Thing 16 - I'm all for all of the Learning 2.0 tools and collaboration with our customers. But as far as creating my own My Space account - I'm not so sure. I am one of those who tends to be a little guarded about putting too much personal information out there. I have a good friend who has a My Space account so I'll discuss it with her further (in addition to all the discovery sites I read) and maybe I'll take the plunge in the future. But for now, I'm having a hard enough time keeping up with the blog and keeping it interesting and current.
As mentioned in my previous post - ask the special groups in our libraries if they want to use this tool as another means of connecting to the library. I can see where libraries might benefit from having special groups post My Space accounts such as teens and maybe mystery novel readers. But the maintenance of such an account to keep up with friends and the many other features concerns me. Who would actually own the My Space account - the library or the group? Who's responsible for the content? Who will monitor it? And does monitoring defeat the purpose for those who value privacy and freedom? I think there are many unanswered questions surrounding the proper utilization of My Space by a library, however, that shouldn't stop us from moving forward if it's what our customers want and demand.
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In Loving Memory 1994 - 2009
Schatze as a Pup
Zippy
About Me
- Susan Marziani
- I have a wonderful husband and a crazy cat named Zippy. He thinks he's a dog. We had a wonderful dog, Schatze, who thought she was a cat. So we had the perfect household. I enjoy painting, crafting (always trying something new) and of course, my pond.
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I agree with you, Susan. I haven't created a MySpace account yet, and I'm sort of reluctant to do that. I certainly see the benefits it can offer for tech-saavy people, though.
Rats. I just misspelled "savvy" (in my previous comment) for all the world to see.
My mother would be horrified.
Well, I did create a MySpace just to see what the excitement was all about - it's ok - kind of fun - but I can just see kids rolling their eyes!! Oh well, that's my job!! I have fun playing with it but go days, weeks and even longer without checking it sometimes!!
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