information technology

A guide for libraries and librarians that discusses popular social software technologies--blogs, RSS, wikis, social networking, screencasting, photo-sharing, podcasting, instant messaging, gaming, and more--and provides examples and interviews to explain the impact of each technology.

Examines advances in technology since 2005 for library professionals, providing non-technical explanations of Web services, digital data preservation and curation, cloud computing, learning management systems, data visualization, and other topics.