’ve gotten a bunch of panicked e-mails from people who have ordered their books through Amazon and received an e-mail that the book is not available and that their order has been cancelled. I just wanted to say that I’m sorry for the inconvenience. I’d asked the folks at Information Today Books to let Amazon know about the delay, but they assured me that it wasn’t necessary and wouldn’t be a problem. Well, clearly that was not the case and I have to admit that I’m more than just a little annoyed about this since it certainly could hurt my sales. Please be assured that it WILL be available through Amazon.com in the very near future (probably a week or two) though you will be able to get it more quickly through Information Today as they will be receiving the book from the printers directly. Again, I’m sorry for any inconvenience this caused for anyone out there.

Now back to my vacation. New Mexico is fabulous, btw.

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About the Author

Meredith G. Farkas is the Head of Instructional Initiatives at Norwich University in Northfield, VT. She is also an adjunct faculty member at San Jose State University's School of Library and Information Science, teaching courses on social software and Web 2.0 technologies. Meredith is the author of the monthly column "Technology in Practice" for American Libraries. She also is the author of the popular blog Information Wants to Be Free. Meredith is the creator and manager of Library Success: A Best Practices Wiki and has created a number of well-known national conference wikis (ALA 2005 and 2006, Internet Librarian 2006-2008, etc.). She has presented internationally on topics such as social technologies, managing library technology projects, encouraging innovation organizationally, and LIS education. In 2006, she was named a Mover and Shaker by Library Journal for innovative uses of technology to benefit the profession and in 2009 was honored with the LITA/Library Hi Tech award for Outstanding Communication in Library and Information Technology. Prior to entering the library field, Meredith worked as a child and family therapist in Florida. She holds a BA from Wesleyan University in Connecticut and an MSW and MLIS from Florida State University. She lives in Central Vermont with her husband, Adam and son, Reed.

"This book is a great guide to social software in libraries. It's part social software history and part implementation guide. This book is bound to give you great ideas about creating digital spaces!"