[Web4lib] Myspace and libraries

[HUNT_STEVE]

Myspace pages are also created by organizations and individuals to
express their views on political and social issues. Examples:
	www.myspace.com/bushfansite
	www.myspace.com/end_the_war_now
	www.myspace.com/rockinthevote
	www.myspace.com/plannedparenthood
	www.myspace.com/barakobama4prez
	www.myspace.com/raisethewagenow
	www.myspace.com/martinlutherkinglives
	www.myspace.com/stop_global_warming
	www.myspace.com/earthfirst

Steve Hunt
Santa Monica College Library
Santa Monica, Calif.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org 
> [mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of NORMA 
> JEAN HEWLETT
> Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 8:31 PM
> To: web4lib at webjunction.org
> Subject: [Web4lib] Myspace and libraries
> 
> This week's issue of The Chronicle of Philanthropy has an interesting 
> article about how some nonprofit organizations are using social 
> networking sites like MySpace and Gather. 
> 
> These excerpts seemed especially relevant for libraries:
> 
> "More than 50 percent of MySpace members are now older than 35, 
> according to Media Metrix. On...Gather...at least half of the 
> memberws 
> are older than 42 and 'engaged and informed'...and more than 70 
> percent of them have college degrees, the type of people who 'listen 
> to public radio stations and read The New York Times' ..."
> 
> "For a lot of nonprofit organizations, it's hard to get a handle 
> around social networking. As groups, we tend to focus on how to 
> control things, and you can't always control things in this 
> environment. You can only control what you say. That takes some 
> getting used to." [Melissa Temme of the Salvation Army]
> 
> Article citation: 
> Face Time. Scott Wescott. Chronicle of Philanthropy, January 
> 25, 2007, 
> v19, n7, pT-2-T3.
> 
> Jean Hewlett
> Regional Librarian, North Bay Campus
> University of San Francisco