Public Library Examples
Denver (CO) Public Library MySpace
http://www.myspace.com/denver_evolver
Hennepin County (MN) Library MySpace
http://www.myspace.com/hennepincountylibrary
Teen Librarians @ Glendale Main (Arizona)
http://www.myspace.com/teenlibrariansgpl
Newport News Public Library
http://www.myspace.com/nnpls

Academic Library Examples
Perry Castenada Library (University of Texas) MySpace
http://www.myspace.com/utlibraries
University of Kentucky Libraries
http://www.myspace.com/uklibraries
Brooklyn College Library
http://www.myspace.com/brooklyncollegelibrary

Find even more at...
MySpace & Teens (a directory of libraries)
http://www.libsuccess.org/index.php?title=MySpace_%26_Teens
     Library 2.0 Services to Teens - Best Practices
     http://www.libsuccess.org/index.php?title=Library_2.0_Services_to_
     Teens_-_Best_Practices

Building Your Own MySpace Page

MySpace home page
http://www.myspace.com/
--Terms of service
--MySpace in Espanol
--MySpace International
--Frequently Asked Questions
--setting up a page and profile
--searching for friends
--uploading video and photos
--privacy settings
--bulletins
--MySpace TV: a place for videos
   --How to Pimp Your MySpace page (video)
    --Viola Fondente
MySpace Editors
--NC MySpace Layouts
--Thomas' Myspace Editor
--PimpMySpace.org
--MySpace Profile Editor (beta)
 

Dan Ream's MySpace page
http://www.myspace.com/dreamatvcu
How Stuff Works: MySpace
http://computer.howstuffworks.com/myspace.htm
MySpace in Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MySpace

Should Libraries Ban/Block Access to MySpace?

Google search on blocking MySpace access in libraries
http://tinyurl.com/2ftzk9
30 Positive Uses of Social Networking (YALSA)
(Young Adult Library Services Association of ALA)
http://www.leonline.com/yalsa/positive_uses.pdf
ALA Interactive Web Applications Wiki
http://wikis.ala.org/iwa/index.php/Main_Page
Librarian in Black --MySpace Discussion
http://librarianinblack.typepad.com/librarianinblack/2006/04/myspace_discuss.html
What can and Should Libraries Do about MySpace?
http://blog.librarylaw.com/librarylaw/2006/04/what_can_and_sh.html

Facebook home page
http://www.facebook.com/
--setting up a page
--networking
--privacy settings
   Facebook's Beacon more Intrusive Than Previously Thought
   http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,140182-c,onlineprivacy/article.html
--Facebook business or institutional pages (for libraries too)
   Hennepin County (MN) Libraries
   http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=7223112325
   Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County (NC)
   http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=8155960271
--Facebook ads
    Facebook flyers for the library
    http://library.coloradocollege.edu/steve/archives/2006/09/
    facebook_flyers_1.html
    --Some initial thoughts on library advertising in Facebook
   http://distlib.blogs.com/distlib/2007/12/some-initial-th.html
--Facebook applications directory
    --LibGuides for Facebook
--Facebook Groups directory (must be logged in)
--Facebook Events (must be logged in)
   --Create an Event (must be logged in)
--Posting items (must be logged in) (note toolbar button)
--Find your friends on Facebook (e-mail search tool)
 

ALA Members Facebook Group  (must be logged in to see)
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2216059283
Finding Friends With Facebook (Wired Magazine)
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,68083,00.html?tw=rss.CUL
Thoughts on Facebook (Cornell University)
http://www.cit.cornell.edu/policy/memos/facebook.html
Facebook in Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook
Face Value by Librarian Barbara Fister (February, 2008)
http://insidehighered.com/views/2008/02/18/fister

LibraryThing
http://www.librarything.com/
  Library Thing tour
  http://www.librarything.com/tour/
  A Book Lover's MySpace
  http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6376092.html
   Do Your Own Library Thing
  http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/1109/p25s01-stct.html
  Librarians Who LibraryThing (group)
  http://www.librarything.com/groups/librarianswholibrar
  The Unsuggester
  http://www.librarything.com/unsuggester
  LibraryThing webcast from Library of Congress
 (about 40 minutes with Tim Spaulding, LibraryThing creator)
  http://www.loc.gov/library/webcasts/apr19-librarything/librarything.smi
  Duke University LBGT Center LibraryThing collection
  http://www.librarything.com/profile/DukeLGBTCenter

LinkedIn
http://www.linkedin.com/
   LinkedIn FAQ
   http://www.linkedin.com/static?key=customer_service&trk=gfoot_help
   Ten Ways To Use LinkedIn
   http://blog.guykawasaki.com/2007/01/ten_ways_to_use.html
   Linked In: Answers
   http://www.linkedin.com/answers
   Linked In Blog
   http://blog.linkedin.com/
   Hoover's Connect
    http://cdn.hoovers.com/images/i/landingpgs/cs95/vph_new_main.html
For the Younger Child
Club Penguin (owned by Disney-- $5.95 per month, 700,000+ members)
http://www.clubpenguin.com/
Webkinz (6 million unique visitors in November, 2007)
http://www.webkinz.com/
neopets
http://www.neopets.com/

Social Networks Popular Outside the USA
list of non-English social network sites
http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/archives/2007/06/02/list_of_nonengl.html
Social Networking Watch-International Social Network Rankings
http://onlinepersonalswatch.typepad.com/social_networking_watch/
social_network_rankings.html
9158.com (China)
http://www.9158.com/

Online Community/Social Media SUPER List (sorted by topic/audience)
http://www.sharakarasic.com/online-community-list.html

My Own Cafe
My Own Cafe (Southeast MA Regional Library System)
http://www.myowncafe.org/
     About My Own Cafe
    http://www.myowncafe.org/Default.aspx?tabid=75
    Amazing Library Site for Teens
    http://www.walkingpaper.org/330

Friends: Social Networking Sites for Engaged Library Services
http://onlinesocialnetworks.blogspot.com/
Libraries in Social Networking Software
http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/index.php/2006/05/10/
libraries-in-social-networking-software/
Are We Welcome at the Party?
http://acrlblog.org/2006/02/07/are-we-welcome-at-the-party/
Please tell me why MySpace is bad for libraries
http://librarianinblack.typepad.com/librarianinblack/2006/02/
please_tell_me_.html
Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication
http://jcmc.indiana.edu/vol13/issue1/index.html
BIGWIG Social Software Showcase (American Library Assn)
http://showcase.litablog.org/index.php/Main_Page
 

Danah Boyd ("The high priestess of social networking")
Viewing American class divisions through Facebook and MySpace
http://www.danah.org/papers/essays/ClassDivisions.html
     Responding to Responses to: "Viewing American class divisions
     through Facebook and MySpace"
      http://www.danah.org/papers/essays/ResponseToClassDivisions.html
apophenia :: making connections where none previously existed
http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/
zephoria ipseity
http://www.zephoria.org/
zephoria (MySpace page)
http://www.myspace.com/zapophenia
Danah Boyd (wikipedia entry)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danah_Boyd
Danah on O'Reilly (YouTube)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZ7jnCO67m0

The Social Networking Weblog
http://www.socialnetworking-weblog.com/
Connect Safely
http://www.connectsafely.org/
Safety Tips/Tips for Parents (links Provided by MySpace)
http://www.myspace.com/Modules/Common/Pages/SafetyTips.aspx#
YALSA's Teen Tech Week  (March 2-8, 2008)
http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/teentechweek/ttw08/ttw.cfm