[Web4lib] Re: Social spaces and Networking for College Students

[Meredith Farkas]

That's terrific Bill!  I didn't say that students definitely don't want us
there, but that we should consider that possibility when deciding to develop
a presence in their online spaces.  I can imagine that students use Facebook
differently at different institutions and may have different attitudes
towards faculty and staff being on it.  Certainly student culture is not the
same at every school and student/faculty relations are not all the same.  I
think the way you did it, sticking your toe in the water first, is probably
the best way. I don't think the same approaches to communicate with students
and market our services work at every school -- they need to be tailored to
our specific student populations.

Meredith**

On 1/16/06, Drew, Bill < drewwe at morrisville.edu> wrote:
>
> Then why am I getting so many invitations from our students?  I sent out
> a e-mail to all students and staff asking to be invited or accept my
> invitation for both Facebook.  I have gotten over 20 positive responses
> already.  Nothing negative!
>
> Wilfred (Bill) Drew
> E-mail: mailto: drewwe at morrisville.edu
> AOL Instant Messenger:BillDrew4
> "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
> safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." (Benjamin Franklin)
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org
> > [mailto: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org ] On Behalf Of Meredith Farkas
> > Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2006 3:08 PM
> > To: web4lib at webjunction.org
> > Subject: Re: [Web4lib] Re: Social spaces and Networking for
> > College Students
> >
> >
> > Libraries going where their patrons are is a popular idea,
> > but we need to
> > make sure that we're not going somewhere we're not welcome.
> >
> > Meredith
> >
>



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