O.K., I might have thrown a minor fit about a year ago when I found out both my kids had accounts (facebook and yahoo 360) even though I had said it probably wasn’t a good idea. Which in my mind meant “NO! Some crazy kook will stalk you.” After looking over the pages and reading their (and all their friends) stuff, reading up on social networking, and attending the Teens and Technology workshop, I’ve lightened up.
So much so that I’m actually going to create an account in my own name. Trepidation!! No really, I’m going to do it.
Social software would be great to bring awareness of the library to the community. Seems like it could take a LOT of time though! We’d have to hire another librarian or have a volunteer willing to spend many hours to reach all target groups (children, teens, homeschoolers, moms, the list goes on forever).
