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City: Barre, VT
Telephone:
1-802-485-2168
FAX: 1-802-485-2173
Teaching & Professional Interests
- Distance Education in LIS
- Electronic Reference Services
- Human-Computer Interaction
- Social / Community Informatics
- Social software and online communities
Research Interests
- Administration and Management
- Community Information Centers
- Computer / Information Networks
- Continuing Education in LIS
- Distance Education in LIS
- Electronic Reference Services
- Evaluation of Service
- Human-Computer Interaction
- Information Architecture
- Information Literacy and Instruction
- Information Technology Management
- Organization of Information
- Reference and Information Services
- Social / Community Informatics
- Strategic Planning / Marketing / Lobbying
- Users and Uses of Information Systems
- Social software and online communities
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Meredith Gorran Farkas
Lecturer
Meredith G. Farkas is the Distance Learning Librarian at Norwich University in Northfield, VT. She is the author of the book Social Software in Libraries: Building Collaboration, Communication and Community Online (Information Today, 2007) and writes the monthly column "Technology in Practice" for American Libraries. Meredith also is the author of the blog Information Wants to Be Free (meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress) and is the creator of Library Success: A Best Practices Wiki (www.libsuccess.org) as well as a number of national conference wikis.
Meredith is a passionate advocate for affordable online continuing education for librarians and developed the free online course, Five Weeks to a Social Library (www.sociallibraries.com/course/), to teach librarians about social software. In March 2006, she was named a Mover and Shaker by Library Journal for her innovative use of technology to benefit the profession.
Courses Taught
Education
- MLIS, Florida State University (2004)
- MSW, Florida State University (2001)
- BA, History, Wesleyan University (1999)
Academic & Professional Experience
- Distance Learning Librarian, Norwich University, Northfield, VT (2005-)
- Library Assistant, Boca Raton Public Library, Boca Raton, FL (2003-2004)
- Family Therapist, Catholic Charities, West Palm Beach, FL (2002-2003)
- School-Based Therapist, South County Mental Health, Delray Beach, FL (2001-2002)
Selected Publications (last five years only)
- Farkas, M. G. (2007). Social Software in Libraries: Building Collaboration, Communication and Community Online. Medford, NJ: Information Today.
- Farkas, M. G. Technology in Practice. American Libraries. (Monthly column written from February 2007 to present)
- Farkas, M. G. (2007, January). Balancing the Online Life. American Libraries. 38(1), 42.
- Farkas, M. G. (2006, June/July). A Glimpse at the Future of Online Conferences. American Libraries. 37(6), 28.
- Farkas, M. G. (2005, September). Using Wikis to Create Online Communities. WebJunction. Accessible at http://webjunction.org/do/DisplayContent?id=11264
- Farkas, M. G. (2005, September). So You Want to Build a Wiki? WebJunction. Accessible at http://webjunction.org/do/DisplayContent?id=11262
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