Thursday, May 8, 2008

Week 3 Social Networking Tools

I had some problems with Facebook, but fortunately my office-colleague was able to point out the small print that I was supposed to click on to get where I wanted to go. The word "edit" was printed so small that I totally overlooked it and it took me 15 minutes to figure out how to add an application.
But I feel fairly competent about using Facebook now. I was already a member of LinkedIn, so I had no problems there; I did add to my LinkedIn network during this exercise.

Members of MLA could post their personal info on LinkedIn or Facebook (or MySpace, which I did not visit) at the MLA site and MLA members could contact each other, if desired. Our library could have a Facebook or MySpace page, but I would not put much personal information about the librarians for privacy reasons. There are a lot of privacy concerns for people using social networking sites, but at least in Facebook or LinkedIn, you have to have the person's permission to become a friend.

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