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Friday, October 28th, 2011
Kristin Fontichiaro and Buffy Hamilton have edited a free e-book titled
School Libraries: What’s Now, What’s Next, What’s Yet to Come. This wonderful contribution to the field consists of a crowdsourced collection of over 100 essays from around the world about trends in school libraries written by librarians, teachers, publishers, and library vendors. It includes a foreword by R. David Lankes and photographs by Diane Cordell.
Friday, June 17th, 2011
Richard Spiegel at the Social Media Examiner talks about 3 Ways to Benefit From Social Media Crowdsourcing.
“Today, brands big and small are homing in on the tactic of crowdsourcing, defined as the act of outsourcing tasks traditionally performed by an employee or contractor to an undefined, large group of people or community (a “crowd”), through an open call. Hidden within this utilitarian definition are powerful cultural drivers that can be catalyzed to achieve powerful social engagement and activation.”
Here are his recommendations:
Tuesday, June 7th, 2011
