Social Media

The Northfield Public Library has a great collection of instructional materials related to social media programs on the Internet.

 

We also offer over 8 Internet accessible computers available for public use.

 
A Concise Timeline of Social Media (so far)

Source:  Entrepreneur Magazine, May 2011

1.     June 1999 -      Napster is launched by Shawn Fanning and Sean Parker.  This free music file-sharing program is named        after Fanning’s haircut.  Napster shuts down due to a lawsuit for copyright infringement brought by the Recording Institute of America.

2.   January 2000 –  Savage Beast Technologies, a music genome project, is launched by Tim Westergren.  It becomes Pandora Radio in 2005.

3.   March 2002 –   Friendster, a social networking site is founded by Jonathan Abrams.  Abrams is a friend of Sean Parker.

4.   April 2003 –   Apple opens iTunes music stores. 

5.   August  2003 -   Myspace is launched by Chris deWolfe and Tom Anderson.  It gains popularity as unknown musical artists use the site as a free promotional tool.

         6.   February 2004 - Facebook is started by Mark Zuckerberg.

7.   July 2006 – Twitter is launched by Jack Dorsey

8. October 2010 - A new version of MySpace is launched.  The focus of the site is entertainment.

Books in the Northfield Library Catalog on Web 2.0 Social Media

     Content Rules:  How to Create Killer Blogs, Podcasts, Videos, eBooks, Webinars, and More That Engage Your Customers and Ignite Your Business by Ann Handley and C.C. Chapman.  Hoboken, NJ:  Wiley, c2011. Northfield Employment and Business 658.872 HA

     Facebook Advertising for Dummies by Paul Dunay, Richard Krueger, and Joel Elad.  Hoboken, NJ:  Wiley, c2011 Interlibrary loan

     Facebook for Grown-Ups by Michael Miller. Indianapolis, Ind. : Que Pub., c2011 Interlibrary loan 

         Facebook:  The Missing Manual by E.A. Vander Veer. Sebastopol, Calif: O'Reilly Media, c2008. Northfield 004.69 VE

          Guerilla Marketing for Job Hunters 3.0:  How to Stand Out from the Crowd and Tap Into the Hidden Job Market Using Social Media and 999 Other Tactics Today by Jay Conrad Levinson and David E. Perry.  Hoboken, NJ:  Wiley, 2011. Interlibrary loan

          How to Find a Job on Linkedin, Facebook, MySpace, Twitter and Other Social Networks by Brad and Debra Schepp.  New-York: McGraw-Hill, c2010 Northfield Employment and Business 338.707 SC

             New Rules for Today’s Workplace by Sheryl Lindsell-Roberts.  Boston,   MA:  Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, c2011 Northfield Employment and Business 650.0285 LI

      Sams Teach Yourself Facebook in Ten Minutes by Sherry Kinkoph Gunter.  Indianapolis, IN:  Sams Pub, c2011 Interlibrary loan

     Social Networking for Genealogists by Drew Smith.  Baltimore:  Genealogical Pub. Co., c2009 Northfield 929.1 SM 

     Twitter for Dummies  by Laura Fitton, Michael E. Gruen, and Leslie Poston ; foreword by Jack Dorsey.  Hoboken, NJ : Wiley Publishing, c2009. Northfield 006.754 FI

      Youtube for Dummies by Doug Sahlin and Chris Botello.  Hoboken, NJ: Wiley Pub., Inc., c2007. Northfield 004.6 SA

     Likeable Social Media: How to Delight Your Customers, Create an Irresistible Brand, and be Generally Amazing on Facebook (& Other Social Networks) by Dave Kerpen.New York:McGraw-Hill, c2011 Northfield Employment and Business 6589.8 KE