Library and Social Networking, is it not a social network now? A place with all different types of people mixing and joining different activites in libraries, suggesting different ideas, giving feed back. Now we have virtual libraries. Is it as much fun? Does it feel as reel as walking into a actual library, does it have the same atmosphere?
I don't know about sitting behind a computer screen in a room by myself and social netwoking - It doesn't seem very social to me, I would much rather face to face networking!!
BUT I am old school and must get with the reality of what is to come. If we need to go the way of internet socialising then we must.BUT which one do we use? They are all different and appeal to different audiences so do you need to have something posted on all of them to get to all the ages and different clientel?
It is also about staff time to keep everying posted up to date and read all the feedback and comments that would come in a social networking site and then act on it.
The course itself has been both frustrating and enjoyable. IT departments make it frustrating in that somedays you have not trouble visitng various sites than others you cannot get into. What should take you 15 min sometimes takes an hour.
I have gained a lot of knowledge out of the course and now understand what 'Internet People" are talking about. I most likely will not be using many sites but than again I will be using more because I now know about them.
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Thanks for your feedback on the course and for your observations on using these new technologies. I guess it's a question of choosing what works for our clients and our services, but the more we know about what's on offer, the better placed we'll be to make good choices and good use of these new tools.
Congratulations on completing the program!
Kathleen A
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