Week 3 - Social Networking

This was an interesting week. Like the wikis, I think that these networking tools could certainly be used to facilitate and organize group and committee work. I don't see our library having a facebook or myspace page any time really soon, but as time goes on and this develops as a social trend, who knows? If your clientele is using facebook or myspace, by all means try it. I thought the Denver Public Library and & Brooklyn College myspace pages were great.

I have 2 teenage daughters. One is a college freshman and she seemed to be thrilled that I had signed up for facebook. She told me she prefers using facebook over email. It is definitely an easy way for students to communicate with each other. My younger daughter was less pleased that I was present on facebook (surely I was just there to invade her privacy).

I'm not sure at this point that our patrons really need for us to communicate with them through these channels, but I am glad to know something about the trend and technology.