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Social Media for Creative Libraries

Social Media for Creative Libraries PROG Book review 51,2 By Phil Bradley Facet Publishing London 256pp. £49.95 ($99.95) ISBN: 978-1-85604-713-5 (Paperback) Keywords Libraries, Innovation, Social media, Networking, Information centers, Management Review DOI 10.1108/PROG-03-2016-0033 Affected by digital revolution, globalization, and economic changes, the wide-ranging developments and advancements in the world of many fields including librarianship whether scientifically or professionally are undeniable. In the twenty-first century where competition, change, challenge, funding declines, and economic pressures have been surrounding various individual, organizational, and social aspects of human’s life, making the cosmos of information and knowledge via libraries, information centers, and other-related channels, a more accessible, welcoming, inspiring, surprising, empowering, and creative place seems to be much more difficult than before. One of the main preconditions of alleviating such a problem is innovative creative action. Undoubtedly, information organizations like libraries can play their roles more effectively as well as creatively provided that they crusade to bring about positive absorbing changes through a variety of services embracing new technologies with creative energy. Underscoring the huge effect of social media on the way that the world in general works and communicates, and indicating that “people are realizing that they have more power than ever before to create their own content, http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Program: electronic library and information systems Emerald Publishing

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PROG Book review 51,2 By Phil Bradley Facet Publishing London 256pp. £49.95 ($99.95) ISBN: 978-1-85604-713-5 (Paperback) Keywords Libraries, Innovation, Social media, Networking, Information centers, Management Review DOI 10.1108/PROG-03-2016-0033 Affected by digital revolution, globalization, and economic changes, the wide-ranging developments and advancements in the world of many fields including librarianship whether scientifically or professionally are undeniable. In the twenty-first century where competition, change, challenge, funding declines, and economic pressures have been surrounding various individual, organizational, and social aspects of human’s life, making the cosmos of information and knowledge via libraries, information centers, and other-related channels, a more accessible, welcoming, inspiring, surprising, empowering, and creative place seems to be much more difficult than before. One of the main preconditions of alleviating such a problem is innovative creative action. Undoubtedly, information organizations like libraries can play their roles more effectively as well as creatively provided that they crusade to bring about positive absorbing changes through a variety of services embracing new technologies with creative energy. Underscoring the huge effect of social media on the way that the world in general works and communicates, and indicating that “people are realizing that they have more power than ever before to create their own content,

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Published: Jul 4, 2017

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