Social networking services

Stephens, Michael. “Social Networking”. Library Technology Reports. Vol. 43 No. 5 (2007) 45-51.

I don't know what to think about the Hennepin County Public Library MySpace page. First... its obscenely bright and difficult for me to read. Is the Library really single? or is it just trying to make more people interested by appearing available? and I don't trust those Capricorns, they are nothing but trouble. The Interests list that allow viewers to check out the library though.. those were cool. The search option is great. And the Blog appears to be updated on occasion when new things are available at the library. So, overall it's a pretty neat page. But it might not be the best option to attract users for small libraries.

Ning sounds very interesting, and might be more useful for Libraries than Facebook or Myspace, the only issue is: Who's heard of Ning? Who uses Ning? How many people will you reach? Who knows?