this is social networking?
Originally uploaded by skampy
I felt compelled to create a Facebook page so that I could fully embrace this week's tools. Besides I wanted to see the various library facebook pages and needed an account to do this. As I created my accout I truly worried about being "too public." After all, this is one point we are really driving home to the YA's today.
As I reflect on the usefulness of a library presence in the Facebook realm, I find myself wondering, do Facebook users actaully add libraries as their "Friends"? In order to answer this question, I feel like I would either need to get into the brain of a college-aged kid (yikes!); or perhaps simply chat with people of this age bracket and see how they tend to utilize facebook. If it's realistic to say that college aged kids would access the library via Facebook, then there's no question. What a great way to tap into that population!
2 comments:
Hi Amy,
I finally joined, too (one of your colleagues has been after me for a while now!). I'm not sure how much I'll use it - but it's worth a try. I do like staying in touch!
It sounds like you've given a lot of thought to how libraries can or should use Facebook. It's a good idea to try and found out if our users are already there and then join them. Let me know what you find out!
Jean
Hi Amy
I really love how you have a visual with all your posts. You are going to have to teach me how to do that.
Pat
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