[Web4lib] Facebook

[Nicole Engard]

I don't think anyone is asking libraries to replace website with
Facebook - just supplement their websites with Facebook.  In fact when
I teach Facebook I always say to think of it as an additional way -
not the primary way - to connect with patrons.  You can also set up
your Facebook page to pull content from your library website so that
they both have similar information giving patrons the option of which
site they'd like to visit.

Nicole

On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 10:42 AM, Mitchell, Michael
<Michael.Mitchell at brazosport.edu> wrote:
> What are the advantages of Facebook over Web pages on the library Web
> site? I'm afraid I really don't understand. I just don't see anything
> special there. I'm really asking, not trolling.
>
>
> Michael Mitchell
> Technical Services Librarian
> Brazosport College
> Lake Jackson, TX
> michael.mitchell at brazosport.edu
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Leo Robert Klein
> Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2009 9:22 AM
> To: web4lib at webjunction.org
> Subject: Re: [Web4lib] Facebook
>
> John Fereira wrote:
>> Christine Zeitler wrote:
>>> One of the academic libraries at which I work is attempting to decide
> if
>>> they want to use Facebook to interact with the students.
>>
>> I think that the more important question here is whether students want
>
>> to use Facebook to interact with libraries.
>
> Good point but increasingly it seems as if Facebook is more an entry
> point for various types of communication, including friends of course,
> but also professional and personal interests.
>
> I mean, just looking at my own list, I've got the Chicago Historical
> Society, a couple of my old schools and something called 'Static FBML'
> whose meaning I honestly can't remember.
>
> Assuming a similar collection (adjusted for age) on the part of our
> users and I don't think it's too exotic if the library starts banging on
>
> their Facebook door as well.
>
> LEO
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