Last weekend I was at a party with lots of other librarians (yes, librarians do party!) and I got to talking to East Renfrewshire’s former Head of Libraries Liz McGettigan about the power of public libraries, as you do!
Liz brought to my attention a recent report published by the Urban Libraries Council in America – [...]
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Public libraries build social capital in Chicago…
Posted in Evaluations, Social Value, public libraries, tagged chicago, communities, public libraries, social capital, urban libraries council on May 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Sharing more of ourselves online…
Posted in web 2.0, tagged Blogging, communities, social networking on April 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This piece on ReadWriteWeb caught my eye this morning. It discusses the results of research carried out by Universal McCann to investigate the impact of social media.
Looks like more and more of us are putting ourselves out there; blogging, networking, uploading, contributing…
One of the most interesting revelations is that China boasts the biggest blogging [...]
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