This past summer, I started a hot team (PDF link) along with Emily Rimland and Binky Lush from The University Libraries, and Yvonne Clark and Chris Stubbs of ETS to look at facebook apps. As part of the exploration of the facebook platform, Stubbs whipped up a small app for the libraries. This past friday we took the lid off the app and opened it up. I know the app is being promoted at the Library Open house that is going on today and tomorrow.
If you have a facebook account, you can add the Penn State University Libraries Search.
This is really just the very first step of can be done with facebook apps. There are opportunities here to build online social spaces while leveraging the existing social networks students, faculty, and staff have created in facebook. The hot team white paper on facebook applications is almost ready to be released. It will contain several case studies for further development of facebook apps. I'll be sure to post it here once it is ready.
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