Libraries & the Mega Internet Sites: A Survey of How Libraries Use and Relate to Google, Yahoo, Wikipedia, eBay, Amazon, Facebook, YouTube & Other Mega Internet Sites.

This report looks closely at how libraries are using mega internet sites such as Google, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, YouTube, Flickr, Tumblr, Yahoo!, eBay, Amazon, and many others. The report covers more than 60 major internet sites or services, and discusses their use in information literacy and their overall usefulness as tools for librarians. The report provides a map to how librarians are using major internet sites and services today.

This unique annotated bibliography is a complete, up-to-date guide to sources of information on library science, covering recent books, monographs, periodicals and websites, and selected works of historical importance. In addition to compiling an invaluable list of sources, Bemis digs deeper, examining the strengths and weaknesses of key works. A boon to researchers and practitioners alike, this bibliography Includes coverage of subjects as diverse and vital as the history of librarianship, its development as a profession, the ethics of information science, cataloging, reference work, and library architecture Encompasses encyclopedias, dictionaries, directories, photographic surveys, statistical publications, and numerous electronic sources, all categorized by subject Offers appendixes detailing leading professional organizations and publishers of library and information science literature This comprehensive bibliography of English-language resources on librarianship, the only one of its kind, will prove invaluable to scholars, students, and anyone working in the field.

This revised new edition of Teacher's Internet Companion builds on the pedagogically sound principles for classroom Internet use that teachers value so highly in the award-winning earlier editions.