Location-Based Services: Foursquare and Gowalla, should libraries play?

Colleen Cuddy; Nancy R. Glassman

doi:10.1080/15424065.2010.527254

Location-Based Services: Foursquare and Gowalla, should libraries play?

Colleen Cuddy, Nancy R. Glassman

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Abstract

Location-based services have been around since 2000, but their popularity increased significantly with the launch of Foursquare and Gowalla in 2009. This column describes location-based services, examines Foursquare and Gowalla, and provides examples of libraries using location-based services to market library services and communicate with their users.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	336-343
Number of pages	8
Journal	Journal of Electronic Resources in Medical Libraries
Volume	7
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/15424065.2010.527254
State	Published - Oct 2010

Keywords

Foursquare
Gaming
Geolocation
Gowalla
Libraries
Location-based services
Mobile devices
Smartphones

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Health(social science)
Library and Information Sciences

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