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By: Information Wants To Be Free » Blog Archive » Libraries in Social Networking Software

Thu, 11 May 2006 02:05:47 +0000

[...] Outreach where our patrons are and market research Brian Matthews, Intuitive Revelations: The Ubiquitous Reference Model Walking Paper, How about some fun? Walking Paper, Library MySpace account action Walking Paper, Whose Space? Baby Boomer Librarian, The Library, FaceBook, and My Space, Update on MySpace Experiment and Update on Facebook Experiment Pattern Recognition, Facebook + Library = Good Hapax Legomemnon, Librarians & Facebook Library Garden, MySpace and Social Networking Sites Library Garden, MySpace and teens in a public library Rhodarian, Libraries and MySpace Stephen’s Lighthouse, Is MySpace Scary….? Library Voice, Using Social Software to Understand Patrons [...]

By: Ed Eckel

Ed Eckel — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 15:26:26 +0000

I’ve recently been reading articles that mention that youth/young people might not want us in “their space”. That they might consider the presence of either their local library or their college library an invasion of their private social space. (Like running into a professor at a local rave – some students might think this kind of creepy.) What are your thoughts about this?

By: VALIS » Blog Archive » Myspace

VALIS » Blog Archive » Myspace — Sat, 25 Feb 2006 08:27:11 +0000

[...] On the other hand, Aaron at Walking Paper talks about the fact that “MySpace is, well, not entirely serious”, and that users can have fun joking with library/librarian profiles. [...]

By: Aaron

Aaron — Wed, 22 Feb 2006 21:13:35 +0000

that’s a great article, brian. GOLD STAR FOR YOU!!!

By: Brian

Brian — Wed, 22 Feb 2006 20:25:01 +0000

Ooh! Ooh! Ooh! Read this: Why Youth Heart MySpace!

By: Darren Chase

Darren Chase — Wed, 22 Feb 2006 16:09:55 +0000

I quote my good friend the Cat in the Hat when I write “fun is good”. Speaking of hats, as a librarian I wear many–most of these hats I created myself, and they are shaped funny and look ridiculous and are edible. Relating to people is an important part of my job. Having a good sense of humor is natural way to connect with others, and connecting is vital for sharing, learning, teaching and telling folks where the bathroom is.

By: rochelle

rochelle — Wed, 22 Feb 2006 15:43:47 +0000

I’ve seen so many library job postings where one of the prerequisites is “good sense of humor.” One would think that a sense of humor could be shared outside the confines of a cubicle farm or conference table. Like, you know, with the patrons.