[Web4lib] The end of MySpace, SecondLife, and Twitter

[Moser, Dennis]

Well, gosh ... It got you to read his column. And I'm sure that those
page-hits will increase HIS stock in the company.

What a piece of fluff ...

Dennis

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Bridgewater State College
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On 6/20/07 2:53 PM, "Louise Alcorn" <Louise.Alcorn at wdm-ia.com> wrote:

> I tend to agree with David.  My initial thoughts:
> 
> 1) I think of the current set of tools as "training wheels" for what's
> to come - ThirdLife, perhaps?  Get us used to thinking "socially", then
> see what actually hashes out in the marketplace.  Libraries, in
> particular, can use this "kick in the pants" to keep us thinking in
> terms of the user, not the institution, when designing resources.
> 
> 2) I still have a copy of Nicholson Baker's "end of librarianship"
> article, which everyone and their sister sent me right after I applied
> to library school, about the time the article appeared.  It makes me
> smile, especially when I'm overwhelmed by patron requests for assistance
> with online tasks, which no one else but the library will give them,
> esp. for free.  I worry a bit about keeping up with day-to-day relevance
> to patron's needs, but I don't worry about our (libraries) actual
> existence as entities/concepts.  I guarantee, however, that the form of
> our existence (virtual, super-virtual AI, ??) will change in my
> professional lifetime.
> 
> Cheers from the not-so-bleeding edge,
> Louise
> 
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> Louise E. Alcorn
> Reference Technology Librarian
> West Des Moines Public Library
> 4000 Mills Civic Pkwy
> West Des Moines IA 50265
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> 
> -----Original Message-----
> Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 1:02 PM
> Subject: Re: [Web4lib] The end of MySpace, SecondLife, and Twitter
> 
> The author of the article may be right that these particular brands may
> not survive.  So what?
> 
> The point he's missing is that the kinds of services and functionalities
> they offer (and their descendent services/functionalities that will
> come) aren't going anywhere.
> 
> For Pete's sake, all endeavors are doomed eventually.  That's no reason
> not to start them or enjoy using them while they're around and
> useful/fun/interesting.  How else is progress made?
> 
> -David
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