Reaching Out with Social Software

by Joy Weese Moll
Washington University Libraries

What is Social Software?

Online tools for connection, communication, and community

Wikis

• ALA 2006 New Orleans Wiki
• Library Success: A Best Practices Wiki
• St. Joseph County Public Library Subject Guides
• StaffWiki
• PracticePages

Blogs

• Blogging Libraries Wiki
• Ann Arbor District Library AXIS
• Washington University Libraries Blogs (Typepad)
• Wanderings of a Student Librarian (Blogger)
• Bloglines
• Bloglines for Librarians in Three (and a half) Easy Steps

Instant Messaging

• NCSU IM a Librarian
• WU Libraries Instant Messaging
• Meebo

Sharing sites

• delicious for bookmarks, Lansing Public Library User Tools
• flickr for photos, Lansing Public Library User Tools
• YouTube for videos
• LibraryThing for books

Online communities

• Facebook
• Wash U Students on LiveJournal
• Hennepin County on MySpace

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