Social Media and Cultural Communication 2008 conference report

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Social media represent a new, content-rich opportunity for online interaction, and their rising popularity demonstrates their appeal. Major libraries and museums worldwide are starting to use blogs, wikis and content shares to engage visitors and communities of interest in an ongoing relationship. It looks like social media are here to stay – so what do you need to know about them?

This event, held at the Sydney Museum in February 2008, raised some of the major issues in the field, and demonstrated best practice and state of the art initiatives. Read Angelina Russo's report on the conference on Creative Economy or visit the conference website for other papers and follow up from this event.