Historians all over the world are harnessing the power of social media to improve communication and collaboration within the profession. Join City of Sydney Historians Lisa Murray and Laila Ellmoos, along with User Education Librarian Jeff Cruz for an overview of how historians are using Facebook, Twitter and blogs to develop professional online networks, to create online scholarly communities and to improve scholarly sharing and collaboration. We will also have a look at social media apps—such as Zotero and Diigo—that are efficient and helpful research tools used to organise and share research.