The Cybrarian’s Web 2: An A-Z Guide to Free Social Media Tools, Apps, and Other resources
| Date | 06 February 2017 |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1108/EL-05-2016-0122 |
| Pages | 211-212 |
| Published date | 06 February 2017 |
| Author | Raewyn Adams |
| Subject Matter | Information & knowledge management,Information & communications technology,Internet |
online template for collection disaster planning. It is still available at the time of
writing (www.dplan.org/). The fourth chapter also covers a topic often overlooked,
the primary importance of communication before, during and after a disaster has
hit. How easy it is to forget that most electronic communication will be severely
disrupted during a disaster, and that instead of relying on email (or even Facebook),
the library should have multiple channels of communication in place. If the reader
looks at no other chapter, this one is essential. The nal chapter in Part 1 discusses
future trends such as the use of cloud computing. The two case studies are, rst, the
seven lessons the University of Iowa took from the 2008 ood and, second, how
cultural institutions in New York and New Jersey responded to Hurricane Sandy.
The Iowa study is instructive because another ood in 2013 was contained very well
due to the responses planned after the initial disaster.
Philip Calvert
Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand
The Cybrarian’s Web 2: An A-Z Guide to Free Social Media Tools,
Apps, and Other resources
By Cheryl Ann Pelter-Davis
Information Today
Medford, NJ
2015
384 pp.
US$49.50 soft cover
ISBN 978-1-57387-512-7
Review DOI 10.1108/EL-05-2016-0122
My rst impressions of this book were very positive. It includes resources I know, many
that I don’t know, and most importantly for me, some that I have heard of and wanted to
know more about. The information provided is basic but does cover the essentials. It is
certainly an excellent starting point for ground level information about the resources
included.
Each section has a brief overview, a list of features and a note about how cybrarians
might nd the resource useful in their work. The overview is a description of the
resource and some background on its source, function and intended audience. The list of
features includes information on how to get started with the product followed by
bullet-point paragraphs to highlight some of the key aspects of particular features. The
suggestions for uses by cybrarians include ideas to use the potential of the product and,
in some cases, notes about actual use. I sometimes found this section a bit too narrow
and would have preferred to see more ideas here.
A few sections, such as the one on ebooks and mobile apps, are more generic with an
overview and features list that applies to the genre and an extra list being used to point
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