[Web4lib] MySpace and Public Libraries

[Michael VanHouten]

Facebook eliminated Library pages, including ours.


Michael Van Houten
Associate Director of Libraries and Head
     of Public Services
Stockwell-Mudd Libraries
Albion College
602 E. Cass St.
Albion, MI 49224
517-629-0382
mvanhouten at albion.edu


"The irony of the Information Age is that it has given new
respectability to uninformed opinion." 
John Lawton, speaking to the American Association of Broadcast
Journalists in 1995
>>> "Bret Parker" <Bret.Parker at ci.stockton.ca.us> 01/25/07 6:07 PM >>>
I thought someone posted earlier that an 'institutional' presence on
MySpace was now verboten (earlier posting by a university librarian who
said that they were admonished by or eliminated from MySpace) -- Am I
remembering right?

MySpace == A person's space

Bret Parker, Senior Applications Programmer Analyst (MLIS)
Stockton-San Joaquin County Public Library
City of Stockton (California)
bret.parker at ci.stockton.ca.us
(209) 937-7148

http://www.stockton.lib.ca.us


>>> <cmagnuss at arrowhead.lib.mn.us> 1/25/2007 3:00:23 PM >>>
I would be interested in this information also!

Chris Magnusson
Hibbing Public Library
www.hibbing.lib.mn.us 


> Hi folks,
>  We are looking into implementing a MySpace presence at my public
library
> system for outreach and programming. I am wondering if any of you
have
> implemented these profiles for your libraries could send me
information
> about the implementation process and the maintenance requirements.
>
> Specifically, how you went about getting started, how much
time/staff
> resources go into maintaining the presence, and what (if any) issues
have
> arisen from public response (both positive and negative). Also, do
you
> link
> to your MySpace presence from your library web site? Any other advice
or
> experience you have to offer would be much appreciated as well.
> You can email me off list at jhaskell at washoecounty.us 
> Thanks!
>
> All the best,
> Jami Haskell
> Internet Services Librarian
> Washoe County Library System
> jhaskell at washoecounty.us
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