[Web4lib] Facebook for Library Outreach : Don't Be Left In The Dust...

[Suzanne Chapman]

I think it just means that some students don't equate social networking with
research or being productive. This may change over the next few years or
perhaps something new will come out that will be better suited for both
social and educational purposes.

Some students are just now starting to figure out that it may not be a good
idea to post compromising pictures of themselves on the web - so the idea
that they'd "friend" some librarian is understandably weird.

-suzanne



On 1/14/08 8:19 AM, "Vaughn-Tucker, Dani A."
<dvaughntucker at osterhout.lib.pa.us> wrote:

> So does this mean that librarians/information professionals should
> consider throwing in the towel when it comes to using current social
> networking sites?  Or, could this be this generation's reaction to the
> older generation's reaction to using the telephone for reference
> services?  Probably a stretch, but I'm sure there were people back in
> the day who were saying, "If I want library assistance, I'll go into the
> library.  I don't want to call'em up."
> 
> I think using social networking sites is a proactive option that should
> be used without being intrusive into the lives of the patrons (e.g.
> library's probably should not actively friend patrons, but should allow
> patrons to friend them).
> 
> Regards,
>  
> Dani 
>  
> "Success is nothing without someone you love to share it with..." Billy
> Dee Williams in Mahogany
>  
>  
>  
>  
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org
> [mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Gerry Mckiernan
> Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2008 5:14 PM
> To: lita-l at ala1.ala.org; asis-L at asis.org; web4lib at webjunction.org
> Subject: [Web4lib] Facebook for Library Outreach : Don't Be Left In The
> Dust...
> 
> ***APOLOGIES FOR RECEIPT OF DUPLICATE POSTINGS***
> Colleagues/
> 
> I have discovered A Most Interesting Post That Has Thrown Chills Up My
> Liver [:-)
> 
> [University of Michigan Survey] / Posted December 15, 2007 /
> userslib.com 
> 
> QUESTION: If you could contact a librarian via Facebook or MySpace for
> help with your research, would you? If not, why?
> 
> Data/Analysis
> 
> A total of 23% of respondents stated that *yes* or *maybe* they
> would be interested in contacting a librarian via these two social
> networking sites.
> 
> Undergrads had a slightly higher than average percentage of 34%.
> 
> Nearly half of the total respondents stated they would not be
> interested, but for various reasons - the biggest reason being that they
> feel the current methods (in-person, email, IM) are more than
> sufficient. 14% said no because they felt it was inappropriate or that
> Facebook/MySpace is a social tool, not a research tool.
> 
> Links / Graphics / And More at
> 
> [
> http://onlinesocialnetworks.blogspot.com/2008/01/data-students-facebook-
> library-outreach.html
> ]
> [ http://onlinesocialnetworks.blogspot.com/ ]
> 
> Thanks to Suzanne Chapman, interface and user testing specialist for
> the University of Michigan Library*s Digital Library Production
> Service, and Team !!!
> 
>> From A Snowing Central Iowa ...
> 
> /Gerry 
> 
> Gerry McKiernan
> Associate Professor
> Science and Technology Librarian
> Iowa State University Library
> Ames IA 50011
> 
> gerrymck at iastate.edu
> 
> There is Nothing More Powerful Than  An Idea Whose Time Has Come
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