Hottest Facebook Groups for Librarians

There are thousands of interest groups within Facebook’s social nexus, each with a discussion board, area for posting recent news, photos, videos, and bookmarks, as well as a group wall on which members can leave passing comments. And within that collection of groups, several hundred are relevant to the LIS field. Here are some of the most popular groups of interest to librarians. If you have a favorite group, please post about it in the comments!

Librarian Groups

Library 2.0 Interest Group – A place to connect with librarians, MLS students, LIS faculty, patrons, and anyone else interested in Library 2.0 concepts and services. 2,577 members

Librarians and Facebook – Discussion of how librarians are using Facebook to communicate with students, censorship issues, privacy issues, etc. 2,469 members

Libraries and Librarians – For libraries, librarians and fans of both. 1,490 members

NextGen Librarians – Social networking for for young, young-at-heart, and forward thinking libraryfolk. 1,312 members

FacebookAppsForLibraries – FacebookAppsForLibraries is a Global Group devoted to the use of third-party Facebook applications for enhanced library services. 1,161 members

Don’t Mess With Me, I Worked in a Public Library – This group is for anyone who has worked in a public library and has all the crazy tales to show for it! 587 members

Digital Reference in Facebook – Digital Reference in Facebook is an umbrella group devoted to digital reference services that offer a companion Facebook site. It also serves as a forum for individuals with an interest in any and all types of digital reference services. 531 members

Future Librarians and Those Who Love Them! – This group is for people in the process of getting their MLS (Master’s in Library Sciences) or related degrees and people interested in getting their MLS or related degrees and those who love and support these Future Librarians! 521 members

Library Workers are the Best – Everyone who has worked in a library in any capacity always says it’s the best job they ever had. Some naysayers may mock our chosen occupation, but they’re secretly just jealous that they don’t have the power to rule the world! 491 members

Uncontrolled Vocabulary – For listeners of, and participants in, the Uncontrolled Vocabulary audio program, a weekly live discussion of news, trends and topics in librarianship. 179 Members

Second Life Librarians – For librarians working in Second life. 89 members

Librarians Who Twitter – Those of us in Libraryland who Twitter. 26 members

Library Associations

American Library Association Members – 1,389 members
Special Libraries Association (SLA) Members on Facebook – 448 members
ARL Librarians – 239 members
LITA members on facebook – 161 members
NMRT – NMRT facebook group. 126 members

Conferences & Events

FacebookLibrarians@ ALA – 212 members
IFLA World Library & Information Congress 2008 – 176 members
Computers in Libraries 2008 – 115 members
Internet Librarian 2007 – 85 members

Web Applications

LibraryThing.com Users – 478 members
LibGuides – 137 members

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