LIS 757: Social Software and Libraries

The University of Western Ontario’s Master of Library and Information Science Program is currently offering the distance elective course LIS 757: Social Software and Libraries. Instructed by Amanda Etches-Johnson, it explores the role of various social software applications (blogs, wikis, tags, RSS) in libraries and other information services organizations. The course blog is a great resource for anyone interested in social software. Specifically, the course readings and student group presentations not only discuss how to create and maintain social software tools, but they also outline how to critically evaluate each tool’s usefulness in responding to an organization’s information needs.