I'm not sure where I stand on this topic.
There's a range of opinions on social networking, from "what's the point?", through "meh, whatever" to "I can't live without it!".
I'm pretty keen on it, and Facebook is a good way for me to stay in touch with friends and family. It's just another way of communicating with people.
For me in my professional role, I don't know how I feel about Linkedin. I can see it's potential but I need to explore it in a bit more depth.
How useful is it for libraries? I'm not so sure. I guess it could be a way of engaging with users, but I suppose you need to assess if your audience will be interested.
In our library? Well, it's free so that's good. But I don't know if our users are ready for it. Maybe not yet. But it's good to keep an open mind.
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Thursday, 8 April 2010
I've had a Linkedin account for a little while.
My connections so far have been a few friends and someone who was on a course I attended.
Have I used it much? Not really.
It's something which I can see the potential in, but I've not really pursued it. It could be useful if you were a lone librarian or didn't have much professional support in your workplace, but luckily these don't apply to me.
My connections so far have been a few friends and someone who was on a course I attended.
Have I used it much? Not really.
It's something which I can see the potential in, but I've not really pursued it. It could be useful if you were a lone librarian or didn't have much professional support in your workplace, but luckily these don't apply to me.
facebook, and Libraries. Hmmmmm....................
I've been using Facebook for a while.
It's interesting that some of my friend's don't, and think it's a complete waste of time. I guess it's something you like (or 'get') or don't.
I like it. I use it to stay in touch with friends, family, and the other randoms (see - I'm down with the 'Facebook generation') who asked to be my friend. I like getting message through it. as Dara O'Briain said, it's like having a butler deliver your emails.
I looked at some of the Library Facebook pages, and I'm not convinced. We have a medical library journal club, and examined this paper, Use of Facebook in academic health sciences libraries. We didn't come to a favourable conclusion for using it I'm afraid.
I think the big thing is that it's not appropriate for our users (including our students). A lot of them are on Facebook, but they use it for their social life, not work.
I think that social network sites could be useful in engaging users, but they're maybe not for us at HCL.
It's interesting that some of my friend's don't, and think it's a complete waste of time. I guess it's something you like (or 'get') or don't.
I like it. I use it to stay in touch with friends, family, and the other randoms (see - I'm down with the 'Facebook generation') who asked to be my friend. I like getting message through it. as Dara O'Briain said, it's like having a butler deliver your emails.
I looked at some of the Library Facebook pages, and I'm not convinced. We have a medical library journal club, and examined this paper, Use of Facebook in academic health sciences libraries. We didn't come to a favourable conclusion for using it I'm afraid.
I think the big thing is that it's not appropriate for our users (including our students). A lot of them are on Facebook, but they use it for their social life, not work.
I think that social network sites could be useful in engaging users, but they're maybe not for us at HCL.
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