Libraries, the promotion of reading and social networks: converting friends into readers
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https://doi.org/10.3145/epi.2012.jul.12Keywords:
Book club, Reading club, Social networking, Reading promotion, Libraries, Social media, Online book clubs.Abstract
The article focuses on social networks and their impact on the development of book clubs as a service to the promotion of reading. The views of several authors are presented, based on a document analysis, and the presence of book clubs in the social network Facebook is examined, listing their characteristics and some examples of such groups. Some ideas are offered for procedures libraries can follow to configure this type of services.
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