FACEBOOK

My kids have "Myspace" accounts, so I have a little knowledge about social networking in reguards to looking over their shoulders at what they feel is appropriate to throw out there in cyberspace. I'm appalled at blabbing to the world your inner thoughts, private photos, confessions, secrets, and opinions.
Facebook seems to multiply all my fears of social networking. The realm of electronic communication is not and cannot be private. I read recently that e-mails deleted by President Regan could still be retrived. Privacy aside, lets talk about the "social" side of this issue.
"Facebook" is a social networking site. What part of socializing does the Library intend to do?
Do we want to be your friend? Or are we looking for another vehicle to insert ourselves into young people's stomping grounds. By the way, anyone savy enough to navigate "Facebook" is competent enough to reach any library resourses they desire.
Now I can get off my soapbox and comment on Facebook in terms of offering one site for all internet social activites. It's like the "Walmart" of the internet, one stop shopping. It works well but is not for me. I'll have to decline on the optional activities of joining Facebook.

Wiki II

Playing around with the Branch's Wiki was sorta fun. I was uncomfortable adding my two-bits as the Wiki was already quite attractive, and who I'm I to think I could improve on it. So, fitting for a branch Wiki, I added a link to "Wikipedia".
I don't think I'll be using Wiki's outside of this project. But it was great to learn a little about the building and editing of a page and also adding to my Web2.0 vocabulary. I'm ready to move on!

Wiki Intro

Wiki... What can I say? It took 3 visits to this assignment, trying to get up some enthusiasm to plunge ahead. I followed the links, visited the suggested "Wiki" sites and even visited all the KRL branch wiki's. (Bookmobile, I loved your music). I'm trying to think of an appropiate application for KRL. How about "suggestions" from our customers. Ideas that would be posted, not written on a little suggestion card and deposited into the circular file. That would enable us to really keep the pulse of the public.