Confessions of a middle-aged librarian - I am cynical about the use of Facebook for libraries. Makes me think of parents who try so hard to be "friends" to their teenagers rather than sticking to the role they really should play, which is being parents! Maybe if I was younger and my main user base was younger, I'd feel differently. But I don't see the need to try so hard to be cool by having a presence in Facebook unless it really adds value. Plus the issue of privacy is real and should be considered seriously.
Linkedin has some potential but I am way too busy keeping up with everything else to embrace it. Call me a curmudgeon, but that is the way I feel :)
Now that I've made my reservations clear, I did think the piece by Meredith Farkas had real value. Quotable lines - " When you decide to put up a library profile on MySpace or Facebook, what is your goal?" and "Just like any social software tool, it’s what you do with it that matters." So maybe if I see more evidence of added value, I'll change my tune.
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