This chapter discusses the meaning of community as defined by the philosopher Josiah Royce. It defines social media and looks briefly at the efforts of libraries, since the advent of social media, to develop new services for their users, to use social media to develop their local user communities, and to bring the world to their communities. It introduces the four libraries that are the focus of the book.
Key words
Josiah Royce
Provincialism
social media
traditional media
instant
messaging
local community
Library Journal Movers and Shakers
Open Cover Letters
social media campaigns
To bring the world to our local community, or to take our community to the world, is by no means a novel ...
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