There are now so many social media platforms available for libraries to participate in, but it's sometimes difficult to get a handle on how these channels

NextSpace asked nine experts for their thoughts about our increasingly online lives. The challenge is how to apply social networking in a digital age to enhance and extend the public service mission of libraries, museums and archives.

The Social Networking section of the 2013 State of America's Libraries Report from the American Library Association provides information about the use of Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and other Web 2.0 technologies in libraries including the increased use of gaming technology.

Here's a great article about a student using Twitter as a primary source for political science research.