[Web4lib] Late Breaking News: Businesses Embracing Online Social Networks

[John Fereira]

> 
> If (More) Businesses Recognize The Benefits Of Online Social Networks,
> Why Not (More) Libraries?
> 

I'll bite.

Are these Online Social Networks for the benefit of the businesses 
customers or for the benefit of the business?  Are these social network 
services for the benefit of library patrons or are they created for the 
benefit of the library?  Are library patrons saying, "We want you [the 
library] to provide more online social networks" or are they just going 
to use existing online social networks for social networking and use 
other means to conduct library business?