Colleagues/
With the increasing number of Niche Social Network Sites (NS2), I have
decided to create a separate blog devoted to NS2s.
NS2 is "devoted to **documenting** the variety of online social network
sites and services established to facilitate networking among
communities with focused interests or purpose" and is
[ http://nichesocialnetworksites.blogspot.com/ ]
A Feedburner webfeed is available at
[ http://feeds.feedburner.com/NS2NicheSocialNetworkSites ]
A companion Facebook Global Group (Open To All) has also been created;
One can join the group at
[ http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=33724644068 ]
>>The Facebook is devoted to **discussing** issues related to Niche
Social Network Sites<<
NS2 will profile ***non-Library and non-Educational*** online social
networks sites/news/publications/etc.
It has been seeded with recent posting to the Friends blog
[ http://onlinesocialnetworks.blogspot.com/ ]
BTW: I've been invited to contribute detailed profiles of Niche Social
Network Sites to _Searcher: The Magazine for Database Professional_
[ http://www.infotoday.com/searcher/default.asp ]
and will be submitting 2,000-2,500 word contributions over the coming
months/years ...
I expect that the first profile will be published in a Spring Issue [?]
BTW-2: I am greatly interested in learning of Any and All Niche Social
Network Sites for NS2, as well as suggestions of NS2
Genres / Types / Categories (e.g. Military, Women, Librarians), and
would appreciate any recommendations (as comments on the Blog Entry @[
http://tinyurl.com/64yk8s ]) and/or on the Facebook Discussion Board.
BTW-3: For Examples of Niche Social Network Sites, Please See My IL 2008
presentation (Slides 90 ->)
[ http://tinyurl.com/6ayxoq ] and/or a related Friends blog entry [
http://tinyurl.com/2hkdyq ].
Thanks!
/Gerry
Gerry McKiernan
Associate Professor
Science and Technology Librarian
Iowa State University Library
Ames IA 50011
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