Social Media

January 11, 2026

Discovery Game for Libraries Kickstarted by Booklamp.org

By Matt Enis on November 6, 2012

The developers behind the Book Genome Project and Booklamp.org have launched a Kickstarter campaign for “The Game of Books,” a new digital card and role-playing game designed to reward young adults for reading. Funding raised by the campaign would be used to design, produce, and distribute 4,000 Game of Books starter kits to U.S. libraries. Founded in 2003, the Book Genome Project works with publishers to solve challenges in book discovery by using computer analysis of the language, theme, and characters in books.

Filed Under: Discovery, Featured, Social Media Tagged With: Book Genome Project, Booklamp.org, LJ, SLJ, video games

EDUCAUSE, Internet2 Expand Etextbook Pilot

By Matt Enis on September 4, 2012

EDUCAUSE and Internet2 are implementing a series of etextbook pilots, the latest of which just launched for the fall 2012 term at more than two dozen U.S. universities. Along with the nonprofit that aims to advance higher ed through information technology and the massive not-for-profit advanced networking consortium, the pilot is conducted in partnership with McGraw Hill Education and digital textbook distributor Courseload.

Filed Under: Acquisition and Fulfillment, Digital Libraries, Ebooks, Publishing, Social Media Tagged With: Academic Symposium, Baylor, Blackboard, Courseload, EDUCAUSE, etextbooks, Internet2, LJ, McGraw Hill Education, Monica Metz-Wiseman, Pattie Orr, University of South Florida

Now with Apps, Curation Board Learnist May One-up Pinterest for Education

By Kathy Ishizuka on August 30, 2012

Learnist, a new curation tool that’s been gaining traction among educators, including librarians, has expanded its social learning platform to mobile, with apps for the iPhone and iPad released today.

Filed Under: Featured, K-12, Social Media Tagged With: curation, Grockit, Learnist, Linda Braun, Pinterest, SLJ

Tumblrarian 101: Tumblr for Libraries and Librarians

By Kate Tkacik on August 27, 2012

For libraries, Tumblr is a free marketing tool—and depending on how much effort you want to put into crafting code or purchasing a theme, your Tumblr blog can look as professional as a your library’s website.

There are some specific steps you can take to attract an engaged readership (i.e. followers). It can be a slow first few months as you accumulate an audience and discover where you fit into the community, but the investment is worth it. Here’s a few guidelines to consider.

Filed Under: Backtalk, Featured, Media, Social Media Tagged With: gifs, lists, LJ, Social Media, Tumblr

University of Pittsburgh First Adopter of Plum Analytics for Research Output

By Matt Enis on June 19, 2012

Plum Analytics—the altmetrics startup that aims to assess the real-time impact of academic research using sources ranging from Twitter, social networks, and presentation sharing sites to code source repositories and grant funding data—has announced that the University of Pittsburgh Library System (ULS) has become the first to use the company as a provider of aggregated open metrics for the university’s research output.

Filed Under: Information Technology, Publishing, Research, Social Media Tagged With: Academic Libraries, altmetrics, LJ, Plum Analytics, University of Pittsburgh

Two Architects of Library Discovery Tools Launch an Altmetrics Venture

By Michael Kelley on May 31, 2012

Two prominent veterans of the library vendor world recently launched a startup company which aims to capitalize on the rapidly flowering field of altmetrics.

Filed Under: ALA Conferences and Meetings, Discovery, Information Technology, Publishing, Social Media Tagged With: altmetrics, LJ, PLoS, Plum Analytics, Total-Impact

Search the Shift

Recent & Popular

Advertisement

Job Zone

On Twitter

On Facebook

About the Shift