ProQuest Syndetic Solutions, the popular OPAC and discovery layer enrichment tool, is offering a free Facebook app for all library subscribers, enabling users who 'like' their library to connect to the catalogue and search for titles right from their library's Facebook page. For libraries, the app provides another way to engage with users and demonstrate value to the community.
With the new Syndetic Solutions Facebook app, library users search holdings by simply clicking on the 'Search the Catalog' call-out button on the library's Facebook page. The topic or keyword searched will return title, author, and ISBN, as well as all of the enriched elements to which the library subscribes - Summaries, Tables of Contents, First Chapters, Author Notes, Cover Images, and more - for all relevant titles in the collection. When the user finds a title they want, the app offers the option of linking to the library's OPAC and placing a hold.
Users can also 'like' a title (which is then displayed on the user's own Facebook page), allowing users to share their new favourite reads with friends and build interest in a broad selection of catalogue titles.
