[Web4lib] (Facebook) Librarian App: Books, Scholarly Resources, Facts+Stuff, Ask A Librarian ... Oh! My ..

[Gerry Mckiernan]

***APOLOGIES FOR RECEIPT OF DUPLICATE POSTINGS***

Friends/

Brad Czerniak, a LIS Student @ Wayne State University has made
available a Most-Impressive-Facebook-App named (Facebook) Librarian.

(Facebook) Librarian [provides] * users [with] a number of universal,
moderated, user-influenced links for finding common [information]
resources

This Magical-App includes Four Major Categories

***BOOKS
***SCHOLARLY SOURCES
***FACTS+STUFF
***ASK A LIBRARIAN

BOOKS
Provides access to Open Worldcat, Google Book Search, the Library of
Congress OPAC, Amazon, and the Internet Archive

SCHOLARLY SOURCES
Provides access to Open WorldCat, Google Scholar, ERIC, Directory of
Open Access Journals (DOAJ), and the Citation Machine, a
citation-generation Web site.

FACTS+STUFF
Provides access to Wikipedia, Google, SmartPages (YellowPages.com),
USA.gov, and Bartleby, the source for *literature, reference, and
verse.*

ASK A LIBRARIAN
Provides a link to a Facebook Message option as well as an App for the
University of Michigan Library that offers access to a digital reference
link [SomeTimes] as well as options for searching the Mirlyn, a *Find
Databases* function and *Find e-Journals*, and the Library*s
Website.

(Facebook) Librarian also provides links to three Step Up To The Desk
options, including volunteer service for an ad hoc digital reference
service for networkless Facebook folk ['Hey! I'm a Librarian! What can I
do?']

Thanks!!! Brad!!!

Wow ! DOUBLE WOw !! and TRIPLE WOW !!!

Thanks TWO Angela Kille (Michigan State) Also for noting it on the
Digital Reference in Facebook Group Wall !!!

BTW: If You Have Not Joined The Digital Reference in Facebook Group,
Please Consider ...

[ http://iastate.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2406828163 ]

BTW-2: And Don't Forget the FacebookAppsForLibraries Group as well ...

[ http://iastate.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2469777131 ]

BTW-3: A Bit Flaky At-This-Time, Soooooo .... Be Patient

For The Links To The (Facebook)Librarian App Stop ByThe Friends Posting
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]

/Gerry

Gerry McKiernan
Associate Professor
Science and Technology Librarian
Iowa State University Library
Ames IA 50011

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