[Sig-bwp] LibGuides Library: A New Facebook Application

[Gerry Mckiernan]

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New Facebook Pages Application - LibGuides Library As many are aware, Facebook recently announced Facebook Pages
that allows libraries and other organizations to create a corporate Facebook profile

[ http://www.facebook.com/business/?pages ]

Springshare [ http://www.springshare.com/], the makers of LibGuides [http://www.springshare.com/libguides/index.html], recently announced the development of a new Facebook App for Facebook Pages called LibGuides Library.

Once added to a library's Facebook Page, the LibGuides Library App provides a link to the library's LibGuides system and also invites users to Add The App to their individual profiles. As an added bonus, visitors to a library's FB Page are able to search the local library OPAC.

[ http://support.springshare.com/?p=41]

For A Screenshot and a Link to the LibGuides Library App Visit

[ http://onlinesocialnetworks.blogspot.com/2007/12/libguides-library-new-facebook.html ]

Happy Monday!

/Gerry

Gerry McKiernan
Associate Professor
Science and Technology Librarian
Iowa State University Library
Ames IA 50011

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