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CSUF’s Pollak Library is on Facebook

July 15, 2009 by Colleen Leave a Comment

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One of the first projects I tackled after starting the Systems Librarian job at Pollak Library was giving the library a more visible presence on Facebook.

The library already had a fledgling Facebook Group in place when I came on board, but I’ve never been a big fan of Facebook Groups, particularly since the big redesign on Facebook Pages.  Groups use more of a “pull” rather than a “push” approach to disseminating information, whereas Pages use the opposite approach because of their ability to show up in Fan members’ Wall feed.

About six weeks ago, I completed the “soft launch” of Pollak Library’s Facebook Page, while still tinkering around with the features this past month and a half.  Today, after tackling a highly irksome problem with our Status feed (which I will blog about later, giving credit to another helpful librarian), I am quite happy to announce our “official” launch.

Pollak Library's Facebook Page

Pollak Library's Facebook Page.

I hope our new Facebook Page will be useful to Cal State Fullerton students, faculty, and staff… as well as to the Facebook community in general.

One of the features I like best about our Page is the embedded chat widget– powered by LibraryH3lp — that will connect you with a Pollak Library reference librarian whenever you need research assistance.

Access our librarian chat widget from the left sidebar on our Wall.

Access our librarian chat widget from the left sidebar on our Wall.

Other nifty little features — powered by Involver — include:

  • The latest feeds from our library blog (see the News tab).
  • Our latest library Tweets (see the Twitter tab).
  • Our YouTube videos, embedded  into the page for easy viewing (see the YouTube tab).

We don’t have a vanity URL for our Page yet — we’re not eligible until we have at least 100 Fans.  So please become a Fan!.

If you’re thinking about, or struggling with, setting up a Facebook Page for your organization, I highly recommend that you view the excellent video tutorial by David Lee King.

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