Wednesday, April 25, 2007

Libraries and My Space

It is understandable that there is concern over children under 18 using My Space and the potential of predators and identify thieves taking advantage of information that can be viewed publicly, but just as the article from WireSaftey says, parents need to be aware of what their children are doing and get involved. MySpace and social networking online isn't going to go away.

Libraries can use social networking tools such as MySpace to target patrons that use them. It would be a good way of connecting with teens...the library users of the future. Libraries could also use MySpace for adults as well by promoting resources that patrons may not be aware of such as our online databases.

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