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Monday, 23rd August 2010

Suffolk County, NY: Another Facebook Page Loaded with Library Tools and Resources

A few months ago we posted about the very robust Facebook page from the National Library of Singapore. You can take a look at our post that has been updated, review info about the trial Facebook app from Public Libraries Singapore, and try (it seems to work sometimes and not work others) to get an idea of what a non-personalized page looks like.

That's a long intro to another library that's a "power user" of Facebook. This time we're mentioning the Public Libraries of Suffolk County, New York that is also doing some very creative stuff with their Facebook page. It's a great example of putting the resources where people can find them.

The libraries market their digital resources (what some might call a virtual library) as Live-brary.com. Their web site looks great and does a nice job of promoting their electronic services.

In addition to the web site, you can also find Live-brary.com on Facebook providing additional info and direct links to library services.

They include:

+ A Search Box for the OPAC and Access to All of the Services on the Home Page (Click on the Facebook page and you're delivered to the primary web site). While the web site listing of resources is good we like the Facebook listing even more.

+ Access to the Facebook Wall (Of course)

+ The Live-brary.com Flickr Stream

+ Access to the Live-brary.com YouTube Channel

+ Subscribe to Two RSS Feeds

We hope to post more about Live-brary.com on Facebook very soon. Excellent job and kudos to everyone involved. We're looking forward to see what you'll do next. One thing we would love to see is more attention on the Facebook site to your virtual reference service. If people can ask questions to Facebook why can't they ask other questions to your virtual reference service.

Finally, we would love to hear about other libraries using Facebook, Twitter, etc. in the "power" mode. Perhaps we can turn the idea into a virtual show and tell. (-:

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