FourSquare: The next big thing (?)

I recently stumbled into the foursquare world all because of the release of their new BlackBerry app.  I’m happy I got into it.

I can’t really say much that hasn’t been already said by David Lee King and Julie Strange concerning foursquare and libraries.  I highly suggest you check out these two amazing posts and learn as much as you can from them.

I have this feeling that foursquare is going to be the next big thing that brings us together.  We as librarians need to understand this tool and harness its power!

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One comment

  1. […] 如Julie Strange所说，这个服务虽然还没有成为主流。但是它正在受到越来越多的图书馆领域内外的人的关注，所以有人认为它可能成为“图书馆的下一件大事”。最后值得一提的是，它虽然是“面向全球的”，但是至少在中国，无论是关注程度还是已经创建的地点都是非常少的，而且考虑到它需要的技术支持（比如智能手机），我也并不是特别看好它在中国的发展。信息素质这件事真的是我们（尤其是我们公共图书馆）当下必须要开始关注的。 […]

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