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Connect with your patrons in the digital world
This document discusses how libraries can use various social networking tools for outreach purposes. It describes several social media platforms like blogs, wikis, Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, YouTube, and Delicious that libraries can use to inform, connect with and share information with patrons. The document encourages libraries to engage users on these platforms in order to market services and resources, and promote the library in the digital world where many users spend time online.
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- 1. Connect with YourPatrons in the Digital World Using Social Networking Tools as Outreach Bobbi L. Newman [email_address] http://librarianbyday.net
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