Social networking sites

Social networking is increasingly becoming popular. The teenagers of today trust their peers for information and rely greatly upon their feedback. By b
eing part of the social in-thing is one way to advertise and attract the younger generation to programs designed for them at our libraries. I can also think of various support groups that can be facilitated. People who have similar problems can discuss about the various concerns that they have. This can be facilitated by the public libraries. Libraries always had womens group and seniors groups etc and have programs for them. This is another virtual world to be explored. Meeting people is one thing and chatting to many is another. These social networking sites could be used as a tool to link people with similar interests. These may be used by local history librarians to record oral histories.

I am trying to create a document on a shared site. A policy that we are currently updating atwork. I'll talk about my experience with it in my blog tomorow.