Cruising through MySpace

I have avoided social networking for a long time mostly because of time. There is so much time interfacing with a computer all day it's the last thing I want to do at home. From a time perspective I would rather spend my free time with tangible friends. Looking around MySpace, I discovered some cool sites for library employees to stay connected within their own systems, Salt Lake City and Palm Springs come to mind. Much like a blog it would be a great way to stay connected and disseminate information throughout the system. Finding time to devote this type of undertaking would be the hardest part.

Tidbit #6

Social networking IS Web 2.0. There are many library systems that have incorporated it into their sites but many that have not. Some people even argue it is unsafe for it to be part of a library's web presence. Read what YALSA has to say about it and what we can do to educate our customers about being savvy online:

http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/profdev/socialnetworking.cfm