I looked at MySpace, Friendster, and facebook. The first one seemed too cluttered and since someone had already invited me to be a friend (it is a pretty powerful feeling when you get an email announcing that someone wants to be your friend), I decided to take the plunge and sign-up for facebook. It is a rather vulnerable feeling at first--wondering who might actually find and read my profile. (I didn't enter much personal information.) I don't see it as something I will incorporate into my life, but I could see how fun and addicting it would be for college students. I looked up one of our former student workers who had graduated and sent him a message. Hmmm...if I don't have someone else's email this might be a way to contact them????
I think that these tools could be a good way for academic libraries to connect with their students if we want to reach patrons where they are at instead of waiting for them to show up on our doorstep.
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