Checking out facebook.com: The impact of a digital trend on academic libraries

Information Technology and Libraries

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 23-34

  Charnigo, Laurie ^a   Barnett Ellis, Paula ^a  

^a JACKSONVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 34249333486     PISSN: 07309295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6017/ital.v26i1.3286     Document Type: Review

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7. Facebook us! If you are a registered member of Facebook, do a global search for "Laurie Charnigo" or "Paula Barnett-Ellis."
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27. Ibid.
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31. The authors created the "Librarians and Facebook" group on Facebook to discuss issues concerning Facebook and librarianship, such as censorship issues, policies, and ideas for connecting with students through Facebook. This is a global group. If you have a Facebook account, we invite you to do a search for "Librarians and Facebook" and join our group.
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41. View the "Houston Cole Library Users Want Answers!" group by doing a search for the group title on Facebook.
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