Moving back to the top menu, Groups is the last item. At last count, there were a few thousand networking groups in the IAAP web community… this is the part of the site that makes that number manageable. When you click this tab, you’ll see a list of groups and networks come up automatically. These are the groups to which you already have access, because of how the system has identified you. You probably have a chapter group available to you and some special
interest networks. Want to find a specific group? Just type in the search for a group or community box. This section also brings up its own submenu… let’s move across each tab:
- My Groups is a list of the groups you already have access to.
- My Contacts groups shows a list of all the groups your contacts belong to.
- All Groups shows a list of all groups within the system.
- Recently added shows a list of new groups, and
- By Size shows a list of groups by their member count.
- Last but not least… want to create a group, say for “Microsoft Excel users?” just click the green plus sign next to “Add a new Community.”
For more information about how communities interract with eGroups and libraries, see the eGroups section of the User Guide.