I have done all the reading . I really liked Jenny C's hints. As much as possible I have looked at these without joining.
I did not join because I currently don't have an email other than work and do not wish my unusual name to appear on a networking site. Now if I had a common name such as Jane Smith then that would be different.
"Write a blog post about your thoughts on Myspace and Facebook. You could discuss what implications the use of social networking applications might have for libraries, or what benefit they could bring to libraries."
You can see that I worry about privacy not only my own but that of others. I worry about what younger folk accidentally reveal about themselves. A TV story about a family of small children being raised by their 16 yr old sister mentioned their surname. Searching that revealed not only newspaper stories mentioning the location of the family farm but the names and photos of the younger children. The surname search also revealed school newsletters mentioning the children. So a very vulnerable family could easily be traced by someone up to no good.
In Facebook children may likewise give away personal information.
I see no problem in using these tools to supply Library information which after all is not personal and to communicate with clients.
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