Back in August I blogged about a Facebook Hot Team that myself, Brad, Emily Rimland, and Binky Lush were conducting, to investigate the possibility of bringing the University Library into Facebook. Though our initial goal had only been to design a proof of concept and write up a white paper on our findings, things went so well that we turned our mock up into an actual production application, which was officially released into the wild last Friday.
Today and tomorrow, Emily and Binky are exposing new students to our efforts as a part of the Library Orientation, and I was exceptionally excited to see that after only a few hours, our application has already passed the 300 user mark (311 as this is being written). It will be interesting to see if our little app can take advantage of the viral spread of content through facebook to reach a wider university audience over time =)
The application itself it very simple - two different library searches as well as a series of library related resources. But its an exciting first step into the previously uncharted Facebook waters, and it has set the foundation for some really exciting projects in the near future.
If you have a facebook account, feel free to check it out at http://apps.facebook.com/psulibrary/. And if you don't have a facebook account... well... get with the times! =D
Thanks again to Binky, Emily, and Brad for making this all come together!
Wonderful news! This is some powerful stuff, Stubbs! Great work to you and the team!