[Web4lib] Facebook (& Second Life)

[Wilfred Drew]

I don't see that as much of a risk compared to the cost of $200 a month needed for a small library with a limited budget.  I disagree about focusing on "old-fashioned methods" to the exclusion of new tech.

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-----Original Message-----
From: Thomas Krichel [mailto:krichel at openlib.org] 
Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2009 5:47 PM
To: Wilfred Drew
Cc: 'B.G. Sloan'; web4lib at webjunction.org
Subject: Re: [Web4lib] Facebook (& Second Life)


  Wilfred Drew writes

> There are plenty of ways to provide Library 2.0 services without
> having to pay a provider for that service.  Examples include
> Twitter, Blogger, Twitter Feed, FeedBurner, GoogleDocs, and more.
  
  At a risk for the services if your provider changes conditions
  of use. Not a good idea if you are to invest a lot of time 
  and effort into your services. A much better idea is to use
  more old-fashioned methods (web site, blogs, mailing lists)
  for which open-source software is available, and run them
  on a a couple of rented servers, cost $200 or so a month. 

  Cheers,

  Thomas Krichel                    http://openlib.org/home/krichel
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