About these pages

This page provides a link into some social networking tools and their application, particularly in libraries. Other tabs lead to a page on Web 2.0 in general and to pages on specific social networking tools. These pages were created by Sheila Webber, s.webber@sheffield.ac.uk for a workshop in July 2008 and updated on 10 September 2008, July 2009 (the Virtual Worlds section) , 2 November 2009 (several sections, with some more general Web 2.0 material added), 10 November 2010 (Web 2.0 and "My stuff" sections), 24 October 2011 (most sections)

About this application

There are various similar services to the one used for this site (Netvibes). Two  Google applications are linked below: iGoogle is most similar in concept and Google Sites is more wiki-like.

Google Sites

iGoogle

Twitter Search: '#socialnetworking'

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Social networking in general

There are loads of pages, articles etc about social networking tools and even about libraries' use of social networking tools. I am not going to try to reacreate a long list here. Here are a few articles, blogs etc.

Technotheory.com - Getting Started with Social Media - A Guide and Resource List

http://www.technotheory.com/how-to-use-social-media-guide/

Technotheory.com - Getting Started with Social Media - A Guide and Resource List

Social Networking guru

danah boyd (that's how she writes her name) is a key figure in social networking research

danah boyd

http://www.danah.org/

Her home page

Sheffield, United Kingdom

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Books

This is a fast moving area, which is why most of this material consists of web links. A couple of books are:
- Bradley, P. (2007) How to Use Web 2.0 in Your Library. Facet. ISBN-13 978-1856046077
- Farkas, M. (2007) Social Software in Libraries: Building Collaboration, Communication, and Community Online. Information Today. ISBN-13 978-1573872751
- Godwin, P. and Parker, J. (Eds) (2007) Information Literacy Meets Library 2.0 Facet. ISBN-13: 978-1856046374
- Kroski, E. (2008) Web 2.0 for Librarians and Information Professionals. Neal Schuman. ISBN-13 978-1555706142

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