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