Over the summer, I started using Scoop.it as a way to organize news and information related to Young Adult Books. I love that they use the term 'curators' to describe their topic moderators; you really do curate the stories, selecting and discarding news items based on relevance to the topic.
Users can follow your topic, subscribe to an RSS feed, share your topic on Facebook and Twitter, and even suggest an item for moderation.
Scoop.it is still in beta, and membership is by invite only (but they approved me, so they aren't picky). But I'm hoping they go widespread soon, because it really is a handy (and fun) way to keep track of a favorite topic.
http://www.scoop.it/t/young-adult-books
Eric C. Bateman
Canandaigua Academy Library
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What a great resource! I saw this on Twitter, and this convinced me to request an invite!
Thanks,
Donna Clark
Eric this looks great, I am definitely going to check it out, thanks! I also participate in Goodreads and yesterday read a great post by Joyce Valenza about Story Snoops and it is book lists and book reviews that might be helpful with Scoop.it
http://www.storysnoops.com/index.php
My friend, Joyce Valenza blogged about this resource Strry Snoops and I wanted to share it with you. Story Snoops at http://blog.schoollibraryjournal.com/nev...
here are some book lists:
Music themed books for teens: http://www.storysnoops.com/results.php?t...
Love Stories for teens:
http://www.storysnoops.com/results.php?t...
Book Reviews of the Week:
http://www.storysnoops.com/booksotw.php
Check it out! You will love it, I do!
Thanks for the scoop! I will add their Snoops to my Scoop!
ECB