Library Services Available Through Facebook
Jul 26th, 2007
We are pleased to announce the University of Alberta Libraries Facebook application. This new application allows access to our library catalogue, Ask Us Services, RefWorks and Get It Citation linker from within the Facebook platform.
Facebook is the popular social networking web site used by nearly 30,000 members of the University of Alberta community.
Our application is part of the larger facebook directory of approved applications. Facebook members can add the application by clicking on the following link:
http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=2487455994
You can also find it by searching “U of A Libraries” in Facebook’s search box.
A catalogue in your face…
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Thanks very much for your feedback on the University of Alberta Libraries’ Facebook page. We have now made some of your suggested changes:
- notice of our 24-hour access over the exam period
- fixed a small glitch so we can now add our FB application to our page
We’ll look at your other suggestions as well. We appreciate the feedback!
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