Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Wrapup; social networks and catchup

Social networks
There are so many of the Web based applications that have a social networking component to them. Blogs, Flickr, Wikis, Tagging, answer boards, etc all have the ability to let people comment on a site, communicate or give feedback.
Social networks and libraries
As mentioned before, blogs can be a great way to get information out there about library services and to get invaluable feedback about services offered and a way to add information to an area such as the local history section. I believe that this is the best type of forum for a structured social networking starting point.
The only reason for going to some of the other more widely used social forums would be to reach a far larger audience and varied clientele.

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