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August 31, 2007, 02:52 PM ET

Librarians Find New Uses for Facebook

Facebook applications have been all the rage since the social network started letting people add accouterments to their profiles this summer. But librarians have expressed concerns that they’re being prevented from designing their own scholarly applications for the site.

Still, there are plenty of Facebook add-ons that librarians might find helpful, and iLibrarian is selecting its top 10 of the genre. In the first post of a three-part series, the blog profiles Facebook apps like Librarian — a tool, designed by a library student, that lets users vote on the value of reference resources. —Brock Read

Categories: Libraries

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