Hutley, S., & Harwood, W. (2002). Ebook Readers in Australian public libraries - are they REAL-e worth it? In e. Presented at the VALA, Melbourne Australia. Retrieved from http://www.vala.org.au/vala2002/2002pdf/34HutHor.pdf
Hutley, S., Joseph, M., & Saunders, P. (2001). Follow the eBook road: eBooks in Oz public libraries. In Endless Possibilities. Presented at the ALIA Public Libraries Conference, Melbourne Australia: Australian Library and Information Association. Retrieved from http://conferences.alia.org.au/public2001/hutley.joseph.saunders.html
Rainie, L., Zickuhr, K., Purcell, K., Madden, M., & Brenner, J. (2012). The rise of e-reading. Washington, DC: Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project. Retrieved from http://libraries.pewinternet.org/2012/04/04/the-rise-of-e-reading/ (Read just the summary at the start or browse the whole report
This reading is OK. But really, XML is not a programming language as the author claims. Really.
Delquie, E., & Polanka, S. (2011). E-book Standards. In No shelf required: e-books in libraries (pp. 135-151). Chicago: American Library Association. Retrieved from http://edocs.library.curtin.edu.au/eres_display.cgi?url=dc60267198.pdf
History of ebooks
Lebert, M. (2009). A Short History of eBooks. Toronto, Ontario, Canada: University of Toronto. Retrieved from http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/29801
Just browse through this one and get a feel for the timeline and relevant milestones.
Evaluating library use of social media
Glazer, H. (2012). "Likes" are lovely, but do they lead to more logins? College & Research Libraries News, 73(1), 18-21. Retrieved from http://crln.acrl.org/content/73/1/18.long
Online social networks for current awareness
Cook, S., & Wiebrands, C. (2010). Keeping up: strategic use of online social networks for librarian current awareness. In VALA 2010: Connections. Content. Conversations. Melbourne, Victoria. Retrieved from http://www.vala.org.au/vala2010/papers2010/VALA2010_78_Cook_Final.pdf
Online social networks in the enterprise
Howard, Z., & Ryan, D. (2010). Replacing the water cooler: connecting through enterprise microblogging. In VALA 2010: Connections. Content. Conversations. Melbourne, Victoria. Retrieved from http://www.vala.org.au/vala2010/papers2010/VALA2010_102_Howard_Final.pdf
Farkas, M. G. (2007). What is social software? In Social software in libraries: building collaboration, communication, and community online. Information Today, Inc. Retrieved from http://www.sociallibraries.com/farkaschap1.pdf
Smith-Yoshimura, K., & Shein, C. (2011). User contributions sought by LAMs. Social Metadata for Libraries, Archives and Museums Part 1: Site Reviews (pp. 13-36). Dublin Ohio: OCLC. Retrieved from http://www.oclc.org/research/publications/library/2011/2011-02r.htm
Skim-read this to ensure that you understand the definitions of the seven different ways that libraries, archives and museums are using social metadata. Read more of this report if you are interested: