Microblogging and Lifestreaming in Libraries

Microblogs are brief, textlike communications posted through such services as Twitter, while Lifestreaming applications are similar to RSS aggregators except that they monitor a variety of social media instead. Products such as Friendfeed or Tumblr, also known as "Social Aggregators," allow users to manage their Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Delicious, or flickr activity from one convenient interface. Examples include sending patron notifications via social media and creating a single repository to house all of the library's blogs, feeds, photos, and videos. Anyone interested in marshaling the art of monitoring or moderating simultaneous social networking sites will benefit from this book, but its real value lies in describing how libraries can specifically leverage these tools to organize and enhance services.