[Web4lib] Library presence on social networking websites

[K.G. Schneider]

You know, I'm really sensitive to the idea that it can be heavyhanded and
even creepy for adults to "hang out" in predominantly youth-oriented spaces.
But it's also true that it's my Internet just like it's their Internet. Am I
supposed to refrain from new technologies because I'm not 18? Some of these
young'uns need to get a grip.

Karen G. Schneider

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> 
> In view of our recent discussions about Facebook and Myspace, I found
> this article very interesting. It doesn't discuss libraries directly,
> but it's general comments seem quite relevant for us.
> Jean Hewlett
> University of San Francisco
> 
> Youth Vs. Adults in Gadget Wars
> By MARTHA IRVINE, AP National Writer
> San Francisco Chronicle
> Tuesday, January 22, 2008
> http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?
> f=/n/a/2008/01/22/national/a110139S14.DTL
> 
> Scott Seigal was awakened one recent early morning by a cell phone
> text message. It was from his girlfriend's mother. His friends'
> parents have posted greetings on his MySpace page for all the world to
> see. And his 72-year-old grandmother sends him online instant messages
> every day so they can better stay in touch while he's at college.
> 
> "It's nice that adults know SOME things," says Seigal, an 18-year-old
> freshman at Binghamton University in New York....Increasingly,
> however, he and other young people are feeling uncomfortable about
> their elders encroaching on what many young adults and teens consider
> their technological turf. [article continues]
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