[Web4lib] facebook for libraries

[Amanda Powers]

We started with library employees and student workers in Fall 2007 with a Group, and now we have more than 350 Fans (we migrated to a fan page in Spring 2008).  They "find" us through various means, including BI sessions where we mention we have a Fan page.

Amanda Clay Powers
Mississippi State University Libraries
apowers at library.msstate.edu

>>> Brian Gray <mindspiral at gmail.com> 02/10/09 7:34 PM >>>

I disagree, If you pull in all the employees or others affiliated with the
library, it is often the best way t start spreading the word about your
library.

Brian Gray
mindspiral at gmail.com


On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 9:07 AM, Sharon Foster <fostersm1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> You certainly wouldn't want to do that for your library's Facebook
> page in any case. The point of an institutional Facebook page is for
> your "fans" to find you. Letting Facebook find them for you based on
> your email contacts is a little like grabbing people off the street
> and dragging them into the library.
>
> Sharon M. Foster, 91.7% Librarian
> Speaker-to-Computers
> http://www.vsa-software.com/mlsportfolio/
> (Caution, floating divs ahead! Please let me know about any
> browser-dependent weirdness you encounter.)
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