Lisa/
One solution would be to join non-Facebook networks or to create your own network /
See My _Internet Librarian 2008_ workshop presentation
Not Just Facebook: Online Social Networks For Libraries_
ABSTRACT
While Bebo, Facebook, hi5, MySpace, and Orkut are among the better-known general online social networks, there is an ever-increasing number of online networks that have emerged for and within a wide variety of communities. Among many others, these include networks for academe and education (e.g., EduSpaces), people of color (e.g., Black Planet), Boomers (e.g., Boomj), business (e.g., Linked-In), LGBT groups (e.g., OUTeverywhere), religion (e.g., MyChurch), and researchers and scholars (e.g., Nature Network).
This workshop provides an overview of the more significant niche online social networks, reviews their common and unique features and functionalities, and considers the potential opportunities for wider engaged library outreach to these communities.
OUTLINE
¢ Web 2.0
¢ Social Networking Services
¢ Facebook
¢ Librarian Facebook Presence
¢ Library Facebook Presence
¢ Facebook Library Groups
¢ Facebook Pages
¢ Facebook Applications
¢ Facebook Apps for Libraries
¢ NICHE Online Social Networks
¢ Academe and Education
¢ Books
¢ Boomers
¢ Business
¢ Lesbian / Gay / Bisexual / Transgender
¢ People of Color
¢ Religion
¢ Researchers and Scientists
¢ Second Life
¢ Ning
¢ Mega-Sites
¢ News
¢ Library Outreach
¢ Demonstration (Ning)
This is a LARGE Presentation (204 Slides).
The First Half Is Devoted Web 2.0/SNS Background and a Review Of Facebook (Slides 1-89)
The Second Half Is Devoted To Niche Online Social Networks (NSNS) (Slide 90->);
The Director's Cut Version Is Accessible From
[ http://tinyurl.com/5p4scp ]
>>I am greatly interested in learning of Other Niche SNS<<
Please Nominate Any And All As A Comment On The Blog Entry
Thanks!
/Gerry
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From: Lisa B. [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 11:14 AM
To: McKiernan, Gerard [LIB]
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Subject: Re: WebQubed: Web 2.0 Mixed and Mashed
How do those of us who are at present facebook-less due to the recent TOS outrage get engaged?
2009/2/17 McKiernan, Gerard [LIB] <[log in to unmask]>
Colleagues/
While I believe that many Web 2.0 developments are Quite Innovative, I
sense that the integration of Web 2.0 technologies are Not As Radical as
they could be ...
For Example:
***Are There Current Web 2.0 Mashups / Services / Sites / Etc. That
Allow A User To:***
>Add a relevant audio / photo / video / etc. TO a private/public PDF /
Word / TXT / document ?
>>Add a tag to relevant audio / photo / text / video / etc. that is
**Linked** to a relevant private/public audio /photo / text / video /
etc.
>>> Add a linked-tag (for audio / photo / text / video /etc. ) to
national catalog record (via Open WordCat)? To a local OPAC record ( A
PennTags & Plus)?
The Question Of The Day is:
To What Degree Has The Wide Variety Of Media Been Integrated Into Other
Media ?? / To What Degree Has Such Media Been Mixed And Mashed To Create
A New Medium ?
How Might Libraries Benefit From Such Integration?
BTW: I have created a Global Facebook Group that is "devoted to
consideration and discussion of any and all (Im)Possible / (Im) Probable
intergrations of Any and All Web 2.0 technologies" which is available is
linked form
[ http://tinyurl.com/d4nsw8 ]
BTW: I am aware of All Things Web 2.0
>> Let The Radical Thinking Begin <<
/Gerry
Gerry McKiernan
Associate Professor
Science and Technology Librarian
Iowa State University Library
Ames IA 50011
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Lisa Burscheidt M.A.
Graduate Trainee
The Albert Sloman Library, University of Essex
Wivenhoe Park, Colchester CO4 3SQ
Website/Blog: http://thatblackbook.wordpress.com
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