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Friday 3rd August


Article – 6 Facebook Pages Every Librarian Should Follow, Plus 17 Bonus Pages
Author – Bobbie Newman
Posted - November 29, 2010
Viewed on Friday 3rd August.

Bobbie Newman is an ALA councillor and has her fingers in a number of pies. She is very passionate about libraries and is a resource treasure trove. So when I came across an article that she had written which outlines Facebook pages that you should  follow, I looked into it further. Of course they are all American based but with knowledge in hand, I then went in search of similar pages that were Australian based.

I use Facebook nearly every day, but generally it was just to see what my kids were up to. What pages they were following, liking or commenting. And of course playing a couple of games.  I never thought about using Facebook for anything else. Now I look at it in a different light, since doing this course. Now when I log into Facebook, I now look to see what else is out there and what information I can gain. So not only adding her top six pages to my following list, I have added others as well. Bobbie’s top six were 1) American Library Association, 2) Webjuction 3) Your state and local library association, 4) Library Journal, 5) Library Renewal and 6) Learning Round Table of the American Library Association. Some of them make pretty interesting reading especially if they discussing where libraries are headed in the future.

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