Friday, April 25, 2008

anti-social networking?

It's funny,

myspace and facebook now seem old to me.

I guess I am not into vanity publishing of pictures and sharing my thoughts (good, bad and ugly) with whomever might visit.

social networking can be a way to be noticed. would-be actors, models and those looking for lovers or mates seem to want to post pictures, tag lines and diary entries about themselves.

as libraries, maybe some honest-to-goodness users who are not looking for love in all the wrong places will visit our social sites and actually learn of our "measurements" in terms of what services and products we offer.

this is good.

so, libraries do need to use these for marketing purposes and to obtain feedback, look cool but high class (not 8th grade,) and socially integrate with our users and potential ones.

tomi e.

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